It’s been so hot Sport (our 18-month old Belgian Terveran dog) has been miserable. Too hot to be able to do much of anything, yet such a young athletic dog that he wants to anyway, but poops out soon. This morning it was warm at the Sandy River Delta, also known as 1000 Acres, but [...]
Posts Tagged ‘wildflowers’
cat’s ear or mariposa lily
Not only did yesterday’s hike provide beargrass out the wazoo, there were other abundant wildflowers, in kind if not showy volume. Gaining 2,300 feet to end up at 4,000 offers a broad range of habitat. Wild rose (baldhip? — too small to be Nootka),vanilla leaf, avalanche lily, tiger lily, bunchberry, a leafless pyrola of some [...]
a walk in the park
I’m kind of snobby about walking in the woods. Generally I don’t like going to Forest Park* (too many people, too much English ivy, not that interesting, no views of Cascade peaks). But yesterday it was just right. Mark & I were later taking Sport out because transplanting the oak fledgling (more on that in [...]
