Quilcene, WA

I missed the sketchouting last Sunday because I was cleaning our house.  This week we have family in town and for the last two days were staying at a friend's cabin on Dabob Bay in Quilcene.  It was beautiful and relaxing.  We had a seafood fest last night... Clam chowder, Clam linguini,  Crab and oysters on the halfshell..all harvested by us from the bay.  The one thing you can't depend on is Salmon.  Although they were jumping...you really have to master how to fish for salmon.  Of course this morning before our family was leaving my husband caught a 24" salmon. 

Here are a couple of sketches I did.  If you want to see more you can look at my blog.

Point Hudson Marina and Resort, Port Townsend, WA

Clamming at Dabob Bay

Labor Day Weekend at Quilcene

This weekend we were fortunate enough to be invited to stay at a friends cabin off of Dabob Bay. Lots of clamming, oyster picking, fishing...but none caught except on huge dogfish!
It was sunny, windy, rainy...with lightning and thunder...all the weather you could want...

Here is a sketch of the cabin which was built by the family 35 years ago...it had great character!
There were moments of dramatic lighting coming through the trees. Really hard to capture it but I tried.
The clouds were spectacular. Blue skies above and dark threatening clouds below. Pretty amazing sight.
The weekend ended in a great harvest feast at a friend's house with the oysters and clams we harvested, salmon (not caught), sweet tomatoes, corn, figs, pears from everyone's garden. It felt like thanksgiving dinner. A great weekend in the Northwest.