Lots of flags flying on our street today ... remembering and honoring those who served this country.
The City 's hanging baskets are now on their lightpoles and soaking up the summer sun. Businesses pay $100 to sponsor a basket, and the Sequim High School horticulture students build the baskets. The city has a watering truck that runs the water to these thirsty baskets daily.

The annual Memorial Monday Shepherd's Festival at Carrie Blake Park brought some of Sequim's livestock into town.

There were sheep shearings, and the working sheep dogs showed their talents; herding, in this brief demo, three lively dark ducks.

A petting corrral featured a yearling llama as well as baby goats and sheep, and in a carrier there were some piglets, too.

A park favorite were these pygmy goats, darling little creatures, 9 days old, about the size of a cat, - they would not grow much larger than the average housedog.

On area Calendars for the last week of May:
• Port Angeles' 11th Annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts is this weekend. 4 days of Jazz, folk music, storytelling, workshops, and dance performance 115 are scheduled!!!... the listing of places and times of the many performances was in the Peninsula Daily News Friday.
• In the other direction, is the Shrimpfest in Brinnon; that community's celebration.
• The Swiftsure sailboat races, from Port Angeles to Victoria and back... done for the love of the sport of sailboat racing.
• and of course, here in Sequim, the Shepherd's Fair, at the Carrie Blake park.
• the Band concerts have started here in Sequim, too; last Sunday afternoon the City band had an open-air concert at Carrie Blake park. These are held once a month.

© Helen Hille and deebrrs, 2004
updated May 24, 2004