Wednesday, 5 August 2015
apples at The Planter Box, where we shopped for a few plants for Long Beach
Golden Sands Assisted Living
The gardens are going through a dull patch.
midsummer doldrums
We hose watered the sad dry hydrangeas.
The Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ at the back should be so much taller…not enough water.
The Helianthus on this side is getting better water.
With the sprinkler system working, the garden is still so much better than previous years that I mustn’t complain!
Klipsan Beach Cottages
I want Golden Sands to be like this garden. This one has a lot of money lavished on plants and soil amendments and every inch gets watered.
in the fenced garden
The birdbath is actually a cat drinking saucer.
Cosmos and Salvia viridis
Mary’s pale pink rose
Agapanthus
with hummingbird
Cosmos ‘Antiquity’
lily
Anchorage Cottages
My good friend Mitzu
towering sweet peas
Persicaria ‘Dimity’; I forgot to get myself some starts of this last year.
Cosmos ‘Sonata’ in the center courtyard.
Long Beach
added three plants to the big Lewis and Clark Square planter. Still far from lush.
from The Planter Box
Port of Ilwaco
We watered all along Howerton Avenue.
Someone had messed with the lavender again. I took a small bouquet of it to Salt Hotel.
Salt Hotel
the marina, looking southwest
Despite the clouds, no rain is in the forecast this week.
Gardens…struggling by on once a week watering.
Walking home, I spy Acanthus by the college building.
Acanthus thriving on neglect
a reflection in a boat by the street
a reward for watering in the greenhouse
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Ilwaco
I knew that the owners of Salt Hotel were in a crunch to get all their rooms done by the weekend so they could be fully open. I took them a bouquet for their office.
I admire their planters and beautification
against the wall of Salt Hotel
The Depot Restaurant
weekly deadheading, bindweed eradication, and supplemental watering
north side of dining deck, with hops on the lattice
Long Beach
deadheading and supplemental water at the welcome sign
welcome sign
Then, the watering and deadheading of the Long Beach planters.
outside NIVA green
my favourite planter this year
When I watered that planter, a tiny blue damselfly buzzed all around it. (Photo attempt too blurry.)
Gaura ‘So White’ in Fish Alley. Too bad the “hens and chickens” around the edges keep getting stolen.
lilies in Fifth Street Park
Lily speciosum rubrum and Melianthus major in Fifth Street Park
Allan took this photo of these folks who said “That’s the most beautiful lily I’ve ever seen.”
the lily in question (Allan’s photo)
in all its glory (Allan’s photo)
We had time to turn the soaker hoses on and off on Sid Snyder beach approach (to the usual little effect).
horses out on Sid Snyder beach approach (Allan’s photo)
We even had time to do some weeding and strimming on the parking lot berms.
The three “berms” get NO supplemental water.
The middle one is so blah it just gets a strimming. Before (Allan’s photo)
after (Allan’s photo)
middle berm before (Allan’s photo)
after (Allan’s photo)…still not lovely, eh?
I used to dream of making that center parking lot garden more exciting, but with no water, I think not.
bird on a wire while we dumped our debris at city works
The Cove Restaurant
Ah, Thursday night, the end of our workweek, and dinner with Dave and Melissa. This time Todd joined us.
Dave and Parking Lot Cat
fruit water and pear cider and Dave
Allan’s photo as I bore the table with some gardening tale or other.
delicious halibut cakes (Allan’s photo)
Dave’s favourite: Pork Conchinita
Our Melissa (Allan’s photo)
After dinner, Melissa and I both got sentimental about how much we look forward to our Thursday dinners and how happy we are that we all met.
If you got this far, thanks for sticking with us for a whole work week in just two posts. Thank goodness it was four days instead of what it used to be: six, or seven, or ten or more days in a row.
Nice shot of the marina
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