Yes, I'm Still Here.

Oh, look, it's only been 6 weeks since last I posted.  Not the 6 months I imagined.  And not too long from now the photos in the banner will be current-ish.

So what's been happening?  Well, the garden does look better than the frozen bog that it impersonates for what seems like 9 months out of the year.

The strawberries are acting like they're on spring break, all buxom and flirty.  The raspberries are loaded, striving not to be outdone by the strawberries.  And the hops have already reached the top of the porch and are looking for places to cause trouble, like burrowing in between boards and siding.

Our neighbor's kiwi plants are full of blossoms, just like the previous 2 years.  Maybe they will produce fruit, unlike the previous 2 years.

And while we enjoyed a couple of gloriously, warm, sultry summer-like weeks, we are now back in the embrace of a more normal PNW spring, 55 degrees and showers.

I hope you'll forgive me if these photos look just like the ones I posted last year at this time. Or better yet, maybe you won't notice.