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This was a very moving memorial sculpture. The shoes, although they look like they are leather are actually metal. During the time Hitler's Nazi's were persecuting the Jews, in Budapest they were rounded up, made to strip here at this wall, step out of their shoes and then were shot in the back so they fell into the river below. The shoes stand as
The other aquatic tour was 1.5 hours long and covered nearly all of the tide flats/Commencement Bay area. This view of Mt Rainier was stunning even on a day with so many clouds. Next time I'd try to frame it differently but all these were taken with a point and shoot with no eye piece so it was often difficult to tell what you were actually capturing!
The next section of photographs are all from the Maritime Festival that took place the last weekend in August. This annual event has grown from a sort of "backyard" affair to a real event some people wouldn't miss for anything and for good reason.
These poppies were also on the Lavender Farm: huge and red. There was also the biggest dandelion (at least 3" in diameter) ready to blow away its seeds but there was nothing to let you see how big it was so it will go on posted.
The other Blue Heron flew off but this one remained as the sun got a little brighter. The water was eerily calm so it must have been slack tide.
Now you can see some of how foggy it was. These blue heron were fishing. It was nearly noon and they were on posted private property.
Actually the day wasn't this nice. It was very foggy and actual date was Aug 12 for this and the several ensuing photos. This is at Three Crabs Restaurant looking out to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
This lone berry was nestled back in the bushes. Although the leave pointing to the open-ended twig was as though it were, say, a caterpillar with it's mouth open to devour the leaf was appealing it was even more distracting from the berry which was the main event. So a bit of cropping was called for resulting in a simple, direct photograph.
