Thanks to Wendi and Sam I am able to write to you..but I thought we were already communicating with E-mail? ( I know poor communication at any rate) Maybe the pictures are the difference?.. Anyway
We spent Saturday in Lewiston at the Dogwood Festival's "Art Under The Elms". I had a mission to buy a ceramic bird bath but couldn't find one, but I did buy a homemade tile from two sweet people from Chehalis. Terribly overpriced tiles but earnest artisans and I couldn't resist. The tiles had leaves of various plants pressed into the tiles which left impressions. I picked wood sorrel thinking it was lupine. I was reassured after my mistake by the "earnest artist' that it was an easy mistake because the plants were from the same family. I bought it anyway. :)
Steve and I are replacing the wine barrel fountain because the old one no longer held water. The wine barrels were from France with the winery stamped on the bottom and the inside stained with red wine, pretty cool. Too bad the stamp is on the BOTTOM! Amazing how heavy the barrels are. Steve did most of the work.
I am supposed to give a talk on "something gardenlike" Saturday the 10th. Sue said it only had to be a half an hour and what did I want to talk about? ( this is for promoting master gardeners and gardens) sigh!! Public speaking isn't my thing. When I mention this to Sue, she said, "It will be good for you, and there probably won't be very many people anyway". No sympathy there. I will be speaking on perennial gardens for shade if anyone wants to come. :)
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I empathize with your fear of public speaking..but, hey, when you're the expert, people want to hear what you have to say!! :)
I think the main advantage a blog has over sending each other emails is that it provides an online location where we can create a family album or journal....a central place we can compile our emails and pictures. Plus we can access and update it at any time.
Much love! Wendi
Mom took some pictures of us painting the fence and wanted to share :)
unfortunately we have no idea how...
Erica, you just click on the photo icon under the "post a new blog" (where you typed your mom typed the message),then you add a photo just like you do in a word document or publisher--browse for the photo on your desktop or memory stick and then click it and hit "upload now" and it will show up in your entry and post when you hit "post" with any words you've written." Does that make sense? Hope you guys are doing well...I'm in the thinking/planning stage of a mini-Lyons reunion later this summer at Wallowa Lake..what do you all think? Seems somewhat central for us in the NW. Jen
Sara Jane, I would show up to a perennial shade garden talk. I finally planted that stuff that Mom always ripped out of the front bed in the Dale house. That, hostas and some coral bells are finally able to make some progress against the clay, damp and shade. Not spectuacular though, I could use your help.
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