Last Friday, Mom and I headed over to a garden nursery for a planting event! You could choose to plant a container garden or a hanging basket. Then you pick your plants, plant them in the dirt and you are done! The nursery takes care of your baby until Mother’s Day weekend, when you go pick up your plant and see how much it has grown! The cold weather in Minnesota makes greenhouses a necessity. In Washington your little container gardens would already be out soaking up the sunshine and the rain! It was a fun drive over; we saw farmed elk and bison on the way, and a wild Bald Eagle.
Early Sunday morning, it started to snow. And it pretty much continued non-stop until Tuesday evening. It came down relatively slowly, but I would guess overall there was 8-10 inches. Today the skies are back to being blue and sunny!
Sunday Morning
Monday Evening
Sunday morning was also the Agate Swap! Mom hadn’t been to one before, so we braved the snow and checked it out. It is basically a rock show, with lots of vendors selling their wares. You can bring in agates to trade or sell, but mostly the Lake Superior Agates I have found are small and not very impressive, so no trading for me. I did buy a few agates and an antique agate marble that caught my eye. I’m slowly filling up my house with rocks!
I’m glad the weather system has now passed through, because I’ve been packing up the car to get on the road! It’s spring, and I’m ready for a trip! It was strange yesterday hauling things out to the car in my snow boots. It will be too cold to camp on the way out to Washington, where I will spend a few weeks with friends, catching up with everybody and seeing the sights. Hopefully I will be able to camp on the way back though, so I’m putting all my gear in the car just in case. I haven’t been to Washington in almost seven months, so I’m beyond excited!
I’m sure the kitties will miss me, but Yellow is doing well with his new food and daily fluids, so I don’t have to worry about him as much as I was. Cora is doing great!
On the way back, I haven’t decided my route yet. I suppose it will probably depend on the weather. Stay north and go back through Montana, or cut down through Oregon again and maybe do some of Highway 20? There are so many choices – and so much to see!
Wine and History Visited 