It was a perfect twenty-four hours for walking amongst Sue. The Sun was shining brightly, but it wasn't also hot. We walked out past times my place, which I telephone call upward the McCormick Hill Loop:
This epitome has appeared on the weblog before, but I needed to rework it a niggling bit. We used to start at a dissimilar spot, which meant a niggling tail of walking on the lower correct side of the loop. Now nosotros green at a dissimilar spot as well as walk from where "X" marks the spot at the top.
Wheat fields direct maintain replaced the cerise clover of spring, as well as they are ready for harvest. One champaign has already been cut, but this 1 was yet at that topographic point to enjoy.
And at that topographic point were enough of wildflowers to run across along the way. This 1 was novel to us.
Just after snapping that picture, nosotros spotted a pair of red-tailed hawks sitting on a ability pole. I tried to photograph them, but it was non to live on this day. They were spooked past times our presence as well as flew off. Still, it was fun watching them flight over the wheat field, presumably on the hunt for champaign mice.
I don't know what this fuzzy matter is, but it made me wishing to accomplish out as well as touching on it.
The wild sugariness peas are inward bloom now, as well as they were all along the trail.
In someone's yard, nosotros spotted this bluish hydrangea only kickoff to open. Even its leaf was blue.
There are enough of poppies inward bloom now, as well as they tin ship away live seen all along the roadsides patch driving through town.
Here's a pretty lily...just growing wild along the side of the road.
Our path takes us upward a rather steep hillside, as well as and then downward the other side. If y'all await at the epitome at the locomote past times of this post, we're standing at the southwest corner here. It's a niggling hard to run across inward the haze, but Mt. St. Helens is at the locomote past times left of the epitome below.
When nosotros reached this point, nosotros spied a bald eagle flight overhead.
From there, it's all downward colina as well as dorsum to our cars. When I got home, I spent about fourth dimension icing my knee, as well as and then got to function dispensing amongst the final of the blueberries from the most recent farmer's marketplace position visit. Yesterday I made v half-pints of Blueberry Chutney. This is hence skillful amongst a grilled marinated chicken breast, or else amongst fish. It's the maiden off batch I've made inward a span of years.
I've made chutneys from all dissimilar kinds of fruits as well as vegetables. This is 1 of my favorites. I wrote a weblog post service close making it once. You tin ship away find it correct here, along amongst the recipe.
When that was finished, I yet had blueberries left from my half-flat. It was tempting to bake a pie, but I decided instead to brand a cobbler. For this, I turned to my go-to Baking Illustrated mass from America's Test Kitchens. I can't link to the recipe because it requires a membership. Nevertheless, at that topographic point are puh-lenty of huckleberry cobbler recipes online, as well as I'm only betting y'all direct maintain your ain already.
I'm used to making cobblers the way my woman raise made them, amongst to a greater extent than cake on top. This 1 was made amongst biscuits that were finished off amongst a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar. Yum.
And I don't know close you, but when I'm dieting, I retrieve it's a skillful persuasion to add together 2 scoops of H2O ice cream to my dessert. Oh my...heaven inward a bowl, correct there.
After oinking that down, the setting Sun was casting a pretty glow over things inward the yard, as well as hence I went out for 1 final photograph shoot. Finally, the maiden off cherry love apple tree to appear on the vine is starting to ripen.
This has been the most prolific plant. I'm guessing at that topographic point are to a greater extent than than a hundred cherry tomatoes coming along.
The mint looked pretty inward the setting sun. I'm hoping to larn about jelly made from this afterward on inward the coming week.
Also, the lavender. I clipped a handful of stems from this institute earlier, as well as I direct maintain it hanging inward my pantry, drying, to replenish our provide of dried lavander blossoms. We role them to brand lavander blossom tea for our Bees Knees cocktails.
The existent object of my wishing on this trip was the daylilies. They were glowing inward the sunlight.
And as well as then I noticed something...lookie there...do y'all run across it? Right inward the middle of the epitome below is a niggling babe zucchini.
Another of the 3 zucchini plants is forming flowers. I'll direct maintain zucchini coming out of my ears soon. But that's okay because I direct maintain a way to brand a delicious side dish amongst babe zucchini. When the fourth dimension comes, I'll portion it amongst you.
There was no sewing yesterday, but at that topographic point volition live today. I wishing to complete upward row 3 on the Shop Hop quilt today. After that, I'm going to at to the lowest degree larn started on the June block for Tuxedo Tales. Looks similar I'll direct maintain to complete June inward July, but perhaps I'll produce July at the same fourth dimension as well as live caught up. Also on today's agenda, we're going to role the tractor to choice about cherries from our trees. I'm afraid if nosotros hold off much longer, the raccoons volition direct maintain their way amongst the cherries. She who hesitates is lost. As for using the tractor, this is quite a production. It involves this guy:
If y'all wishing to run across 2 people direct maintain their lives inward their hands as well as hold out to weblog about other day, click right here. I noticed inward that post service that 1 of our trees wasn't doing real good at the time. Happily, it has recovered from its brush amongst death, as well as is loaded amongst cherries correct now. With that said, I'll live dorsum tomorrow to study on our success...or perhaps not. If not, you'll know what happened.