Very nice photos! I used to go there now and again, when I lived in Corvallis. It's such a beautiful place. These days we go to Ocean City once...
Also peaches! [ATTACH] Rose "Tropical Lightening" in the kitchen garden. [ATTACH]
So far today, I harvested plums and mulberries. Left to right, those are Methley, Illinois Everbearing mulberries, and Hollywood plums. The...
I sewed together more of the border for the summer stars quilt. I have about ten feet of border now, of the 32 feet needed. [ATTACH] Also, I'm...
I added borders to the veteran quilt. [ATTACH] The edges didn't cone out flat, so I took them back apart and made some changes. Next, I'll...
Drove to Portland to meet with a buyer for the vintage Morse sewing machine, and sold it. I'm very happy to find a home for it. It's a fine...
Harvested from kitchen garden [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is same photo, maybe a bit better resolution. [ATTACH]
I thought I would update with the most current appearance of the fireplace area. I still need to paint the trim. Also, a last paint coat on the...
Pawpaws don't do so great here, but they do survive. I have two and used to have more. I have to hand pollinate them to get any fruit at all. I...
Today I painted the "Family Room", which is basically a second dining room. The sewing machine is there, and the fireplace that I painted the...
All very beautiful and interesting!
And eat deer, too. Then again, deer move faster than I do. I might be on its menu.
Thanks Sjoerd! That's the only one. It's a few years old now. I'm surprised it bloomed now.
One thing to be careful about is wildfire risk. I think the recommendation is to keep grass under 4 inches tall. That is what pops out of my...
Scientists believe that an ancient tomato x another potato ancestor hybridized, resulting in the ancestor of all potatoes....
Today I harvested the rest of the onions. I watered the onion bed, which I had let go dry to cure the onions. Maybe tomorrow I will plant more...
What other tasks fill my day? I'm very much a home body. I don't like leaving. Even so, I'd like to start Tai chi again and see if I can...
Today I cleaned up the first half of the onion harvest. They are in a single layer in a shallow cardboard box, so the husks will dry out....
Quite the dilemma! I think I would have it tilled after rainy season starts and the ground is tillable. Right now I imagine it must be as hard...
