56°f/13.3°C, clear. Warmed up to 86°, hot! At least the humidity is relatively low.
Looking back through photos, I realized there were some I meant to post but never got around to, so I will so it now. Pure randomness here!
Well, this is actually from today. I picked a bouquet while I was watering some new plants. This is, from bottom center, coreopsis, then the red is spigelia, then feverfew, an allium seedhead barely visible, a sweet little rose, and below the rose a Shasta daisy.
Also today: farmers are hard at work getting hay up while the weather is good. This is near our home.
In the garden recently. That's Brazilian verbena and feverfew, and I believe a Great Fritillary butterfly.
In my shopping cart at Walmart yesterday: 4 miniature rose bushes. They ard only $4.97 right now! I have several already, one about 10 years old and blooms like crazy. I had gone in for my eye exam, and had to wait for Larry to come pick me up, so flower shopping it was! The exam was good by the way, no glaucoma or macular degeneration, and only a tiny beginning of cataracts. I need better glasses than just readers though, so I am trying to get used to that idea. Haven't ordered them yet.
On our road, the tree trimmers have been hard at work clearing electric line right-of-ways. We had to wait a bit on this truck, but we weren't in a hurry. And we arranged to have them empty their chipper truck here, so we will have free mulch in a few years, after it rots down.
Did I already post this? This guy kept coming back, apparently attracted to the yellow design on my glass.
We stopped at a Chinese buffet on the way home from the VA on Monday. It has been years since we went to one, before the pandemic as far as I can recall. I was craving General Tso's chicken, which i have been told isn't actually Chinese. But it was so good! I hope this fortune proves to be true.
At Taylor Books Saturday night, I was struck by this gorgeous pottery, made by a West Virginia potter whose name I forgot to get.
This glass is also made in WV, in Huntington. It was very like stained glass to me. Beautiful. And expensive.
Taylor Books also sells Folkmanis puppets. This brought back memories of my many puppets, all gone to the local library now. I had many of the ones in this photo.
And they sell bouquets of fresh flowers!
At the table across from us, a couple bought 3 desserts! They all looked delicious.
I bought this blue bowl at the antique mall in Marietta. Still haven't identified maker and pattern, but I am sure it's Early American Pattern Glass.
This was a Goodwill find a few weeks ago. She is so lovely. Not bronze, but "polystone", daggone it.
Found at the GW on the same day, for $8.99!
My gardening shoes, absolutely worn out. I bought a new pair in the same style, but I hate to give these up! The soles are thin as paper though.
One night last month up on our ridge.
The local jewelers truck.
Someone made this steel goat and mounted it on a steep rock cliff along US 19 in Nicholas County, WV, in honor of the Powell Mountain Goat. For 18 years, the goat roamed the cliffs along the highway and was never caught. We saw her (it was a she) several times ourselves. Her legend lives on!
Old barn in Pocahontas County. The 45° angle cut of the siding is pretty cool.
Last, just an old door in Marlinton, WV.
And there we have it---variety, the spice of life!
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