Photos of My Port Townsend

Three valleys branch out south of Chimacum. The main road to points east and south runs through Beaver Valley. The next valley west is Center Valley. It has more land under cultivation and some lovely views from the highway.

Another shot of Lake Leland. Not a bad place to have a house. This is a Reflection Friday photo.

About 26 miles southeast of Port Townsend and about 5 miles north of Quilcene sits Lake Leland. It’s a pretty little lake a bit more than a mile and a half long. While much of the shoreline is forested, there are a number of houses and cabins. There is a State campground across the access [...]

The corner of Hwy 19 and Egg and I Road is a picturesque place. In the evening light, shadows creep across the fields and the evergreens stand dark in the distance. I’ve been trying to figure out how to take an interesting shot of this area for over a year. I finally realized that a [...]

I believe these cows belong to the Bishop Dairy. They can often be seen grazing in the fields near the corner of Beaver Valley and Egg and I roads. The dairy sells milk to Organic Dairy. The odd colors and texture come from my having too much time to play around with Photoshop, adding texture [...]

While I’m focused on backyard birds, I might as well post a photo of the store where we get our feeders and much of our bird food. Come to think of it, our binoculars came from there too. The Wild Birds Unlimited store is on US 101, in Gardiner, WA. That’s between 15 and 20 [...]

There is only one stream on the upper Quimper Peninsula that runs year round, Chimacum Creek. It is used by chum salmon for spawning and has seen quite a bit of habitat restoration. Here it flows through a tidal flat where it meets Port Townsend Bay in Irondale. This area used to be a storage [...]