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Moonwort in Everyday Ramblings
I walked by this plant last week, and thought hmm, a nice burst of color. On the way back I took this picture and ran it through iNaturalist. It is Lunaria Annua, also known as “Honesty”, “Silve...
Waving at Mars in Everyday Ramblings
These trees were not in bloom when I left to go to the beach. The slender maples that surround the patio well did not have leaves. I didn’t have an actual carrot coming up in the garden plot. U...
Ah in Everyday Ramblings
From this morning just after sunrise. My inner beach pony is very happy. We are having a warm snap, very unusual in April. Last night Most Honorable and I went for an hour walk on the beach as ...
Once You Know in Everyday Ramblings
Here is the drama shot from the weekend. Walking with the crew we turned onto a street that I had never been on before up on the neighborhood where the 1% live. Well, actually, the just over 1%....
All Manner of Things in Everyday Ramblings
Not all the tulips are open yet out there, but a number are. The daffodils are on the wane. A couple of weeks ago I woke up with a few itchy bump blotch things on my shoulder and the center of ...
Random, Unfair, Crazy Making and Done in Everyday Ramblings
Happy almost Easter. The trees are coming on and the air is chock full of pollen. We have four trees out front blooming these delicate white blossoms and it is almost impossible to take pictures...
A Nail File? Okay. Sure in Everyday Ramblings
I took this Saturday when I was planting the starts. This is the plot next to mine in the community garden looking west. We met the lovely young woman whose plot this is yesterday when I took th...
A Tempest or a Sea Change? in Everyday Ramblings
We are having a stunning clear weekend day in spring. It usually rains through the majority of March and April so there is a festive atmosphere out there. Here are some different daffodils with ...
And the Beet Goes On... in Everyday Ramblings
Remember the big cone from the cedar? The one as big as my hand? A couple of days ago Kes asked me during a Zoom call how it was doing. I went to pick it up off the windowsill…There were seeds e...
Tiny Steps Back Into the World, Tiny in Everyday Ramblings
Watching last season’s Gardeners’ World, I discovered that there are an amazing variety of daffodils. And in between rain squalls it is fun to go out and find different ones. This is peak season...
Would You Like some Daffodils With That Uncertainty? in Everyday Ramblings
Hope you aren’t sick of crocuses yet. :) Especially ones open in the sun. We are having a mini preview of a gorgeous dry spring, but the rains return on Thursday and will hang around for a time....
Ah, A Sunny Day in Everyday Ramblings
This is the female cone of the Deodar (or Western Himalayan Cedar). It can take them 3 years to mature and let go of the tree. In the Fall, the male cones will appear. They look completely diffe...
At the Beginning of the Learning Curve in Everyday Ramblings
These crocuses seeded themselves across the street from my kitchen window. They are so cheerful strewn across a grassy parking meridian. There is a lot of waiting going on around here. If I don...
A Picture of the Plot in Everyday Ramblings
Here is the community garden plot. There were so many oak leaves on top that I didn’t realize they had covered it with burlap. I cleared off a bunch of sticks and small branches that had fallen ...
Transitions in Everyday Ramblings
This is in line with my mood. Still with one foot in winter and restrictions and lockdown and one full of hope for a verdant and sometimes sunny spring. I got my garden plot assignment today. I ...
Settling In in Everyday Ramblings
After the big storm…we walked the long way to the grocery yesterday over the big hill and there were more trees down than I have ever seen before. And there were still patches of old snow. At on...
The Boss of Me in Everyday Ramblings
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Sherlock, Frieda and well…a big pile of old snow down by the river. This is the parking lot of the Oregon Ballet Theater where the practice and rehearsal studios are. Whe...
Approval From the Other Side in Everyday Ramblings
It is a little better than this out there now but not much. We are waiting for rain. I am so done, so done, with snow. Thanks, been good to know you. Bye. The folks south of us are still withou...
The Next Adventure in Everyday Ramblings
I put this up on Facebook yesterday afternoon but thought it was endearing enough to share here as well. While I was taking it, I noticed a younger professional woman was struggling to get her s...
A Snippet of Frozen on the Homefront in Everyday Ramblings
The thaw finally begins. It is bad down where Kes lives. The roads are clear but everything else is a mess. We have a lot of trees here, that is one of the joys of living in this area. But now w...
Snowbound in Everyday Ramblings
For us this is a big snow. You can’t tell from the picture but there is quite a bit of snow on the ground. I was watching the camellia bush from my bedroom window yesterday and just after sunris...
My Word for the Year...Better Late Than... in Everyday Ramblings
Hellebore. Kes was telling me yesterday that all the local nurseries are empty because everybody at home is gardening. There is a dark purple almost black one too and they are out in the yards r...
The Perils of Advice...and Counsel in Everyday Ramblings
It is a race to see if the daffodils are going to bloom before the snow comes. One thing that is different this year about the prospect of snow is that we are all well used to stocking up and st...
But Why??? in Everyday Ramblings
It is overcast and misty now and we are expecting rain for about three more days. I predict by the beginning of next week we will see our first daffodils unfurl. Yesterday was also overcast but ...
What About Now in Everyday Ramblings
This is from a solo walk yesterday. Mrs. Sherlock was tired, it was wet, and Charity wanted to make some volunteer calls. There is a Pacific Northwest vibe here even though last time I walked by...
