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Tomorrow I need to be on campus before noon to turn in my ASLE registration. I'm still undecided about the banquet... yes, it's fun, surely, but $35 is a lot for a meal, and I'm probably not sufficiently extraverted to make the most of such an event. Not without a friend to hang out with, anyway. Hmm.
It's exciting to look at the schedule. So many famous people, and others whose writings I've read! Ursula LeGuin and Gary Snyder, especially; Kathleen Dean Moore, John Daniel, John Tallmadge, Lisa Couturier, Daniel Philippon... Plus I'll have the fun of picking out which papers I want to listen to. Too bad they start at 7:45 a.m. every day.
The clouds moved on to the east today, and it was sunny and moderately warm. The recent rains left our lawn "deep" and had startling effects on some of the plants. Our "Aoyagi" Japanese maple -- only 8' tall -- literally added a foot or so of new growth since last year, and a branch of my dawn redwood now arches attractively over the gate.
After dinner, it seemed like half of Eugene had emerged to enjoy the evening sunshine -- girls playing softball, joggers, people walking frisky young dogs. I went up to the woods by Edgewood for wildflower pictures. In the shade, where the cynoglossums and shooting stars bloomed in April, I found a wild columbine. At the edge of the woods, wild roses faced the setting sun, and in the meadow, lots of camas and mallows, along with my very favorite: cat's ears!
( More May wildflowers: columbine, yarrow, vetch )
And our wild rose, Rosa nootkaensis. I suppose these must be found as far north as Vancouver Island in Canada, since that's where the Nootka people live.
It's exciting to look at the schedule. So many famous people, and others whose writings I've read! Ursula LeGuin and Gary Snyder, especially; Kathleen Dean Moore, John Daniel, John Tallmadge, Lisa Couturier, Daniel Philippon... Plus I'll have the fun of picking out which papers I want to listen to. Too bad they start at 7:45 a.m. every day.
The clouds moved on to the east today, and it was sunny and moderately warm. The recent rains left our lawn "deep" and had startling effects on some of the plants. Our "Aoyagi" Japanese maple -- only 8' tall -- literally added a foot or so of new growth since last year, and a branch of my dawn redwood now arches attractively over the gate.
After dinner, it seemed like half of Eugene had emerged to enjoy the evening sunshine -- girls playing softball, joggers, people walking frisky young dogs. I went up to the woods by Edgewood for wildflower pictures. In the shade, where the cynoglossums and shooting stars bloomed in April, I found a wild columbine. At the edge of the woods, wild roses faced the setting sun, and in the meadow, lots of camas and mallows, along with my very favorite: cat's ears!
( More May wildflowers: columbine, yarrow, vetch )
And our wild rose, Rosa nootkaensis. I suppose these must be found as far north as Vancouver Island in Canada, since that's where the Nootka people live.