Monday, 6 August 2018
Long Beach
When we stopped at City Hall to pick up our check, I saw a pruning job to do on the rhododendron in the north garden bed.
Allan had been pulling weedy evening primrose from one of two little popouts a block to the north.
We watered the street trees and planters.
I ran across one time consuming situation in a planter with two clumps of variegated bulbous oat grass that had rust.
I removed the grass, so now the question of whether or not it looks weedy there is permanently solved.
Shelburne Hotel
We watered, weeded, deadheaded. Allan was able to get to the Room 4 deck…
No more cosmos up there next year, too high maintenance. The dahlia will also go down into the garden.
The rose that got moved from the porch above the pub deck to the Room 4 deck has proved to be a pretty one.
In the garden, because of rust, we pulled all the Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ along the north porch.
I pulled more crocosmia from the south side of the entry and then had to fuss around to get the dead leaves picked off the base of the helianthus.
Ilwaco
I watered the boatyard. The evening was grey and pleasant, with very little wind.
I have been lucky this year, with hoses readily accessible.
Allan watered the street trees and planters.
I walked home, hoping to see some of the Main Street feral cats, and was rewarded by sighting three at once.
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
We had the morning off because of a 2 PM appointment to take Frosty and Skooter to the vet for new flea collars and for a toenail trim for Skooter.
When we got home, we found our neighbour, Rudder, coming out from the Nora house next door.
At four, we went down to the port to do our watering along Howerton Avenue’s curbside gardens. The wind was so strong and so cold that I wore my winter scarf.
I had planned to trim the dead flowers off many santolinas this evening. The cold wind daunted me, so the only one I did was the vandalized, damaged one by the pavilion.
I was so pleased that the port office has its south windows back so that our friends on the staff are no longer working in a dark cave.
The garden there will return some time this fall.
Cutest thing I saw today was a little brown bird climbing up the Salt Hotel steps by hopping up one step at a time.
After we had done all but the east end, I went home to water while Allan watered the east end bed; he needs both hoses for that.
He finished his day by watering at the Ilwaco Community Building.
Shelburne guests are certainly fortunate to have those lovely pots to gaze at from their rooms. I know it’s a lot of work to maintain them, but I’m sure it is appreciated!
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Thank you, friend!
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You have created a lot of flowery pleasure for passers by.
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Hey, you got another one of those little lemon cypress. I say one earlier. I suppose it could be the same one. I thought the other was bigger.
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Yes, I have several here and there. I find them pretty darling.
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I love the tigridia! The pots at the Shelburne are looking nice, and the front garden is overflowing with colorful blossoms. It will be interesting to see the hotel at the Port.
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I’m looking forward to the new hotel’s pub! I love the Salt Hotel pub at the Port, but it is closed Mon-Wed, and Tues and Wed are the only weeknights we aren’t watering into the late evening.
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