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Sunny with a chance of flash floods

Sunday, July 11th, 2010 by gwen

Yesterday morning I made it over to my garden in the morning to work for a few hours staking up cucumbers, pulling weeds and chatting with the eccentric old man who has the plot next to mine. As you can see one of my sunflowers is in full bloom.

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Mount Osceola

Sunday, July 4th, 2010 by gwen

Yesterday my friends Leeanne, Chris and I decided to drive up to the White Mountains in NH to do some hiking. Naturally I selected on of my 4,000 footers for us to climb. Mount Osceola is rated as a moderate hike, so it was a great start back into the challenging climbs in the White Mountains.

The hike took us 3.5 hours round trip, and the view from the top was amazing – you could see all the way to Mt. Washington off in the north. I can’t wait to get back up there and check a few more mountains off my list – only 45 more to go!

Little garden of horrors

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 by gwen

Ok, bees aren’t exactly horrifying. These bumbly beauties were quite friendly and adorable buzzing around some crazy pink flowers at the community garden. These flowers are part of a “sensory garden” that a teacher from one of the local schools has set up for her students. What is rather horrifying, is the craziness in my plot: Read the rest of this entry »