Today we
travel to the Lavender Capitol of the World; Sequim, Washington, pronounced
“squim”. With the driest climate in the state this small hamlet is popular with
the retired set and is perfect for growing that purple flower that is supposed
to calm and quiet our spirit. It is also home to some very spendy restaurants
such as the Oak Table, where you can spend a very long time waiting for service
before going to the Black Bear restaurant for a very good and reasonably priced
meal, waaah!
Several
Lavender farms surround the area but our favorite is “Purple Haze”, yes there
is a portrait of Jimmy Hendrix hanging on the wall. Besides being named after
one of my favorite songs, this picturesque little farm looks like a Monet
painting. It also has an area housing “Bob and Shirley”, a resplendent peacock
and plain peahen. There were also a few roosters that Bob was busy shooing away
from Shirley, she had just given birth to six little chicks that were busy
hiding under Mama. Bob’s awesome display of feathers was being used as a fence
against those rascally chickens and would quiver and make a noise like a buzz
saw.
Sunnyside
Farmers Market is a delight to all your senses with a nursery as part of the
open air grocery store, with enough “Organically” grown items here keep any old
hippie happy. There are many flower children “flower grandparents”? I’ll pass
on the free love stuff. Disgusting!
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