Saturday, July 30, 2011

Beautiful Mt. Baker day!

Thought we'd drive up to Baker on a gloriously sunny day (how could we stay home and do yard and house work) and see how much more of the snow has melted since my Mt. Baker snow post from earlier this month. 
Click on the link to see the post and pictures from that day: http://hearsdifferentdrummer.blogspot.com/2011/07/checking-out-snow-at-mt-bakerartist.html

Such a nice day we decided to take the convertible - just click on the pictures to enlarge them


Compare the next 2 pictures and see the difference, same view taken 3 weeks apart.

July 10, 2011
July 30, 2011
                       
                      
Lunch break at the first parking lot at the end of the road



after lunch we walked the mile up to the next parking lot

Mt. Shuksan

this is what the next parking lot looks like. It's not plowed yet so they haven't opened the road to it.

someone's little friend
and of course we had to stop at Graham's for ice cream in Glacier.
Dick's pick: Chocolate chip cookie dough, my pick: Rainbow sherbert. Yum!


* A happy side note: I decided to try jogging 1 mile when we got home. I jogged most of the mile. I didn't have to walk as much as I thought I would. Hurray my calf is healing!


Thursday, July 21, 2011

Our vegetable garden today!


Thriving, but could use a bit more sun!
 (The white hoops are for early planting hot house, we put plastic over them for little greenhouses.)
Kale
Strawberries
Rainbow carrots
Sugar peas
Radishes
Onions
Leaf lettuce
Romaine lettuce
Potatoes
Beets
Crook neck squash
Zucchini
Bush beans
 Raspberries
Rhubarb
Mint
Chives
Lavender