Island Time

 Summer Market

Last summer my husband and I were blessed to spend a week on Orcas Island in the San Juan group in Puget Sound off the coast of Washington State.  Oh what a lovely time!  Joined by our dear friends,  John and Linda, we reached the island by ferry.  We relaxed on the patio with the view of Puget Sound, Mt. Baker and the surrounding Cascade range before us.  Dinners of fresh Dungeness crab and fresh halibut stir up my tastebuds as I type!  Ah!  It was SO delicious!  The picturesque village of Eastsound was just a few miles away down the mountain, its streets lined by quaint structures of shops, churches, restaurants, inns, and graced with hollyhocks and roses.  It was July and the temperatures never reached above 80. Oh...take me back!  

The market was on Saturday in town so we decided to enjoy it with the locals.  There was an array of products...jewelry, handmade soaps, lotions, art, woven goods, clothing, carts preparing the local fare, all calling out to my camera.  This ice cream cart and the cute lady standing there with her glass of iced tea was one.  The background is from my own imagination.  I love the colors, the bright summer day feel.  I can almost feel the breezes and smell the aromas.

When we travel, I am always ready to return home.  Always. There's no place like it.  Not this time.  I could have stayed a month!  I begged Jim to let's please come back.  He loved it nearly as much as I and we do plan to return, but there are so many places to go and so much to see.  Time will tell.

Thanks for joining me here and at Orcas Island.  Blessings!