<<Featured Image: On our walk one day we came across a lone poppy growing up in the crack between the street and the curb. It was so beautiful, and a welcome alternative to the usual weeds.>> Things in Yakima have been heating up recently. That thing that I have waited for so impatiently for monthsContinue reading “IT’S OFFICIALLY SUMMER”
Monthly Archives: June 2020
WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD
<<Featured image: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” — William Shakespeare>> There isn’t a lot to do when you don’t want to venture out among people. I am doing my part to flatten the curve, only leaving home on a rare occasion, andContinue reading “WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD”
GROWING THINGS
<<Featured image: the “Mary” rose, one of my mother’s roses we transplanted from NC to WA. It is in full bloom and is lovely.>> GARDEN 2020 I always love this time of year after I have gotten all the plants for my vegetable garden planted into the ground, all the hoses are put down, fencingContinue reading “GROWING THINGS”
FREE TIME
The blog is a little late today as I have been spending my mornings getting my vegetable plants into the ground in the garden. Things are progressing slowly and I find that every year, it takes me longer to get everything in. I counted up all the plants I have for Garden 2020, and itContinue reading “FREE TIME”
Southerner in the Northwest 