Pacific Northwest Gardening: Garden pics " I spied with my camera's eye....." #3, 1 by mauryhillfarm

mauryhillfarm wrote:
Wow, so many gorgeous leaf and flower colors! That white star magnolia is also spectacular. I haven't been taking very many pictures recently, since either my hands have been dirty, the rain too wet, or it is already getting dark when I think of it. I did get this one a few weeks ago, of my flowering currant. The bed is fairly new, so not filled in yet. I put it in a spot I was agonizing over and hope it works out in the long run.

'Growing like a weed' takes on a whole new meaning when your kid towers over you and passes up his dad at 6 feet as well. This might sound kind of funny, but the drums kind of sneaked up on us. He started out using just a rubber topped practice pad (when he was 7). Then we got the single snare drum the following year, and later on more cymbals and drums of different sizes. Luckily, I don't mind the raucousness of drum practice, but my DH did build an outbuilding where the kid can play music with friends who have electric guitars with amplifiers. That does get to be too much to have in the house. The pic above was at a solo/ensemble contest. My boy did fine, but he never does play his best in those high pressure situations, where he has to get all that equipment onto the stage, play his piece, and get off all in 10 minutes or be disqualified. Also, the top of one of his mallets came loose and went flying into the seats on his final note. Next time, we get new mallets right before a show to avoid that embarrassment again.