Ready or not...

off I go! Finally got the camper on the pickup yesterday and quite a bit of packing done last night. This morning I am loading everything but the sheep, getting Brian through violin practice and schoolwork, then meeting up with Rick when I can to hand over the boy and head to Eugene. Would like to get there in time to unload and settle sheep, get a spot and hook up my camper to electricity, and go to dinner with the NW Shetlands group, but we shall see.

Part of our garden, weeds and all.

The weather continues to be wetter and cooler than average (wettest June and second wettest May on record in Portland), which I far prefer when hauling and showing animals. (Oh, I'll just admit it; I prefer it to heat anytime!) Because of or in spite of the weather, our garden grows. We have been eating radishes (globes and greens), lettuces and spinach for awhile, and now we are getting strawberries and the first raspberries. The potatoes are going great guns; we should get a lot of tasty, homegrown spuds this year! It is interesting how happy the potatoes are in this weather, and how UNhappy the tomatoes are, given that they are both in the nightshade family. Last week at the farmer's market, I bought some basil plants and a curly parsley, and this week I bought a couple zucchini plants to replace all the seeds that didn't germinate. I think that should do it for planting this year, unless I replant the no-show carrots.

Look for lots of photos of sheeps and friends when I return!

That's it for now from . . .