June in Oregon - Still Waiting for Warmer Weather

We had a great open house a couple of weekends ago, with about thirty five people in attendance.  The weather turned out great, so most of the folks were on the deck and under the wisteria arbor.  The roses were in full bloom, so it even looked like we knew what we were doing.

Finney Family Enjoying the Garden at the Open House

Nearly everyone commented on the new filbert shell mulch, that we really like.  We have been told that it is "squirrel purgatory", which sound good to us.  The idea is that they can spend an eternity looking for nuts in the mulch.  We don't feel too sorry for them, and at least we are not launching them into the next block like some of the videos like this one on You Tube:  Squirrel Launching Video  But it doesn't mean that Neil would not like to do so.

One of Our Resident (and lucky) Squirrels

Last weekend, we drove up to Silverdale to visit Neil's Dad and Neta for Father's Day.  At 92 years of age, he is doing pretty well.  He still gets around well and still has a good memory.  We enjoyed our visit and will plan on visiting again in July.

Neil is Still Finding Room for Tools on His Workbench

Neil has been working on house and garden projects over the past month, and there are plenty more to be done.  There is a lot of pruning and weeding and spreading of bark mulch and filbert shells to be done.  Neil also wants to get a load of gravel to top dress the garden paths and where he parks his pickup truck.  We also plan to have the truck and VW registered in Oregon this month, and are studying the Oregon DMV guide in case we have to take a written test.

Neil's Pickup Truck Bed without Hitch and RV Box

With the size of the large lawn and number of trees, we usually fill the lawn recycling bin to the top, so Neil uses the pickup to take yard waste to recycling or out to Molalla to be burned at Seth Finney's.  The pickup will also hold a yard and a half of filbert shells, and nearly a ton of gravel. 

Neil's Dad Looking at Our RV Book During Our Visit in Silverdale

We put out our fish kites and pagoda garden lights, and it is nice to have them swimming and lighting our new garden.  Neil mowed the lawn today and it always looks good after mowing.  Neil considers it part of his exercise program, since it is an hour of pushing the electric mower around and emptying the clippings.  

Thanks for visiting.

Neil and Pamela