June 2013

molly and derek move to portland
touring the columbia river gorge

my great-niece

erik's pulled pork sandwich
(more interesting than the gorge itself)
one of the best he's ever had, he said
and purchased at the little springdale country store 

waterfall tour - shepherd's dell

wahkeena falls

I never tire of showing folks this special group of waterfalls
it reminds me of why I love it here

inside-outs

bridal veil falls

photo op…lower left

the columbia river 

multnomah falls



garden time

check out my square-foot garden 

this is where my shed used to be

a little wabi sabi

                                                  july

margie's hood-to-coast
a trip to mt. hood to scatter margie's ashes

this blue moth landed where we placed some of the ashes
it stayed there for a very long time 

we took margie to the beach, too
she loved it there

nehalem bay

                                               
                                                                                                 back home

I love it when they bale

from the garden, summer squash and herbs

silly carrots

big blueberries

an acre of them from a semi-abandoned patch
belonging to an elderly lady who lets us pick there 

up the mt. hood fruit loop searching for cherries
we found some for  95¢/lb…score!

we enjoyed some cherry-bacon-gorgonzola pizza at this nice place
for annie's birthday

sad news…rosie kitty's forever resting place
 see the cross?
she suffered from kidney failure at 16 yrs
I'm not the only one who misses her

how I love the flowers of summer 

morning coffee

august

my little flower garden has grown since the pictures above - yay!

la courgette in the flower garden

and this from pinterest
a broken umbrella stand works well for pole support
too bad I didn't see it before the peas, which are now done here

my garden's off to a slow start this year with rain all through June
warm weather tomatoes and cukes are taking longer to ripen

I refreshed my sunflower table that margie and john made

happy summer!

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                                                    so here's what's new so far this year

                                                         January

we didn't have much snow this year

but we had some pretty frost

February

we went cross-country skiing

that's Annie in the red jacket

we're on Mt. Hood

Annie and Nancy,  Erik's mom

moi

not boding well, somebody's down up ahead

Nancy, Lee, Annie, Erik

this fat bird went after the sandwich in my hand! 

and what have we here?

even the little ones go snow-shoeing

a few miles up, a few miles back down
oops...somebody's down again

back down the mountain

March 

at the Oregon Coast

breakfast on the way to the beach

Dixie's - as warm as grandma's house

 and later that night,  dinner in Florence, Oregon

arroz de marisco (portuguese seafood stew)
crab encrusted halibut behind

Ruthie and Greg

the awesome chalkboard menu from one of our favorite restaurants

next day on the beach

Dakota

"Koda" loves her frisbee

nothing happier than a dog at the beach!

Siuslaw River Bridge,  south end of Florence

Umpqua River Lighthouse
 see it there amongst the trees?

and on the way home we stop at one of my favorite wineries

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