Saturday, 15 December 2018
Allan spent the day at the handmade craft fair at the Sou’wester Lodge, where he was pleased a sell a goodly number of his boating book.
Sunday, 16 December 2018
In a continuing quest to get his book into the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center gift shop, Allan made a trip to Cape Disappointment. (Maybe in January, the gift shop will add it; meanwhile, it is available in Ilwaco at Time Enough Books and at Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum.)
A local news station was there looking for a good photo spot for waves. Allan led them to the most popular spot, the low overlook of Waikiki Beach. However, it was low tide.
Folks get awfully close looking for the perfect photo. Last year, a couple were almost swept away and lost their camera equipment.
Our friend Nellie is renowned for her Waikiki Beach wave photos. Here is one of her favorites, on a high storm-driven winter tide.
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
We’d had some rain.
…and a fair amount of wind, with 60 mph gusts at the headlands.
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
I feel I am channeling my mother as I cut up milk cartons to make plant tags for the plant sale that I’m planning.
Before spending a couple of hours digging and potting up plant divisions, I chopped up the kelp into the compost bins.
Allan put up the spring window box liners, with early narcissi and snowdrops already blooming.
As day after day of mild weather calls for afternoons of gardening rather than reading, a Builders Tea is well deserved at dark-thirty.
Skooter’s new favourite spot is by or in the bathroom sink.
By spending a couple of hours a day potting up plants, I hope to have an amazing plant sale during the World’s Longest Garage Sale weekend at the end of next May.
Sunday, 23 December 2018
After a rather scary storm the night before of wind, thunder, and lightning:
Not only have I been potting up plants, I also cleaned up the greenhouse entryway and made a new potting area. This had involved some difficult cutting of hops roots that had run into that area.
I can take refuge in the greenhouse during squalls.
Having made me a wonderful additional greenhouse lean-to, Allan began rebuilding the work trailer.
Monday, 24 December 2018
While running errands, we did the last bit of 2019 clean up to the Long Beach planters.
We visited The Planter Box to get some more potting soil for my plant sale project, along with some empty pots; I had taken too many of my empties there at the end of the season and needed some back!
The Planter Box has a great selection of violas right now:
Allan bought more lumber and made more progress on the trailer.
Starting on Christmas Day, it will be my mission to not leave my property until Allan’s birthday on January 2nd.
Your narcissi and snowdrops are blooming already? Mine are poking up shoots, but I won’t see blooms until mid January.
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Just those two so far.
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It was quite the series of wind and rain storms here. Several large trees came down in my neighbourhood, but fortunately none of mine. It did have me looking askance at them though, after the passing of the stormy weather.
I like the new area in front of your greenhouse and can envision flats of plant sale plants stacked on the table. Beside the table. On your patio…
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I’m glad you did not lose any trees.
I am running out of room for flats!
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That looks like a lot of rain. I hope that you don’t get washed away.
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Still here so far!
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I admire Allans’ productivity ! How fine did you chop up the kelp for the compost ? Are you concerned about the salinity at all ?
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You sure did have a lot of rain! Maybe some ducks will visit you. You and Allan are certainly getting lots of projects done this winter in spite of the weather. The Janelle Hux wave photo is stellar! Wow. Love your new potting area. The cat at the Planter Box is handsome, and the violas are so pretty.
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Ooo, love that photo by Nellie of Waikiki Beach!
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She is locally renowned!
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I remember that lighthouse, and the other one too. I walked out to the corner where the breakwater starts, although I do not remember which breakwater it was. I believe it was where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, to the west of Cape Disappointment.
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