Events

These are some of the treasures I have found lately.

• March, 2011 The blooms are almost a month late this year. Much colder weather and miserable cold rain in buckets. Only the grass and weeds are thriving in the garden. The days are much longer now and the light is good so I am happy painting in my studio.
• December, 2010 Unbelievable rain storm (3" in 3hr)with high wind. Strange weather with dark purple clouds one minute and blue sky the next. Not at all normal for Seattle but many moments with golden light on the landscape against the dark clouds. Stunning!
• November, 2010 Severe prolonged freeze and all the still green figs fell off. The trees look damaged as well. Sigh. Should I cull them?
• October, 2010 Lots of green figs on the Brown Turkey and Peter's Honey trees. But will they ripen? I put olive oil on the orifice and they started changing color.
• September, 2010 New snow on the tops of the Cascades gleams in the low sun when we get a clear day.
• August, 2010 A blood red crescent moon caused by smoke from a fire on the Olympic Peninsula was more remarkable than the meteorites visible above the sky glow here in the city.
• May 30, 2010 The lupines are out in force in very unusual bicolors this year. White, deep purple and yellow with magenta are combos new to me.
• March 30, 2010 I have figs on my young trees already! In spite of the severe cold spell we had in early winter, plump, velvety figs are popping out on both trees. Hooray!
• March 6, 2010 The wood anemones are blooming and the flicker family is hanging around, tolerated by the crow family. Interesting how some bird territories can overlap in peace.
• Feruary 7, 2010 The petite daffodils are blooming now as well as the red flowering quince. The highs have been in the 50's for 2 weeks. I don't know if we will have another hard freeze this year. I hope not as the earliest plum buds are just beginning to show color.
• January 02, 2010 The December hard freezes may have frozen some plants, but a lot pests were eliminated as a payoff. The severe clear weather is gone now and we are back to warmer rain. Flocks of starlings work over a nearby lawn while hawks watch nearby for the unwary.

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