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Rhododendron

Lupine

California Poppies

A jungle of pea vines dwarfing the artichokes

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Gunnera

Chickens and Rhodies co-exist well

Kodiak spring

 Bruce and Joseph Schactler and Jake (Karen Lee's grandson) at the Buskin in Ophien dory.

The first sockeye at Jill's

Waiting for fish to hit

Granddaughters, Eilidh and Bella feeding baby goats at the flats

Bella happy sitting on a Nowegian Fjiord horse.

Crab Festival

Bella--the gamer

At the top with Bella

Fairbanks--Imy's graduation

The new graduate and her too-short mom

Imy walked me around her favorite paths around campus. Love those birch trees.

one good week out of four--359mi 4/6/12

a fresh batch of agates out of the tumbler

On double O rd on the way to Idaho. 359 miles as of  April 6th
Around the place---the tulips on the deck got blown to pieces; the ones in the tomato bed survived.

tulips

 I put in some volunteer time for Master Gardening at Freddy's plant clinic. On the way home bought two new rhododendrons(orange and very early bell-shaped pink), four new heathers some pestemon, and some new leptospernum.

a beautiful orange Rhody

An unidentified heath that seems to bloom all year

azaelea

love those red rhodies

The springers are running on the Rogue

Spring is here but still lots of rain....

Haakanson visit

washed-up art in Bandon

Finally made it to Christmas Valley but I am off my 30 mile per week schedule due to weather, the flu, and a road trip with the Haakansons.

Eilidh-- happy to find a tree to climb

Our Cozy Yurt

The wind-swept Newport South Beach

The Haakansons at the Dunes. We got out just in time. The next day six inches of snow fell.

As far as my hiking/ biking project: Sixty two miles the past three weeks. I am at 299. Its crazy--another six weeks to get to Idaho!

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