Barn Quilt

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I finally finished a barn quilt! It’s been on one of my Pinterest boards for at least two years. I finished a couple of weeks ago but we’ve had such hot weather, we had to wait until we got a break to install it. I used the very cool pattern called Mad as a Hatter designed by Elaine at Messy Goat. I like traditional quilt patterns but wanted something more modern. She does such great work – inventive and creative – and is generous enough to provide tutorials. Thank you Elaine!

 

2017 January Ice and Snow Storm

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I know this isn’t a huge amount of snow relatively speaking but western Oregon just doesn’t get enough to be able to handle it well. We had some snow and ice and Portland just lost its collective mind for a week. Folks in the northeast are keeping warm by laughing hysterically. We had a similar storm in December and there was so much public frustration that TPTB even broke down and tried salting the roads this time around. But I think that needs to be laid before temperatures get too cold and so it was too late for that to make any difference. I was glad to be able to be off work for a few days and stay clear of the snowpocalypse.

We had to make a trip in to the store but drove cautiously.
Some clear spots on the roads.
Henry on a brief foray to the garden.
Cold maple tree (but not cold enough for syrup).
Too cold even for hardy cold-weather plants in the greenhouse right now.
Henry is about ready to go back to the house.
One of my favorite maple trees.
Not many birds around but I like to keep some food out just in case.
Snow-covered lavender.
Snowy pasture.
Snow in the pasture.
Zinnias in the snow
Henry is not really a fan of the cold weather these days.

2016 August Garden Photos

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The hen got tired of the rooster’s advances and jumped up onto the goat to get away!
First harvest of summer squash.
Baby Blue Hubbard squash
Chanterais canteloupe
The corn ears are getting larger.
Tomatoes!
Early Girl tomatoes
Tomato gradient.
First harvest of pole beans.
S for RattleSnake beans.
We are letting some Rattlesnake beans go to seed.
Pickling and slicing cucumbers.
A tiny luffa.
A tiny French pumpkin.
Black Eyed Susans
Our tallest sunflower was eleven feet!
Colorful bee on a sunflower
Large sunflower.
Sunflowers are getting bigger.
Gradient sunflower.
Colorful bee and sunflower.
The tall sunflowers made a nice privacy hedge.
The tallest sunflowers.
A mix of pink flowers from an old seed mix.
Zinnias!
Ombre zinnia.
Pale pink zinnia.
Orange zinnia
Iridescent zinnia.
Honeybee and zinnia.
Gradient zinnia.
Zinnia twins.
Zinnia triplets.
Crowned zinnia.

2016 July Garden Photos

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A colony of pumpkins that volunteered from the compost we tilled in.
The volunteer pumpkins are ripening already.
Colorful corn silks.
Large rattlesnake beans.
Vanilla Ice sunflowers
This large garden spider in the zinnias wove a zig zag web stabilizer.
Ladybug and sunflower.
A happy butterfly among the zinnias.
The honeybee is all but invisible on this sunflower.
Mixed sunflowers
Zinnias and grass that needs mowing.
I rescued this violet from the nursery clearance section.
These fragrant sweet alyssums have been blooming for several months.
More mixed sunflowers.
The oval garden flowers and feather grass is filling in nicely.
Moulin Rouge sunflower.
I haven’t yet identified this hot pink flower from and old seed mix.
The Dragon’s Blood sedum bloomed for the first time with a surprising hot pink blossom.
Black Eyed Susans.
Vanilla Ice sunflower.