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Colorful blooms and shiny new leaves are sure signs of spring, no matter what the weather! You are welcome to join Lee as she and her camera capture brilliant hues found in tiny crocus and exuberant bouquets of large shrubs and trees.
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Join Lee and Roger for the final photographic visit to the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. These photographs provide inspiration for outdoor living as the spring weather brings some longer and warmer afternoons. Enjoy the ideas for garden structures and comfortable furnishings on decks and patios!
We are delighted to introduce you to a new series in the NESTER written by Carole Gibb. In these excerpts from her memoir FISHING FOR COURAGE, Carole writes letters to her sister, Mary, describing new experiences fishing and living in Southeastern Alaska’s outer coast and her response to them. Her descriptions of being new to Alaska life are vivid, honest, and often quite funny!
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Lee’s photographs celebrate the clouds spreading across the sky above Edmonds harbor.The post begins on a cloudless day and continues with photos of late winter cumulus clouds. Throughout the post, thoughtful quotations focus on clouds.
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Lee welcomes you to another photographic tour of the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. The tour will include landscapes, and feature the use of natural materials that can be adapted for home gardens.
Patricia Hammill writes, “I started writing poetry when I was nine years old. My mother had friends who were poets, my aunts wrote poetry, and I had wonderful teachers in school who not only wrote poetry but promoted poetry. Also, I had friends who enjoyed “playing with words.” Writing poetry seemed natural.”
We are pleased to offer you two brief humorous poems by Patricia.!
PATRICIA HAMMILL – POET -“ON GROWING OLDER TOGETHER: gRAY MATTER” & “VOCABULARY DRILL” Read More »
Adventures in Alaska are often featured in the NESTER. Several of the Olson family have worked there, lived there, vacationed there or cruised the waters of Southeastern Alaska. Jerry and Keith share their memories of a “once in a lifetime cruise” on the MV Christian skippered by Jerry’s brother Ken. Read it and enjoy the trip!
Conjecture exists about how Arthur arrived in Olsons’ yard. Did he hitch a ride in someone’s car? Was he a stray? Did he follow one of the boys home? What Tim recalls is that on a pleasant September afternoon he was sitting in the yard reading T. H. White’s classic novel, THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING, when this ball of white fluff landed in his lap, put his paws on Tim’s chest and looked at him with his very crossed blue eyes. Within a week after a few futile attempts to find out where he belonged, the ball of fluff, now King Arthur, established his CAMELOT with us and we were now part of his COURT.
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Grand sweeps of colorful massed plantings inside the flower and garden show help to counteract the grey and misty weather outside. They offer inspiration for our own gardens during the coming weeks. Even small groups of colorful hardy flowers provided ideas for tiny spaces around decks, trees, and in planters.
Join us in welcoming and viewing David Zeigler’s new post focusing on cactus in the Sonoran desert. David has many interests, travels regularly, and makes his experiences memorable for us through his wonderful photography. His past posts in the NESTER focus on a rodeo in Tucson, mustangs on Pryor Mountain, a cruise to Alaska, flowers, nature and more. Do take the time to enjoy David’s perspective on cactus and the desert.
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