Lavender on

Rollie.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

a moth with a handlebar antenna

Protege.

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

sunflowers with a little help from my daughter

Beach, whale, lavender.

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Some time had passed since our last visit to Dungeness Spit so with good weather predicted we trekked out to “where people can spit?”.

lavender fields

The Spit is located in Sequim, which has the distinction of being extremely dry (relatively speaking) year-round owing to its location within the Olympic Mountains’ rain shadow. Among Sequim’s other attractions are numerous lavender farms benefiting from the dry, sunny environment. And, we were soon to learn, some pretty cool marine wildlife.

Blueberries, hydrangea and vegetables.

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

A quick garden update. We have a large grove of hydrangea starting to flower but the small buds really catch my eye.

purple hydrangea

blue hydrangea

The blueberries are blue and sweet, the cabbage are green and just-about-ready for dinner and the squash are flowering and, um, green and yellow. We picked a yogurt container of Cupidon beans and snap peas this evening – dinner tomorrow.

July, July!

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

there is a road that meets the road

that goes to my house

and how the green grows there

– Decemberists

strawberry

Our nation’s independence celebration appears to harken the arrival of strawberries and raspberries and this year was no exception. The first couple of tayberries are also showing color and the blueberries’ luxuriant green should be giving way to deep blue shortly. We love this time of year.