What is your weather like ... today

[j.w]

Thanks and glad you enjoyed the photo's.
42 I don't know what you are seeing but this is an area where Indians lived and still live and they do find artifacts from the past every now and then. Whenever they do any kind of excavating and run across bones they stop and have to examine the situation and if they are Indian bones they must either stop or remove the bones in accordance w/ how the Indians want it done.
The Stillaguamish Indian Reservation is located in northern Snohomish County near Arlington, Washington, between the Cascade Mountains and Puget Sound.
Tribal facilities are located primarily on a 40-acre site with housing and tribal offices. Altogether, the reservation consists of 76 acres.
The Stillaguamish Tribe comprises descendants of the Stoluckwamish (river people) River Tribe. Given the mild climate, the men and children needed clothing only in the winter. The women wore garments fashioned with cedar bark. They harvested salmon and other seafood, gathered berries and roots, and hunted goats in the Cascades. After Europeans arrived in their area and introduced them to potatoes, the Stillaguamish began to grow them in small bottomland plots.

Colleen,even if I could have picked the rocks up alas I could not have them as they were being used on someone's property.
It rains here a lot but not usually torrential downpours, just the nagging steady showers off and on forever!
As for the moss around here if you stand still long enough it will grow on your nose :razz:

 

[CountryEscape]

Caught these killdeer in front of my house, looking like they were having quite the conversation. I'd say the guy on the left is the ring leader, at least for the moment. Since they nest usually on the edge of the road, maybe they were scoping out the best spots. In front of my house with my dogs ... probably NOT a good spot!

Then, after trimming my butterfly bushes back (not even sure you're supposed to do that, but they had gotten far too large for the area), I noticed this Praying Mantis egg sac! I'd not seen one of these since I was a kid, although I had lots of babies and adults last summer.

Then I ran to get all the branches I had put in a trash bag, pulled them all out, looked them over one by one, and sure enough, found these!

And, while pruning the dead grass off of the Carly Rose, noticed some of the tulips I planted last fall have in fact sprouted! Now I just need to find my notes on where I planted them all, and see if they are all emerging.

 

[HARO]

Gee, j.w., a small front-end loader, 3:00 a.m., and those rocks could be YOURS! I never thought the 'Crazy Rock Lady" would be one to give up so easily!!!
John

 

[Big Lou]

P42S, thanks for posting the flower pic! My irises are just peeking through the ground, will be quite a while before see flowers on them. I envy you.

Our are about 12" or so.

 

[pond42sliders]

Thanks and glad you enjoyed the photo's.
42 I don't know what you are seeing but this is an area where Indians lived and still live and they do find artifacts from the past every now and then. Whenever they do any kind of excavating and run across bones they stop and have to examine the situation and if they are Indian bones they must either stop or remove the bones in accordance w/ how the Indians want it done.

Colleen,even if I could have picked the rocks up alas I could not have them as they were being used on someone's property.
It rains here a lot but not usually torrential downpours, just the nagging steady showers off and on forever!
As for the moss around here if you stand still long enough it will grow on your nose :razz:

I'm not sure what I saw either...pictures can be tricksters, sometimes. Lots of Indians around here, too. Evidence scattered throughout the Sierra Nevada's, like the Cascade's. Most showing up on huge rocks that can't easily be moved. Which is just as well. I love going to the Sweat Lodge, up on the Tule River Res. My best friend, Ruth, is Kiowa Indian. Her brother, Two Buck, has never gone by any other name. I just love that.

When I moved to Oregon, I fell in love with the area...rain and all that green moss. But my being highly allergic to mold wouldn't allow me to live there. There wasn't a single medication I could take that would keep me from litterally rubbing the Cornea off of my eyes. A couple of years doing that was more than enough reason for me to move!
I don't do antibiotics very well, either. Can tolerate just one...thank goodness!

Still think about Oregon...miss it, up there with green everywhere. I remember the first time I crossed over the state line, thinking... WOW, pine trees growing all along the freeway! How funny, I thought that was really something.
It is...

 

[pond42sliders]

P42S, thanks for posting the flower pic! My irises are just peeking through the ground, will be quite a while before see flowers on them. I envy you.

That's my very first Water Garden Flower bloom :yellowbounce: :blueflower: :yellowbounce: Thanks CountryE.

 

[pond42sliders]

I mean your welcome, CountryEscape.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Currently 19 degrees, feels not too cold out there, its still dark outside but I can see heavy cloud cover. The temperature should get to above freezing today (32°) and a little warmer tomorrow.

Got to run to work for four hours this morning ,a nice short shift pack full of hard work in the Bakery. We have been making lots of nice hot cross buns, Easter is not even here but we sold lots of package already. They smell so good when they come out of the oven, with hot sticky crosses on top, filled with jellied colorful fruit and a wonderful aroma of fresh spices! We sell around 150 packages of hot cross buns every day now, everybody getting into Easter food!

Happy St. Patty's Day! To all my pond friends, may the luck of the Irish be with you!!

 

[capewind]

It was only 22F at 6:30 this morning, but thankfully it is already up to 30F (at 8:30 am)...

 

[CountryEscape]

My outdoor banner says 32, and dusting of snow on the deck. Last Sunday it was 60 ... well it was 60 also 2 days ago. Mother Nature, you're such a tease this year. Today is my namesake day ... St. Paddy's Day .... although my name is Patti. :cheerful: Had a couple green sangrias last night with friends. :beerchug:

 

[Event Horizon]

Gee, j.w., a small front-end loader, 3:00 a.m., and those rocks could be YOURS! I never thought the 'Crazy Rock Lady" would be one to give up so easily!!!
John

Yup...never say never when it comes to a rock j.w.

When my parents wanted a pond I saw this rock and had to have it. They started construction on the houses behind them.... A friendly talk, case of beer, voila the rock was over the fence right where I wanted it. This rock was over 4 feet wide and 3+ feet high.

 

[mtpond]

It is flipping cold outside. Got some snow in the early morning, wind is blowing and thermometer outside says 30F. My banner says 34 but I know for sure it's colder then that. Where's my spring weather?????

 

[mtpond]

Guess I'm getting use to the warmer weather so when it drops below 32 it seems really cold. Lol

 

[j.w]

Gee, j.w., a small front-end loader, 3:00 a.m., and those rocks could be YOURS! I never thought the 'Crazy Rock Lady" would be one to give up so easily!!!
John

Would be tempted to get my friend up the road to grab those rocks w/ her front loader but I haven't yet resorted to thievery.............yet..........nah if they were mine I'd be devastated to find them gone :yikesu:

Yup...never say never when it comes to a rock j.w.

When my parents wanted a pond I saw this rock and had to have it. They started construction on the houses behind them.... A friendly talk, case of beer, voila the rock was over the fence right where I wanted it. This rock was over 4 feet wide and 3+ feet high.

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I want a rock like that EH! It's a beauty! Guess I need to start eating more spinach :razz:

 

[j.w]

I'm not sure what I saw either...pictures can be tricksters, sometimes. Lots of Indians around here, too. Evidence scattered throughout the Sierra Nevada's, like the Cascade's. Most showing up on huge rocks that can't easily be moved. Which is just as well. I love going to the Sweat Lodge, up on the Tule River Res. My best friend, Ruth, is Kiowa Indian. Her brother, Two Buck, has never gone by any other name. I just love that.

When I moved to Oregon, I fell in love with the area...rain and all that green moss. But my being highly allergic to mold wouldn't allow me to live there. There wasn't a single medication I could take that would keep me from litterally rubbing the Cornea off of my eyes. A couple of years doing that was more than enough reason for me to move!
I don't do antibiotics very well, either. Can tolerate just one...thank goodness!

Still think about Oregon...miss it, up there with green everywhere. I remember the first time I crossed over the state line, thinking... WOW, pine trees growing all along the freeway! How funny, I thought that was really something.
It is...

Ha Ha and I think sometimes some of us like to see things that might make it more fun for our minds to enjoy.............me being one of them :razz:
Would not be fun having any kind of allergy like you are talking about 42...........I think I'd have to head for the hills of Cali. too! I wouldn't mind heading there anyways actually but very expensive down there. Here too but not quite as bad. The green is nice around here to look at but after awhile I wouldn't mine some nice hot weather and a little brown sacrifice now and then. Think when Fall comes here we may head out to the warmth of the Southlands and return in Spring/Summer. Best of both worlds! Hey why not we are retired now and free!