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Winter Has Not Left Yet

Dear beautiful Spring weather, I miss you. Was it something I said? ~”Skipper” Kim Corbin

While many of you are experiencing spring, and loving all the new growth and color that spring brings, I get to be satisfied with a snow storm today.

I am not impressed.

I really, really want to plant the rhododendrons that are sitting in buckets of now frozen water next to my porch.  At least, I do have some green to cheer me up.

Underneath this fresh blanket of white, there are new bulbs and buds peeking out.

Really!  I saw them yesterday!

Kanaskat Palmer State Park

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Last week, I had the extreme pleasure of spending a few days in Sumner, Washington, with my sister, son and his family.  I didn’t know that Sumner (incorporated in 1891) is the Rhubarb Pie Capital of the World!

While there, I was treated to a hike in Kanaskat Palmer State Park.

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Whitewater rafting and kayaking down the Green River Gorge are two popular activities here.

Hiking, fishing, picnicking and camping are other fun things to do at this 320 acre park.

Or, if this is your thing, you could just throw rocks into the river like my four year old grandaughter!

Happy Thanksgiving

Our rural ancestors, with little blest,

Patient of labour when the end was rest,

Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,

With feasts, and off’rings, and a thankful strain.

~Alexander Pope

 

 HapPy Thanksgiving to you and your family! 

Wild Tom Turkey Showing Off in My Backyard

Not This Thanksgiving!