On Thursday mid morning I decided to walk up to the Fred Meyer store and get some exercise and pick up the Globe with the Big X puzzle which I love to do, and of course a package of cookies to go with my tea when I got back and needed to replenish my energy. I decided to take my camera along to see what I could see that might be of interest to you. Of course, I put the pictures in reverse so my tale cannot be told in the sequence I hoped for. This picture of the lovely little white buds came out very well. I have no idea what the name of the plant is, but the flowers look like very small orchids and it is very beautiful as you can see. You can also see the rocks I walk on to weed and yes, I do use a walking stick, a big thick one I picked up on the beach for beach walking.
As I round the corner of Rowland and put my feet on Smith Street, I pass my neighbors house and saw this neglected holly bush which reminded me of a Christmas gift I gave Grandma Clementsen years ago. She was delighted to have such a beautiful plant with brilliant red berries. She finally told me some months later the berries were wired on the bush . . . so much for buying a holly bush with berries.
This is a good picture of the empty lot behind my house where the deer come through the break between my fence and the neighbors. There used to be a very tall bush there that rotted away so I have to replace the fence, some one of these days when I have extra funds to buy the material. That is our little brown house and the garage, and behind the garage is that ditch I talk about, the one that I spent yesterday talking to a man at city hall about . . . yes, like Don Quixote, I am fighting windmills and trying to have them explain why we have to be the sole keeper of their ditch for rain runoff when they have right of way. I'm told it isn't right of way but easement and written in the original contract between the developer and the city the property owners get to take care of it at no cost to the city or to the developer. Um. . . no, I cannot write the words on my mind about 'fair'.
Across Railroad Avenue which is the street I walk up to get to Freddy's, there are wild berry bushes and soon we will be able to pick them for cobblers and pies.
In the same field, which is where our deer live and so do some street folks, there is a field of Queen Anne Lace, not a bad weed to look at.
I spotted a thistle which we used to play with as children. We would go out into the field and gather them and make doll furniture out of them, in spite of the prickly thorns.
This is another shot of the field which is fenced by a fallen tree which do not stop the resident deer from coming through. Last count I saw five of them running up the street right past the house and wondered what the rush was all about. I still don't know.
So now you have an idea of what the neighborhood is like as you walk up Rowland, along Railroad past the Mill which spews a cloud of something they tell us is not harmful as we cough, sneeze and wheeze. It is a lovely walk on a summers day and the traffic is usually pretty heavy as they whip around the blind curve and am surprised to find someone out walking.
The black cloud emitted from the Mill . . . the one they tell us has no 'bad stuff' but we know that there is a tiny green residue that falls over the houses and the automobiles. The pile of sawdust is becoming larger and I keep wondering where the ply board goes now that we have such big problems in our housing market throughout the country.
The Mill. Some folks complain about is noise but I never hear it. The advantage of losing ones hearing as we grow older. Selective hearing is good. I only hear silence this time of the morning. I worked so hard on the back of the garage ditch area hoeing up weeds yesterday that I feel asleep through all of my favorite TV shows, so when One A.M. came about and I am wide awake, then Two, and Then Three . . . well why not just get up and blog . . . I did, now I can go sit in my favorite chair, cuddle in and go back for a power nap or two.
So today, make it a great Saturday and do lots of nothing, well laundry, grocery shopping, a sweep or two around the house and then do nothing. Make it fun no matter what you decide to do. I'm off to power nap. Hugs to all.
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