Bird, dumb cat, and fawns and doe. UPDATE: Acorn woodpeckers return!

After a long hiatus, acorn woodpeckers return!

Too slow to catch birds, but keeps squirrels away while it lurks and lumbers.

Lunch!

Oooky pooky!

NW Regionals Championship Regatta, Vancouver Lake, Vancouver, WA

Loadin' boats!

Balmy shores of Vancouver Lake.

Multi-gold medalist, JoAnne

Joe, running the show, as usual.

Steve, Eric, Dominic

Steve with coxswain Emma

The crew and coxswain of the Men's 8+ (minus 2)

Well, duh. Winning coxswains get dunked.

And, said dunking...

Andy, soggy Emma, Steve

Yay!

Well...

you didn't think it was for the medal,...

...did you?!

More Wild Ashland!

Peppers! Who'll get 'em first? Deer? Raccoons? Bear? Me?

Gina gets ready to grill some romaine.

When I'm not on a bicycle, I dig holes!

Sarah's wisteria

Lovely white variety. Mine has already come and gone.

You didn't really think I go to the farmer's market for the beets and kale, did you?

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Early June update

Yay! Poppies!

We're very informal, here. Neighbor in pyjamas has come to borrow stove-top espresso thingy.

She's in charge of many things, including this lovely house-to-be.

Banana-coconut-raspberry-walnut bread.