Wren houses

I've hung bird houses from the large apple tree before. No one ever used them. Let's see if this one does the trick.

The weekend of April 15-16th, I spent a couple hours building two new wren houses. I was thinking I had plenty of time before the…

Spring break in Astoria (part 3)

Okay, here we are, the last post from Spring Break in Astoria, OR. After walking along the Cathedral Tree Trail for a bit, we reached…

Today, part 2 of the Astoria travelogue. Part 1 is here. On the morning following our arrival, we decided to walk to a local cafe…

This is my last minute, impromptu Bloom Day post featuring a selection of flowers currently blooming in our zone 7 western Oregon garden. Bloom day…

There's something about travel that breaks me out of whatever mental ruts I've been mucking about in. I forget old patterns of worry and the…