Friday, 4 August 2017
Before work, Jenna (Queen LaDeDa) came over to find out what plant cuttings she could have for a Jake the Alligator Man event costume: a “wild woman”. While I did not have anything to make a mossy head dress with, we found all sorts of ideas while walking through the garden. She will come tomorrow morning, probably before we wake, to acquire the materials, because it is too early to cut them now.
Jenna and I on the hunt for plant costume ideas.
After she departed, I started to pick four bouquets for my favourite Art Night participants. I ran out of steam after two bouquets.
Port of Ilwaco
I delivered a bouquet to Don Nisbett’s Art Gallery. (He is Jenna’s spouse.)
And to Salt Hotel.
Allan watered the Time Enough Books curbside garden and did some other garden tidying in the area.
We finished weeding the south end of the boatyard garden.
battling the scrimmy little horsetail
I pictured lots of people parading along here between a downtown gallery and the port this evening.
From a distance, Allan thought the name of this incoming boat was “Sleepwear”.
Allan’s photo
Allan liked the idea shown below, of a rope tied to the hose on the boatyard faucet that people use to power wash their boats. It keeps the faucet from being yanked by the hose, he says.
While we had been near Time Enough Books, I’d seen shop owner Karla. She said she would be at the museum this evening for their exhibit opening and so I thought I might just give a third bouquet to the museum. We took a break to go home and make one more bouquet.
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
Seaview
On the way to Long Beach, we stopped by the cannabis emporium to get me a product that the Freedom Market does not have in stock.
Mr Doobie’s in Seaview
I’ve been taking a tincture called Ethos 2:1, mostly CBD, on the recommendation of a friend. As promised, it does not get me high but what I think it has done is almost eliminate my back spasms. I doubt it’s a placebo effect because I combine all new medications with a big dose of skepticism.
We acquired these photos, two blocks from the pot shop, of a garden I enjoy in passing.
peeking over the fence
Across the street from that garden, I asked Allan to photograph the deck railing that I quite like. The garden is good, too. We had a communication breakdown over getting a photo that included the garden on the corner of the property. Maybe next week.
Long Beach
Allan thought a drive-through coffee would be helpful for the day.
Horses had been through the drive through before us!
at the drive through window
I thought all we had to do in Long Beach was to give the planter at the end of Sid Snyder Drive some water (done!) and then dump yesterday’s debris. On the way to city works, we found one more thing to do.
Minnie Culbertson Park, before
after
I had seen an ad in the local paper about a wee dahlia “farm” in the town. (I left off the line with the phone number:)
Of course, we had to have a look.
gardener Dale picking a bouquet for a visitor
He said there will be lots more dahlias starting next week. He was also offering lots of little plants for sale in cute little containers:
My grandma would have loved the wooden shoe.
Allan’s photo
Dale’s pond had sprung a leak. You can see it will be good-looking when re-filled.
Basket Case Greenhouse
We needed soil and plants for an Ilwaco planter.
new shade cloth entryway
Allan’s photo
Buddy wanted to get in our van and Allan handed him to me.
Roxanne and I joked that I was taking him home.
I gave this little darling back most reluctantly.
Klipsan Beach Cottages
We’d postponed our weekly cleanup of KBC because of Wednesday’s heat. I clipped a whole lot of brown lady’s mantle out of the driveway garden and have no photos to show for that. After working, we took photos for the KBC Facebook page (which I administrate).
The sky was still grey with a smoke haze from the fires in Canada.
lawn border
in the fenced garden
I cannot ID this special plant, a gift from Mary’s plantsman brother, with golden yew.
Veronicastrum and Nicotiana ‘Fragrant Cloud’ (kind of a fail photographing white, as usual)
Dierama (Angel’s Fishing Rod)
birdbath view
Allan’s photo
the pond island
I see they bought those string lights that were “shiny objects” to me last time we went to Costco. If I see them for sale again, I will not resist. Or maybe I will resist because we don’t have effective outdoor outlets. Oh well!
The Anchorage Cottages
On the way south, we made the briefest stop at the Anchorage. Since we had been there Monday this week, I felt we should do a second quick deadheading.
I am quite worked up about how this dierema is darker than any of my others.
This thrills me. I wonder if it would come true from seeds.
in the office courtyard (Allan’s photo)
When it was built, partly by moving WWII cottages from Cape Disappointment, the Anchorage was Ocean Front. Now, because of beach accretion, it is about a half mile from the beach. A path leads through piney woods to the shore.
Astilbe and Fuchsia ‘Pat’s Dream’
As I had begun to deadhead, I’d asked Allan to photograph an adorable caravan in the car lot at the corner.
such a cute face
I smile in response.
Would make a great guest house.
Ilwaco
We drove past the boatyard garden to see the crowds of strolling art walk patrons that I had imagined…and saw no one at all till we drove past the galleries along the port.
We had every intention of immediately finishing the day by planting up the Ilwaco planter that got dug out, due to poor drainage, last weekend. That is, until I looked at my Ilwaco Facebook feed on my phone to see if there were some last minute Art Walk posts that I could share to Discover Ilwaco.
I saw this photo from the museum!
The exhibit opening was on a topic that interests us. We had planned to see it later in the month because of a reluctance for peopling (me) and simply wanting to get the work day done. But the snacks called to us and soon we were there.
Join the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum as we explore the history of “Derbyville” and the early years of salmon derbies, recreational fishing, and the emergence of the charter-boat fishing industry on the Long Beach Peninsula. This exhibit will be on view August 4 – October 7, 2017.
the big room (The plates were about to get replenished)
Allan’s photo. Someone at the museum said “No one’s ever brought us flowers before.” That gives me a new bouquet target.
center: Dan and his wife had just toured our garden today (by invitation). (Allan’s photo)
We did not have time to thoroughly peruse the exhibit. I can see it is one that I will very much enjoy.
I like this sort of display.
This history goes back to when our garden was riverfront property, before the port was built out on fill.
Information about the mayor, for whom our street of curbside gardens at the Port if named:
We had to get back to work and plant the planter by the fire station.
Allan made the small hole, added this week by the city crew, bigger.
new plants getting firmed up
red for the fire station, including Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ (Allan’s photo)
Allan’s photo
At home, our neighbor Mary from two doors down brought us some freshly caught salmon and, of course, I dragged her back to see the towering, fragrant lilies.
Skooter indicated that he would like to have a campfire some evening soon.
Now for two days off, with some more lily guests invited.
