wsea garden tour, part 2

MY PICTURES don't do justice, and scenes are missing, but here's a quick peek at what Brian and Ter have done with their own sweat and care. It's a lovely tiny yard, all designed to evolve as climate changes, and provide shelter for birds and bees. :B

wsea 09 garden tour

TERRIE WAS THE belle of the ball for the West Seattle garden tour this year. This shows the mostly xeric front. There's my lovely bumblebee friend.

sniffer

HERE'S MY LITTLE ophee sniffing the flowers. It looks like she's sniffing my vine maple, but it's actually a plant behind it. Ophee recently turned 3 yrs old.

4th of july, 2009

SOMETIMES I FORGET that it's already 2009. So weird.
In Bothell, still sortof a small town, there's a corny little parade up the street. I was out watering (always with guilt) this morning, and the fire truck sirens went off, and the Seafair Pirates I'm sure (cuzz who else has such a loud cannon), along with the usual BHS band, and music and wacky kid things.
Hooray for the little corny parades. Like ancient festivals in many other countries, this traditional celebration of our freedom makes me misty, unlike the years before, because we are in such peril, and I treasure our hometown parades more than ever.