the remaking of a kitchen

the local color isn't as fabulous as it was in the wisconsin woods, but we are just getting started here. our political choice shines from the living room window, and the trees are from our yard and two of our neighbors.

Labels: color, politics

diane's friend and lakeside neighbor bobbi agreed to lead us on a hike to a special spot referred to as the cathedral in the woods. we walked along, encountering a soft under-forest....much natural mulch that made for a padded walkway. we passed the dead tree with the red fungi of some sort....some of them almost ginkgo in shape. there were many dead trees along the way as we climbed up and down watching our steps carefully. it was quiet and definitely darker than outside this heavily treed area. finally we reached the right place, and it was spectacular. large, tall trees reaching to the sky. much larger and older than the trees we saw in other areas where logging has controlled the growth.
we spent some time in that lovely spot.....diane taking photos, bobbi and i just enjoying the majestic view. as we started our return we visited about the beauty of the site. we walked along and then bobbi came to a halt. she suddenly realized that things didn't look right, so we wandered this way and that, stopped and considered what and where etc. we looked this way and that walked one way talked of what we'd seen along the way. hmmmmmmmm. then we saw a deer stand we'd passed on the way, and bobbi regained her sense of direction. with great relief we continued on our way. bobbi admitted that she was feeling a sense of panic until she found our way - this hadn't happened to her previously in this area. she did relate another time she and her husband were walking and lost their way and finally decided to continue walking in the direction they thought was the opposite to the way they'd come in, and successfully found the way out AND a friend who helped them get home again. as i walked i considered the complaints i'd heard from patrick about people who take off on a walk without water, food, protection from the elements etc....maybe a compass? we were adequately dressed, but had no water, food or protection in case we really were lost. i forgot to mention that cell phones are useless in the whole region. lucked out this time, but i will bring food and water AT LEAST next time. honest!! in my defense i didn't know where we were going or what to expect and i just followed along....dumb.
the lovely view of the lake is from the living room of diane's cabin. the morning we left for home it was raining off and on and the sky was overcast but the color was fabulous. it was just a great couple of days....a total escape from the real world and time to reflect and enjoy with diane. we ate well and probably too much, but that is part of enjoy as far as i'm concerned!

Labels: color, lost, trees, walk

diane came to the door today with a lovely give away. she had purchased a couple of flats of annuals and planted them everywhere she could and still had some leftovers. she brought me the remainders which saved me the time of running to the store to get some colorful annuals to fill in some of the beds. i put the fuschia, gold and orange celosia in the front beds where they matched some of the moss roses already there. the little purple posies, ageratums, are planted along the front of the hosta glade. up close they look great, at a distance they seem a bit lost. hopefully they will get fuller and taller and add something to the mass of green back there. i'm counting on that!
the tomatoes finally are looking like they should and standing proud in their cages. they are loaded with blossoms but i can't see any fruit as yet. the cukes look healthy but have a long ways to go!
thanks diane!!

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