Trees and Ice Cream

Tuesday - another very warm day, so warm that we had to stay home and water trees and rose bushes today. I took pictures to add but not sure how to add them just yet so you'll just have to picture them. The roses have some leaf buds and some leaves, but no flowers. The Oaks have serious leaf buds. The lilacs have purple buds but no flowers yet. The Mountain Ash have leaves and small flowers (they should flower soon and attract hummingbirds within a month). Shilo's vine is starting anew - I cut it back completely. The wisteria is weighing heavy on the arbor I made a couple years ago. I'll have to add more uprights or the vine will take it down! It's budding. Grandpa's pear/apple tree has hundreds of flowers, but last year it did the same thing, then froze, so I hope it comes to fruition this year! They taste great! His pear tree out front is also blooming, the fruit from it is not very tasty. Grandma's lilac bush is huge and about to bust out in bloom. Her rose bush is finally starting to recover from being abused 6 years ago (!) when we moved in and added onto the house right there. Grandpa's flowers, daffodils up front, tulips under a tree, and little purple flowers, are starting to show up. I never know what he has planted where until they arrive!

We took the War Pony to town to the DQ to have burgers and ice cream. We ran across an old friend and had a good visit. Then it was back home to more watering and weed pulling.

I forgot to mention on our trip to Sisters we saw lots of deer - 2 in downtown Tumalo and a little herd on the Old Bend-Redmond Highway. Time to be careful - biking and deer don't mix, well, very well, anyway. Just a few miles today, but very worth the trip!