Late night reflections in Port Townsend's Boat Haven

An hour of stillness, a boat moored, a photograph. Night rests in peace in the Boat Haven.

For more reflections, visit Newton Area Photo.

Watching the sunset at North Beach

Every time we have a nice sunset, locals bundle up and head to North Beach to watch it. I keep telling myself that I won’t take yet another photo out there. I’ve done pretty well this year keeping to that – but I gave in. I did. I admit it. I succumbed to the temptation and took some photos. Maybe next time I’ll be stronger.

This is a Skywatch Friday post.

Beating the heat in a kayak

Warm August days got you down? Get out on the water. Our 50 degree water will cool you down. The guy in back is cheating. Since she’s not looking he’ll let her paddle.

A Watery Wednesday photo.

Port Townsend's annual Uptown Street Fair

Port Townsend hosts more than it’s share of festivals and events. With Fort Worden Conference Center, Centrum and the Northwest Maritime Center between them hosting something almost every weekend of the summer, we have tourists here every weekend attending something. With all the focus on visitors, it’s nice to have an event that is hosted by and for locals.

Port Townsend’s annual Uptown Street Fair cordons off two blocks on Uptown’s main intersection and features booths, the Farmer’s Market, music and a parade. Its funky, low budget and friendly.

On the lawn of the Port Townsend Rec Center we have the Port Townsend Summer Band and a face painting booth.

Port Townsend Street Fair

Calendula flower

Karen told me to go look at the Calendula beside the house. It has some beautiful gradations of color. She was right. I also found the detritus that collected in the center of the flower interesting.

According to Wikipedia, Calendula (pronounced /kəˈlɛndjuːlə/ Ca-lén-du-la), Pot Marigold, is a genus of about 12-20 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to the area from Macaronesia east through the Mediterranean region to Iran. That means that they originated in the same part of the world as house cats. How’s that for useless trivia?

For more closeup photos from around the world, visit Lisa’s Chaos – 100th Macro Monday!

Sailboat Anchored off Port Townsend

Late August and early September marks the peak season for visiting boats that anchor in Port Townsend Bay.

A Weekend in Black and White photo.

The Wooden Boat Foundation Chandlery resides inside the Northwest Maritime Center. In the back of the Chandlery is nestled Aldrich’s Galley, a nice place to stop and refresh yourself when visiting the Maritime Center and the east end of Water Street.

Aldrich's Galley in the in the Wooden Boat Foundation Chandlery