Friday Aug 05, 2005

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I'm back home after four long and lucky weeks of travelling budget stylee. I'm really loving life again after 'going exploring' and now it's time to be back in the Pacific NW. Only this time, I will make more impulsive art. Peace while I paint a painting.
ge999:
WOW! How nice to be away for four weeks!!! I am so jealous! Although, I would be hard pressed to leave Seattle for four weeks in the summer--it's my favorite time of year here!

Glad you like the Mary Oliver poem--it is one of my favorites and has become ingrained (in a good way) in my memory . . .

I like camping too--quite awesome but unfortunately do not get out to it enough. I like to camp in Washington around Mt. Rainier, in the Hoh, at the ocean, Olympic Hot Springs, up the Suiattle River Road, and on the east side--north end of Lake Chelan, etc. Also like to camp in the High Sierra's in Tuoumne Meadows (in Yosemite at 8,000 feet), Mono Hot Springs, Kings Canyon, Paiute Pass, etc. Haven't spent time in Montana or Wyoming but they are on the list. Have spent lots of time in BC, but have only been camping on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast; would love to check out the interior!

The garden is doing fine--a bit parched this time of year. I try to follow drought tollerant (DT) practices but water a bit more than my ardent DT practicioner friends--need to put more wood chips out, which I will do this weekend (mulched in the beds last fall with compost and wood chips but need to refresh them as it has now been absorbed.) The dahlias are just starting to bloom and the roses are starting their third blooming. The heat is bringing on the tropicals--albutilon, elephant ears (caladiums), cardiocrinum, etc. As for my native plants--it is a little hot for them; the ribes are a little cranky as are the vaccinium (huckelberry) and oplopanax (devil's club). Am growing some non-NW natives--echinaecia and rudbeckia that are coming on strong with this weather. Put some nicotiana in the parking strip that is doing quite well as well as millet that I have used to replace my worn out day-lilies and delphinium!

Tell me about your interest in native plants.

Thanks for the update and glad you are back!!!



[Edited on Aug 05, 2005 8:42PM]
_elichrusos:
In the future, please submit links and references with your story, especially when you use quotes.

[Edited on Aug 06, 2005 3:01PM]

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