Odds & Ends, and a Milestone
Sort of a lazy and unambitious weekend. Ambled around, did some errands, hit the gym, took some pics. Here are a couple from a walk Mrs. Perils and I took around Green Lake, near the house. On the left, some turtles hauled out to bask in the sun; on the right, a red-winged blackbird that I was attempting to photograph on a branch suddenly flew at Mrs. Perils and hovered in front of her. I had already zoomed in on him, so when I swung to try to catch him as he did his dance with Mrs. Perils, I cropped her mostly out of the photo. We couldn’t tell if it was defending territory or was used to being fed by passersby (Click any photo to enlarge):
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Stuff is growing abundantly all over the yard. Below is a monstrous rose bush that has grown from a lowly stick that my dad gave me to fly home with about 15 years ago. It has this glorious week of bloom, then spends the rest of the year sending out runners all over the place. On the right, our front yard:
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In the back, we have a vegetable garden in progress. Below, our son, his girlfriend and Mrs. Perils lay some groundwork a couple of weeks ago:
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And today we have a lot of things above ground and looking hopeful: beans, corn, spinach, arugula, elephant garlic, beets, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers:
One other thing - 35 years ago today, Mrs. Perils and I got ourselves hitched, proving that a Ball & Chain forged in Ohio is pretty impervious to rust.
congratulations!!!!!!!
Congratulations on 35 years with Mrs. P. That’s longer than a lot of people have lived.
Fun images. I’ve enjoyed my wanderings on your blog and added the link to my blog, http://hillcountrymysteries.blogspot.com, so that my friends find your site too.
Thanks, Roger!
And welcome, Kathleen, I’ll check out your blog and link you shortly.
Congratulations!!
Thanks, congratulators! We have had some great times over these decades.
Whoop! Whoop!! <–(Belated congratulatory cheering going on on your behalf down in Cupertino)
Garden and marriage going strong and growing every day — that’s what it’s all about, yes indeed
Looks like those turkles have a pretty good life going for them too — nice pix, Phil.
So how did you and Mrs. P celebrate the big date? (I’m asking for the G-rated version, of course
Always enjoy your stories of the fine dining experiences you can walk to in your environ — or was there maybe a home-made Anniversary Cake?
Here’s to 35 more (raises small glass of single malt)!
Carroll - no big celebration. We attended a pretty gala party Saturday night (not for our anniversary, but gala nonetheless). I’d considered renting a venue and doing something festive, but Mrs. Perls seemed really unimpressed, so we just marked the weekend much as any other.
Dick - Hope that glass is a big one if we reach 40!