Blogging from Marrowstone Island, on vacation. No, I'm not THAT sick a puppy; I took yesterday off. Perched here in a sweet cedar home on a bluff (please don't worry Dad - there's a thick row of hedges and the kids WON'T fall off). We're overlooking Admiralty Inlet, with a huge, awesome view of Mount Baker to the NE.

Kids drawing pictures at the kitchen table, Danny Gatton's "Redneck Jazz" on the boombox. Cargo ships gliding by, herons, and now, sun! Time to head out to Dungeness Spit, in Sequim, maybe stop at Trollhaven on the way, in Gardiner, for another look at the giant, weird trolls and purple castle.

Marrowstone is one of those undiscovered gems across The Sound, home to Fort Flagler State Park, secret beaches, and The Nordland Store, an old, wood-floored place with a continual soundtrack of jazz and bluegrass.

To get here, you go past the naval ordnance depot at Indian Island. A constant stream of empty, open-bed cargo trucks was leaving the depot yesterday, presumably having dropped off lots of, um, naval ordnance. Makes me feel just fine, dunno 'bout y'all. I have staked out a position in favor of naval ordnance.

More peaceable pursuits....

Yesterday at The Big Pig, a thrift store in Port Hadlock, we scored a copy of "Birds of Seattle and Puget Sound." Paging through, I realized the language of birders offers some choice invective.

Next time you need to truly disparage someone, try one of these fine insults.

Bufflehead! (A type of small duck).

Common Snipe! (Shorebird).

Red-necked Phalarope! (Shorebird).

Western Screech Owl!

Common Yellowthroat! (Wetlands Warbler).

And I imagine lefties could come up with some entertaining usages of "Bushtit."

We're in the middle of Bushtit season, by the way.

Any thoughts about naval ordnance, or bird-related insults, please post in "comments."

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at April 4, 2004 11:41 AM

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