A Sunny Weekend

Hello, Dear Friends, we are finally getting some 

warm spring sunshine, here in WA state, after 

weeks of dreary, cold rain. 

On my way to the market this past weekend, 

I noticed that the wild cherry trees are in full bloom. 

It's amazing what a little sunshine can do in just a few days. 

This pasture is bordered by some lovely cultivated 

specimens. 

The weeping cherries are in bloom, too,
along with purple mountain laurel. 

Everywhere I look, flowers are blooming and birds

are singing. I can't help feeling a child-like joy.

 I want to skip and do cart-wheels. Haha. 

We all know that my days of doing cart-wheels are 

pretty much over..........

Unless, of course, I do them unintentionally :)

Like on Saturday.......

I was busy clearing brush, and had a nice armload

to add to the pile, when my foot caught on 

a low-hanging branch and down I went, 

face-first in the pile I was carrying. 

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My foot was trapped under the large, 

now broken branch,

 and I couldn't get free, 

so I started to yell, 'Help', 

but pretty soon I realized that nobody 

could hear me. 

Even the dogs were barking.......

I used my other foot as leverage to lift

the branch that was pinning me down, 

and managed to right myself, 

covered in scratches, with twigs in my hair, 

but rather glad that nobody had seen me

because they would have been laughing. 

I am none the worse for wear, and pleased 

with all of my hard work, which has left the border 

neat and tidy. 

The hellebore is still blooming and the sweet woodruff

is spreading under the bench where I planted it 

years ago, from a friend's garden.

You can see alder catkins on the bench from the tree overhead. 

My wildflower garden is coming to life with 

forget-me-not and a stray dandelion or two. 

I always know that spring is officially here when 

the forget-me-not bloom. 

Of course, the daffodils are the true harbingers of spring, 

but this has not been a good year for them. 

It's been so wet and cold that they have refused to bloom, 

although a few hardy blooms have opened despite it all.  

The camellia is blooming along the walkway, 

cheering our comings and goings. 

You can see by the moss on the rock wall

how wet it has been! 

My son built this wall when he was in high-school, 

 from rocks that he 

gathered from the glacial river that runs 

below our little mountain. 

Speaking of our son - he came to help his Dad

prepare the site for Ramblin' Man's future workshop.

We so appreciate his help! 

This has been a long-term project, starting last year
 with tree removal and leveling of the site. 

We love our trees, so only the spindly alder trees were 

taken down, leaving the older cedar and fir to border

the area. You can see that the brush has already
filled in the bare spots. 

They worked so hard, leveling the site and digging 

trenches for drainage pipe and rock. 

They found two cement post piers
 that held up the pony barn, 

when the children were small. 

This one resembles an old shoe! 

The post is long gone, but the cement attached 

to a large, flattened rock - the 'toe' of the shoe. 

Digging these out made for hard work and I know

they are feeling it today! 

Ramblin' Man's old workshop will become my 

potting shed once this project is complete. 

Slowly, slowly......everything takes time. 

We have so much going on.......

Ramblin' Man works long hours and travels 

frequently for work, and everyday life takes up 

most of the rest of his time. 

But I'm sure I don't have to explain that to all of you! 

Life is so busy......

It's time to go inside........

I found this rusty wreath at the Northwest 

Flower and Garden Show in February
and knew it would be perfect on my vintage trellis. 

Have a seat and I will brew us a cup. 

The sunshine comes through 

the kitchen window, only in spring and summer, 

late in the day, when the sun is low in the sky. 

It leaves pretty shadows on the wall. 

And creates a lovely, warm glow.

And turns the hills golden.

Let's sit down and have a little snack
while we catch up on our week.

I baked an apple-raisin cinnamon bread! 

xoxo

Thank-you, Dear Friends for stopping by.
I hope that you are feeling the warm sunshine on your face, too.
xoxo