Keeper's cottage...

Just south of Dash Point is another point of land that juts into Puget Sound. This one is in Pierce County, called Brown's Point. There's been a lighthouse there since 1887, reduced now to a caged light on a concrete platform. I wish there was a beautiful lighthouse structure there, but there never has been, so I don't pine.


But even though there is no beautiful lighthouse here, there are other beautiful buildings in this small park. There's a cottage for the lighthouse keeper, and a gable building where the water supply was housed. There's also a building that used to store oil for the light, and a boathouse for a rescue lifeboat.


The Points Historical Society rents out the Keeper's Cottage, and operates two museums near the lighthouse: the History Center has changing exhibits about the history of the area, and the Boat House Museum has a replica surf boat and maritime artifacts on display.


The grounds have beautiful gardens, taken care of by volunteers of the historical society. Mid-summer is the perfect time to come for a visit, as the gardens are at the peak of their glory.

There are a lot of hearts in this picture

The park has broad green lawns spreading down to the shore, and there's a beach for surf fishing or kite flying or spreading out a blanket and having a picnic Today there were a dozen people standing in the surf, fishing. And there was a young family laughing and playing on the beach. I could have stayed here for hours. Next time I'll come near the end of the day, and stay to watch the light change, watch the day darken to dusk, and the sky turn color with the setting sun.



There are also beautiful views of  Puget Sound and Tacoma from this park, too. But today, the flowers grabbed all my attention.