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Happy Flag Day!

Of course I was just kidding a few months ago when I predicted this entry, but I'd be lying if I said I hadn't been watching the days pass, knowing that I couldn't let June the 14th pass unmentioned.

1.  My mom's getting hitched this weekend.  After a respectable interval of courting and general woo-pitching, she and Mike are tying the knot at their home on the pastoral pond.  We're heading out tomorrow afternoon, looking forward to seeing everybody and being a part of the celebration.  I'm bringing two kegs of root beer.   I imagine there will be other beverages flowing, but nary a one will go as well with a scoop of ice cream.  Mmmm...

2.  Summer has arrived in the northlands.  It's been 90 all week, which is about as warm as we ever like it to get.  It feels a little sudden, like everybody's enthusiasm for spending lots of time out in nature ran smack into a sweaty cloud of brightness and mosquitos and doesn't quite know how to handle it.  We've found the air conditioning helps. 

3.  We got the garden and annuals in this past weekend.  It's been warm enough for maybe a month, but things kept getting in the way.  With the heat, I've been watering almost every night.  Everything seems to be digging in just fine.  This evening, we saw the first sprouts from the varieties we got as seeds instead of seedlings. 

Returning from last year: tomatoes (cherry, roma, 3 varieties full-sized), bell peppers, muskmelon, yellow squash, green beans, peas, basil, rosemary, parsley and oregano.
Not returning from last year: acorn squash, radishes.
New this year: zucchini, sweet corn, carrots, lavender.

I'm excited.  I know more.  If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, I'm even more dangerous than before. 

4.  My backpacking/fishing trip to Montana starts next weekend.  We're flying instead of driving (gas prices + dead time in a car), so it feels like we've got to plan a lot of things more in advance.  The group of friends going along spends most of the year either talking about past trips or planning the next trip to Montana, so the buildup is tangible.  Plans and ideas are thrown around, changed many times until what will actually transpire probably bears little resemblance to the initial ghost of an idea.  As we get closer, however, the plans start firming up as we approach the point of no return for making choices.  Buying the plane tickets is a great example of one of those.  Once that's done, well, I guess we're not driving, huh?  (I've been watching the prices since we bought -- it's nearly doubled in two weeks...)

I'd say that next time I'll put up pictures of what we've been up to, but a) there's no reason to believe I will, and b) there's probably no one reading this anyway.  As long as I'm saying things like that, I'd like to make some changes to the way the page looks.  Gussy up the drapes, maybe.  That'd be nice.

Comments

[Mom]

Well, I'm still reading them (altho late!) so keep on writing. I loved the Food of Love entry. Hope the camping was fun.
Mom