First Dahlia bloom of the summer…

“Rulers who wish to subvert the public liberty may have found an established clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate it, needs them not.”

— James Madison, 1785

Rhododendrons are the Washington state flower for a reason…

Very few cars in line either direction at the Peace Arch border crossing. Felt like the pandemic was back.

Stacking firewood today has been a welcomed distraction…

Years ago my wife planted daffodils in an old stump by the little lane to our house… people enjoy seeing them come back every year. Me too.

Just to freshen things up… here’s a little flower truck in Rome

Little Dutch house built 100 years before we were a country…