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Magical nasturtiums

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Even with being so busy, I still try to spend as much time in the yard as possible — usually just de-stressing after another ridiculous day. Pretty pleased with how the backyard beds are looking — Thanks again to the regular watering from new irrigation. Front yard, on the other hand, looks like a dead dry mess. Guess I need to irrigate it next year.

circle bed

I overhauled this bed in the spring. Turned out very pretty!

circle lovely

The full view of the corner bed. Magical nasturtiums indeed!

mallow

This mallow is a new addition this year. Mom had them in Colorado and I always like them. Turns out I still like them and they are a new favorite. Hope they go to seed and I can spread them to other spots.

back of house

The bed along the back to the house filled in very nicely this year, thanks to regular watering. Lovely lilies and back-eyed susans.

herb bed

The herb bed is also looking very nice this year. The monarda didn’t do as well as last year but the black-eyed susans have been stunning!

Coreopsis

Another recent addition. Sunshine coreopsis. Loving it!

Another Side Project

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I actually finished this project a few weeks ago, but I have been so crazy busy and distracted I didn’t take pictures so I could blog about it. My very good friend and Editorial Page Editor John Laird is retiring so The Columbian needed to fill his position. The Sports Editor Greg Jayne ended up getting promoted to the job and then my boss Micah Rice was promoted to Sports Editor. That left the copy desk without a fearless leader. So as assistant news editor, it made sense for me to try for it. And I got it. I am now, or will be at the end of this month when everyone shifts around, the News Editor at The Columbian. So far it is being really stressful and one of the first things on my to-do list is to fill our vacant position. I am excited for the challenge but also nervous. So we’ll see. The next few months are going to be insane!

Anyway, this project was pretty easy to throw together — just laid down some more of that leftover mulch that I removed when redoing the front patio and artfully arrange some of my pots. Planted a few extra things in said pots and done. But I love how it looks. And it is a good place to have some of my more heat-sensitive herbs — parsley, cilantro, sorrel — so they don’t bolt as fast.

herb garden bed

Looks super cute. On the other side of the walk, the blueberries are doing great. And the chamomile and callengula are filling out. I also threw some sunflower seeds that Eric Murray got in a wedding invitation last year in the ground and was surprised, not only that they came up, but that they are doing great.

And now that things are looking so cute back here, I have been trying to take time to enjoy it. So after a long weekend of weeding, I fired up the grill and cooked dinner.

grilling

A rib-eye steak and zucchini from the garden

Dinner

Steak, grilled zucchini and a arugula, blueberry and corn salad. (arugula and some of the blueberries are from my garden.) Holy crap it was delicious!

And as an added bonus, here is one of my more-awesome day lilies, that I snap a pic of today.

orange lily

Super cute orange day lily. Have I mentioned that I love orange?