Lots of Changes

 I have neglected my blog but have posted many life changes on my Facebook page. Since I last posted in April - baby Henry Herschleb was born on June 7 - a very healthy and sturdy nine pounds seven ounces.
More big news is my move to Sequim, Washington where I am enjoying a healthy lifestyle with my partner George. Here we enjoy biking on the Olympic Trail or kayaking the lovely waters of Sequim Bay. What a wonderful change from the noise and traffic of Portland.

It is amazing how life can change so quickly.

I have never been happier and feel blessed to have found George.

Purple Haze Lavender Farm

Beautiful Henry Herschleb

Bounty Hood Canal - Three pound Dungeness 

John Wayne Marina, Sequim WA

Back to the kayak after a picnic

Railroad Bridge on the Olympic Trail
A very happy couple

Beautiful Baby Shower April 5.

Knitting for new grandchild

Here is a baby blanket I made for a grandson expected in June. I decided on bright colors in washable merino by Lang. I think this will be handy for a stroller or car seat.

Colors of Mexico

A roadside stand 

 Today in Los Barriles

Sitting at home knitting

While I'm sitting at home knitting on a cold, dreary, December day it is good to remember this beautiful day in October on the Columbia River. Portland does have some perfect days.

Good to be back

It's good to be back in Wyoming. I'm trying to add to this blog from my IPad - a new experience and not as easy as I would like.

Take me back

Cove at Mauna Kea

 OH MY! It was a heavenly vacation. The best, best, water to swim in, so warm, clear and, tranquil.

The beaches in Hawaii are public so the very best are accessible to the public. This beach at Mauna Kea is one of the top rated in all the island. I would have to agree. As you easily, float and swim you will probably see the green sea turtles that like to warm up in the shallows or even sunbath on the sand.

Mauna Kea, Hawaii,  the big island

From the tiki bar at Mauna Kea

He or she really is just sunbathing

A Banyan tree near a public beach on the Hilo side of the island

Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden

Great food, reasonable prices, and gifted
Chef Carl, a New Orleans transplant

The Fish & the Hog in Waimea was a  find

Sunny May!

Portland is a garden paradise and it is basking in warm sunny days. Evidently this is a much warmer than usual May. With temperatures in the 80's we are having days ten degrees above normal.  No surprise in this age of global warming, I guess.  I will go out and  photograph something other than flowers but here is one last one for this week.

Notice the bee inside this peony. This flower is in the garden of a neighbor. It is a pleasure to find such an abundance of beauty right outside my door.

I attended a blog group meeting on Thursday. It was the first get together of a Meet up group started to generate  ideas for improving our blogs and sharing information about blogs. It was generally agreed that key to having a blog with many subscribers and readers is being disciplined and making regular postings. 

Good advice for me. 

Best Spring!

I visited the Japanese Garden here in Portland last week. It is a place of serenity.

Sculptures by the famous artist Isamu Noguchi

Mt Hood in the background

This morning our yard has irises making their showy display and the first peonies, although these that I photographed are a variety that is new to me.

On our porch, a basket of edible salad plants and
a bright cheery dahlia

The first hydrangea to bloom

Spring and Tulips

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm, located  in Woodburn, Oregon is a long time tourist attraction in the spring. Yesterday turned out be a perfect day, weather wise, for a visit.