Hay!

It’s been a long and productive season for haying. Farmers will hay fields around here at no cost if they can keep the hay. Then they’ll stockpile it as feed. This run of bales goes on and on, probably the distance of a couple of acres or more (a little over 3/4 hectare).

Summer cheer

Most summer flowers seem pretty cheerful. But I think if they were ranked sunflowers would probably top the list.

And the only thing more cheerful than a sunflower is an entire field of them. I’ve been patiently watching these come into bloom for about a month.

They’re at a small farm on Sequim-Dungeness Road that sells eggs and a variety of vegetables. They were out of eggs but I picked up some exquisitely fresh beets. And I’ll bet it won’t be long before they’re selling bunches of sunflowers.

Summer lunch

Summer offers a very sweet benefit: lunch outside. Under the grape arbor at Alder Wood Bistro is a perfect place to enjoy a warm day, good meal, and great friends.

The one problem is when someone else orders what I should have and didn’t. Salad envy.

The only consolation in a case like this is to order the Bistro’s signature “Chocolate Bliss” for desert. It will obliterate any second guessing about a perfect meal.

Out standing in a field

This vintage vehicle has been parked in a field for months now. At first I thought it was an old bus. On closer examination I’m guessing it’s a recreational vehicle from an earlier era, in the days before Winnebagos.

It’s anybody’s guess what it’s doing there. My take is that it’s an inheritance whose new owner who may have no idea where to start.