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| Walking group on bridge |
Yesterday it was 75 deg F (24 C) here in Bellingham. I worked outside in the garden after getting home from my regular Friday exercise class. Today, another beautiful Saturday, there was no way I was going to miss the walk with the ladies, because I was already behind in my weekly activity level, as I missed Thursday's hike. And it was a wonderful time, with sunshine galore and all of us happy to be there. We started from the Ferry Terminal and walked around five miles total before stopping for coffee, our usual routine. The picture above was our destination before turning around and going back the way we had come.
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| It sure is green, isn't it? |
Al sent around another email this morning, saying that he is seeing a cardiologist next week for some more tests and is supposed to avoid exertion, as well as being unable to drive until he's cleared to do so. I'll bet he will be hoping for some resolution sooner rather than later. And when it's so beautiful outside! Let's hope that by next Thursday we'll be seeing him on the trails.
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| My sugar snap peas |
After the walk, I went to the Farmers' Market and then headed home to check on my garden. I've planted sugar snap peas in the middle since it would have made four years of planting them in the same place next to the fence, and I have learned that might be why they weren't quite as tasty last year. Once they begin to get a little taller, I'll add some bamboo rods and twine to give them something to climb on. They are one of my favorite garden enjoyments. Those poor little green shoots on the right are my yellow onions, which will be okay if I don't keep walking on them.
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| Columbines and iris |
At the top of the back stairs coming in from the garden, I spied Carol's lovely columbine, with the iris just about to bloom. (She's one of my neighbors with a green thumb. Everything she plants thrives.) Everything looks good in the garden today; it will take another day or two before I figure out if the salad greens I neglected to get into the ground in a timely fashion will be okay. There's lots of activity out there in the community garden with such fantastic blue skies. We haven't had three days of 70+ weather since early last October, but this weekend it will happen. I love it here!
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like the bridge shot. very nice. :) glad you had a great day yesterday and today! poor al. i knew he'd be restricted as they run him through a battery of 'what-ifs'.
ReplyDeleteI love those columbines...mine have mostly died out over the years (they are supposed to self-seed but I probably defeated them by mulching). My grandson has told me I need to plant "crops." He believes firmly in growing one's own food. Soon. It's a little cool this week and I'm a little busy!
ReplyDeleteLove the Columbines they are so pretty! I used to have a few I think they winter killed. Imagine that! I am certain a few wild ones that are native have survived. Peas are a legume and they are good for your soil, they don't take out nutrients only add them. Maybe you planted a different variety or from a different seed company. That will make a difference. I sure hope Al will be okay, tell him he has people all over the USA thinking about him. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Al update. Fingers and toes crossed for him.
ReplyDeleteLoving your garden - and that green vista is incredible.
The warm weather sounds wonderful and those yummy sugar snaps I imagine taste so sweet. Fingers crossed that Al will be joining you before too long on your senior hiker walks.
ReplyDeleteHappy Gardening, DJan! We have been planting here too. And loving the sunshine.
ReplyDeleteYour weather and greenery make things pretty nice. I hope that things go well for Al. Not being able to drive is a real bummer.
ReplyDeleteI like your sugar snap pea planting!
ReplyDeleteI'm so envious of your sugar snap peas. How wonderful to get them straight from your garden. That's really worrisome about Al. I hope everything works out OK.
ReplyDeleteHere's to Al. I hate those times where you have to wait for resolution of a medical issue....
ReplyDeleteWill be thinking of Al! He must feel like a racehorse tied up in a stall. I hope he gets good news.
ReplyDeleteLovely walk and good start on the garden. *hugs*
Emerald green! Just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so green and pretty over there. I hope Al makes a speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteYour peas are doing very well Djan. Aren't those columbines big! Over here we call it aquilegia or granny's bonnets. You keep so fit I'm sure a few days off will do no harm. Although your days off ar like my busiest days.
ReplyDeleteThis weekend's weather has been so lovely! Glad you got out and enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteSo glad Al is getting thoroughly checked out. Please keep us updated. He has become part of you blog.
ReplyDeleteLove those snap peas and hope you get a bumper crop. They are garden candy.
The pictures of your garden make me wonder how our garden is doing at home. It's sure to be a jungle when we get back. I hope we'll be able to salvage something. We're heading to the redwoods tomorrow on our days off. We're splurging to stay in a hotel...and take long, long showers in a shower with room to turn around.
ReplyDeleteI love the colours in the bridge shot - and yes, you have much green :)
ReplyDeleteWe still have much snow melting in the woods, however most is gone from roads and lawns. I have never seen this much snow still aboot on May 11th. Its usually gone by early to mid April. Perhaps this means we will have an extended summer into November. I certainly hope so, for the farmers still have not been able to till their fields, with much snow and melting water. My neighbour across the street is doing a garden this year on part of her lawn. Her Son surprised her yesterday on Mother's Day by showing up with a tiller and tilled the ground for her. We are all participating in building a nice solid fence around it with a gate. She was quite excited, so now we are planning her garden. I haven't even started mine yet - back yard still way too wet. Its nice to see your spring colours and I know we will catch up - just not this week, eh. Have a great day.
I love the peas as well. I can't wait to make a Thai style pasta salad with them. Yum.
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