Wildflowers

The past few weeks have brought warmer weather up here and so we are getting wildflowers.

Currently there are primroses, lupine, balsam root, and a few paint brushes blooming. And of course dandelions.

The bushes are also starting to bloom--cliff rose and service berry are going right now.

Some rain a few days ago made everything shoot up. Right now everything is nice and green. The day temps are increasing and the nights are still cool. Currently we are at a moderate fire danger, so we will see how that changes in the next few weeks.

Inspired by nature, I tried to start an herb garden...which you will notice, I said tried. Some are doing well, some were doing well but are still hanging on, some I think are done for, and some didn't do anything. If this is a sign of how a veggie garden will grow, perhaps I would be better to just visit the farmer's markets...

EARTH DAY 2009

My job requires searching for various things, at times, on the internet. I usually use Google, since it seems to give me a better variety and more options for items. Last year at this time, Earth Day, I posted the Google Earth Day banner, as it was the best one that I had seen all day.And today, the honors go to....
It's just beautiful...I love the creativity, the colors, and especially the theme (I swear I should have been born near the ocean!).

Thanks Google, for the beautiful banner. HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!

SPRING!!!

Okay, so I know Spring is officiallly a few days away still---BUT there's GREEN GRASS!!!

Living out of the park

So, back to work. The commute is not too bad, so far. Seeing the sunrise every morning is kinda nice. Leaving home before dark isn't that great though...

Spring is on its way!!!Some of the deciduous trees in the area are starting to get a yellowish-green tinge to them. Temperatures are starting to warm up too (that is the best part). Gonna start getting ready to put a garden in soon--stores around town are putting their seeds out!

Winter cometh

Happy Thanksgiving to all. The day was a quiet one-spent watching the snow fall (2.5 inches total to make for 0.97 inches of precip), playing on the computer, watching movies, and staying in doors, and that is about it.

Housing has finally been resolved, not in my favor of course...So I will begin the search for a place "off campus." Parts of me are sad, upset, thrilled, and can't wait. I can feed birds, have a garden, but have to drive up in bad weather (yuck).

Months go by...

So it has been a while--a long, long while.

I have taken a permanent job! Well, permanent, subject to furlough--which means taking a "mandatory vacation" every year basically. Things are falling into place with the exception of housing--which is a circular decision apparently.

Here is a photo. Yes it snowed here on Wednesday--no not that much, it was taken a few years ago... enjoy!

More on the joys of living in nature...

The days are cooling off and so are the nights. Every afternoon the clouds build up and sometimes dump rain and sometimes just lightning. Only a few fires though, so we have been lucky.

And then nature has been coming to our front doorsteps--literally. Two of the rangers had a mating pair of rattlesnakes hanging out on their poarch, and living under the apartment. I have been a little luckier and have only seen a bullsnake hanging out beside my apartment, but he maybe living under the building. Not a big fan of snakes, but I would definitely rather have the bullsnake than the rattlesnakes.