This was my perspective this year:
Val Sills and granddaughters Marilyn and Kat:
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Happy Birthday Justin
#40 for Justin and he barbecued tri-tip.
A visit to the pigs.
Harvests begin
The first yellow-green of the rice fields are evident.
And then cousin Glenn sent this picture of the wheat harvest on the family farm in Markinch Saskatchewan Canada, three combines in one field.
Glenn with grandson Romen who thought it was way too noisy.
Thank you Glenn for sending me your pictures and letting me share them on the blog!
Thursday @ Merrilyn’s
Except that it was Wednesday. When a TRUSD mandatory meeting (in order to do CELDT testing for English learners in Kindergarten and 1st grade) for Thursday was made known at the last minute, thankfully Merrilyn and Phyl were able to switch our get-together to today.
Dear friends in Foley AL, Tom and Paula, should recognize the following beverage, Frozen Good. And Phyl chose a matching outfit!
Yum!
The food is always great: Shrimp Remoulade w crackers and pumpernickel and Salmon Mousse in pastry cups.
The best part, as always, was good conversation with friends.
Landscaping project cont’d
It’s at least 2 full days’ work on the weekend for Justin and Tom. By Sunday night, 44 sprinkler heads were installed. The yellow flags are sprinklers for shrubs, orange for grass.
Justin has been working on sprinkler systems and landscaping projects since he was 7 years old and helping his dad. It’s his 33 years of experience that makes this project big and complicated, but not hard to figure out or execute.
One year anniversary
Calvary Lutheran is a happy church. This was the one-year anniversary of Pastor Kirsten Moore’s arrival.
South from Bend
Driving home, Mt Shasta from the north:
Bend OR – Friday
Time for a bike ride:
We started in Camp Sherman and rode along Metolius River to Lower Bridge for lunch and back, about 16 miles.
The source of the Metiolius is two springs about 300 yards apart
which quickly became this:
Be still my heart – a quilt/fabric store in Sisters. I think I could spend a whole day in Sisters poking into all the shops.
Bend OR – Thursday afternoon
We drove to Sparks Lake to hike the
A canyon path:
Oh my! Alan made pizza with basil pesto, pears, walnuts, and bleu cheese – sigh.
Bend Or – Thursday morning
I’m at Caroline and Alan’s – friends first met in Guaymas Mexico, they owned catamaran Magic … and we’ve stayed in touch. This morning, mutual friends Doug and Linda of our Guaymas days and sailboat Que Linda (I love how we are always better known to each other by our first names and our boats’ names and almost never by our last names). Doug and Linda have lived in Bend for about 30 years, Caroline and Alan about 2 months.
L-R: Doug, Linda, Caroline, Alan
Coffee and scones from a local bakery! Thanks Que Linda
Alan’s hay bale garden:
Berry bushes newly planted:
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