Monthly Archives: June 2012

A Mossy Roof

Posted on June 22, 2012 | 2 comments

A nurse roof?


Nurse logs are common in the rain forests of the Olympic Peninsula. However, until this week I had never noticed that two old cabins at NAD/Soroptomist Park in Bremerton have what could be considered nurse roofs (see photo). The roof in the picture won’t go through the complete nurse-log cycle, but it will be interesting to see how tall the Western Hemlocks that sprouted there get before it collapses or the building is torn down.
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The Swimming Raccoon

Posted on June 18, 2012 | 2 comments

Why did the raccoon swim across Mud Bay? I can’t answer the riddle unless the reason is that the hunting is better on Rocky Point than Marine Drive or simply that the swimming raccoon I saw yesterday has a den on my side of Mud Bay. There’s no photo to accompany this post as it was almost dark and the cross-bay swimmer was out of range of the zoom on my inexpensive digital camera.
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Flag Day

Posted on June 14, 2012 | 3 comments

Stars and Stripes at low tide


In honor of Flag Day I’m proudly flying Old Glory over Mud Bay today. From my deck I can see five other flags and one American flag-themed windsock. There’s a strong breeze on a cool overcast day leading to somewhat mixed results in the photo I took. My flag and the flags of my neighbors won’t be seen by many people, but they are just a small part of celebrations taking place everywhere across our great country. God bless America!

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