Like most communities around the nation, Springtime is also clean-up time.
Cities everywhere sponsor "no-fee Dump day".
There are places to put the winter-killed Brush that avid gardeners have cleared from their now -weeded and pruned yards. Old broken furniture and odds and ends make it out of the yards and into the recycle centers - most things are accepted for disposal - but no refrigerators, please...
Sequim is no exception.
This week was Clean-up Week for residents, and we brought several carloads of
bits and pieces from the property we bought to the city-sponsored
(well-maintained and tidy) clean-up collection area. All over town yards are
being spruced up as Spring bulbs flower, fruit trees blossom out, lawns get
mowed, and the thousands of plants the nurseries and grocery stores import into
town get snatched up and planted all over Sequim.
The Olympic National Park announced the openings of several of their campgrounds in this area. The concessions in the building at the top of Hurricane Ridge are not yet open for business, though that could be changed shortly. Most Park grounds both state and federal, have nominal admission charges and camping fees, so enquire first.
The Irrigation Festival held here in early May, is the oldest continuous annual show in the state of Washington. 108 years ago the first irrigation ditch was dug, and the gates were opened up in the hills, allowing the life-giving water to flow into the Prairie that was Sequim-to-be. The ladies of the community celebrated with a community picnic. Over the century it has become this annual celebration.
For a complete list of Irrigation Festival Activities- as of this week - check out this website.
Festival Buttons and Pins, and the T-shirts and sweatshirts, can now be purchased at the stores in town.
Rehersals have begun for the High School musical, an Irrigation Festival feature held at the High School.
| Sequim gardeners are enjoying their Spring bulbs; These gardeners' yards change with each season. | |
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| And our old friends (and perpetual sunshine), the dandelions, have begun to sprout in lawns and alongside the roads everywhere. |
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This year there will be no goslings hatched at The Pond. Father Goose showed up without his mate. There was no nest-building and egg-hatching. Since they mate for life, we have little hope for future hatchings. Perhaps nest year, another pair will consider The Pond as a beautiful place to raise a family |
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More wildlife: seven (!) deer were seen in this one yard this morning. They bounce over the fence with no problem at all. |
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