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Not Managing Uncertainty, Well
From a walk with Mrs. Sherlock yesterday morning. I think the flowering grass is blue flax. So much vibrant color. We are having a heat wave. Close to record breaking heat. It is supposed to...
Counterbalance
Is Mercury retrograde or something? This has been the weirdest week. No, I guess not for another couple of weeks. Maybe I am getting a preview of coming attractions? Missed connections, irri...
In the Meantime
The fling has commenced. There has since been some discussion (unresolved) of the exact duration and composition of “a fling”, but boy howdy something has come into existence that was not th...
Unexpected Turn?
A messy patch of not quite wildflowers near the garden late this morning. I needed to go back there at some point today to offer support to the borage, which was growing so fast I found it lea...
Who the Heck Knows?
Okay, I realize this is the second picture of predominantly Love-in-a-Mist that I have put up recently, but the flowers are having a great year here and the majority of these are pink… It als...
Old Gods
This is the gnarly old rosemary in the common area of the garden that Mr. Boulder pruned. The week after that we went to a garden center and got the dill, lavender, sage, thyme, sweet marjoram...
Lightness and Load
Borage. From yesterday at the community garden in my plot. It seems happy. In chatting with Mr. Boulder over the last few weeks, both the fact that he likes movies and hasn’t been to one in a...
Love-In-A-Mist
Nigella. Love-in-a-Mist. I have some of this in my little plot, but it is being overwhelmed by the wild lupine. Where I took this is about a block away from my garden. Can I just say…my bra...
A Grant and a Gift
A delightful private mural Mrs. Sherlock and I came across on a recent walk. One of the guys in my group is putting together a book of Portland murals. It started out as an idea after he found...
Speaking of Pictures
Like with the iris I find it sort of magical that we can see this sort of color in the world. This is a local clematis, somewhat bedraggled but in full expression right now. Last year I trie...
Okay Then
A thriving Monkey Puzzle tree from my walk with Mrs. Sherlock on Sunday morning. It was so great to see her and to walk with her. It was a relatively short flat walk, but we were able to catch...
Distraction
Believe it or not I took this a few days ago at a gas station I walk by on the way to the gym. A gas station that has really suffered in terms of patronage in the last month as they are an in ...
Eek
From yesterday. I was so zonked by the time I finished my morning class the only thing I could think of doing was taking the iPhone out and going for a slow walk around the neighborhood. I h...
Amaze, Amaze, Amaze
This is a rental property. I just noticed looking at this picture I took Thursday morning that they have discreet tomato cages holding the daffodils up. Nice. There is a wide variety of flower...
Together
Happy Easter. This is from yesterday. The fruiting pear and the ornamental cherry just starting to flower across the top of one of the driveways I walk through most days. The ornamental pears ...
Ready or Not
There was a quote from the man in charge a few days ago… “we’ll just keep bombing our little hearts out”. Ugh. We got the draft taxes back on Thursday and today was the first day my finance...
Remember This
A house with a side yard up about a half block across from the park a few days ago. Side yards are rare in this neighborhood as almost all the housing was built for immigrants coming in from 1...
Ready To Go
It is just starting to get light here on Saturday morning. We have had a lot of rain lately and warmer temperatures. I took this a few days ago on my way to the gym. It is downhill and there i...
Harder Than I Thought
It is warm enough the slugs are coming out, but not for long. We have a possible late snow in the forecast for Tuesday. In the meantime all the plants are getting quite active. I took this sh...
No Need To Add To the Mix
Yep. Amazing what a few days of sun will do. Even if it is cold, but I admit this picture was taken on this day but 16 years ago. The trees now are only maybe two days behind then, beginning t...
Here We Go
The snow did not materialize this last week though we did get close with some sleet and a heavy cold downpour. It looks like we are not expected to get below freezing now for the next ten days...
All the Things
For those of you in the bleakness of a more prolonged winter we may get snow this week after everything is starting to bud and even bloom, (some daffodils are blooming) so I feel you. There ...
Relentless
Yeah, this might look like a mess to you, but it means the beginning of the end of winter to me. And this year there are more snowdrops in this area. They are colonizing. I noticed yesterday t...
Just Saying
It is wet out there now having rained a bit the last few days, but I did take this on a walk last week. Mt. Hood from up on Terwilliger if you are keeping score. So nice to see as much of the ...
Things Done, Things Not Done
A much less drama filled week. We have had unusual weather. Sunny and dry but cold. Our snowpack is low low low and that is not good, not only for skiers but for our water supply. It looks lik...
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What flits through at a particular time.
