Saturday, 1 December 2018
This is the day leading up to the Crab Pot Tree lighting.
In the mid morning, Allan hurried down to the Crab Pot tree to provide a mallet for anchoring an anchor.
It will be lit to commemorate a crabber who was tragically lost in an accident in Willapa Bay this past summer.
Allan then checked on his book at Time Enough Books.
After trying and failing to get enough sleep (too much crab pot excitement brewing?), I had three hours to weed.
We had had this much rain yesterday.
We still have mild weather and some flowers in bloom.
I worked on a section where creeping buttercup had swamped the base of shasta daisies.
It was hard to tear myself away from the garden at ten to three. I knew, though, that the temperature would start to drop in about half an hour.
Allan had been working on the greenhouse lean-to. We hurried to put tools away and to get down to the Salt Pub to meet Our Kathleen for a late lunch.
Salt has been remodeling so that the main pub is now downstairs instead of upstairs. Allan’s photos were taken earlier in the day. When we got there, we were lucky to get the second to last table.
We were joined a half an hour later by Ann Amato, who praised the cranberry cobbler.
Ann is catching up on the past year in her blog, which you can read right here.
Allan left us at four to help test the lights at the tree. It would be unfortunate if they did not go on properly! We lingered for another forty five minutes and then walked the two blocks to the crab pot tree….
…….where we hope you will join us as we share the evening on our other blog (as soon as I get around to writing it).
Allan had picked up some library books for me today. I rather wish the weather forecast was for rain rather than a sunny and temperate week.
I love these tours of your garden this time of year. I get to see flowers — and greenery! — while there’s snow on the ground here. I wouldn’t mind a bite of that tuna melt, too.
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It is mighty tasty.
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It is always good to see fuchsias.
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🙂
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The downstairs of Salt Pub looks nice. I like their tuna melts, and they have the best hamburgers. The late season blossoms in your garden are a delight!
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Thank you. I must get around to writing about the tree lighting but I just got the new Robert Galbraith book, so not for a couple of days. 😉
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Do fuchsias freeze back to the main stems each winter?
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They often survive the winter tall here, but not always. Sometimes they don’t even lose their leaves over winter.
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That is impressive. I would have guessed that the climate there would be a bit too harsh. It is supposed to get ‘cold’ there.
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It does get cold in Portland, Seattle area. Our little climate is mildly maritime.
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Yes, I suppose it is milder closer to the ocean.
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