Someone said recently that spring in
the PNW is bibolar...I agree. It also makes one bipolar.
After coming off the rainy winter months my backyard outdoor living space is messy with dirty floors. It requires scrubbing to get off the stains from rotting leaves. I am at the age where when there is a challenge requiring physical effort I ponder the work for at least an hour or two, maybe a day or two. I need to consider if the effort is worth the reward of accomplishment. Then once I decide it is then much strategic planning goes into formulating the easiest way to obtain the goal. That takes about another hour. Gathering supplies can take 15-60 minutes depending on availability and one's energy level. So it went one sunny afternoon in March before rain would set in for another 7 days and temperatures got too cold or too hot. The reward of a clean painted cement floor was worth the effort! The actual work was about 2 hours with a recovery time of 2 days. But...SO nice to sit in my little hobbit garden!
Start of the outdoor eating season!
Time to share my Maui visit,
her home Island
Thai Tea, cold or hot...delicious!
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Angie and Gram G Wild Flower Adventure
We have been trying for several months to get together for an outing. Finally happened April 30!
Heading to the Columbia River Gorge on a mild, though very windy Sunday afternoon
Multnomah Falls view from the Highway...
Into the wilderness
Catherine Creek to check out the wild flowers
Deep slit in the rocky ground;
One determined evergreen tree
Choppy waters on the Columbia River
Old Time Homestead
Evening in the Columbia River Gorge!
Wind so strong it rolled up a large cloud!!
FUN day!!
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May 11 our Creekside Garden Club visited the "Rhoddis" in south Portland
Only 3 of us were able to go, but a lovely day with new friends and stunning flowers!
A Dawn Redwood...
a fast growing endangered deciduous conifer
native to south central China.
It's needles are so soft!
Even saw an eagle!
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Mother's Day at the Millers!
Zach, Jake, Micaela, Angie, Deb, Keys
doggies Tyson and Gracie
Fresh generations!
Jake, Micaela, Angie, Zach, Rosie
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What was That???
I walked barefoot out onto the back deck a couple weeks ago; stepped down and felt wet under my foot. I stepped on a tree frog! The poor thing tried hopping away, just it's right side moving. I apologized to it, hoping it would be alright. The last I saw it was hopping almost normal. I wished it a good life and to go make a bunch of baby tree frogs.
Size perspective...
Time to say good night to Springtime and good morning to Summer!!
Here's hoping it will be warm, sunny and enjoyable!
REFLECTIONS
It is refreshing to be able to get outside and enjoy the beauty God has put on this earth!
This has been a good 2 GeoGram weeks in the life of Gram G.
"For behold, the winter is passed, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth once again; the time for singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land." (Song of Songs 2:10-16)
