June's (Unintentionally Only) Post: Doodle, Oregon, and Garden Stuff

June is almost over. It quite got away from us, what with traveling and school and such. Two of my summer classes were five-week courses that ended on June 20 (I got an A in both, thanks). We left early for our Oregon trip for a unplanned quickie visit with our daughter and granddaughter who were staying in Myrtle Beach. And, of course, we spent a delightful week in Seaside, Oregon with my parents.

The garden is doing amazing things. We've been able to enjoy fresh tomatoes with fresh basil pesto broiled on top. Danny is loving the pepper plants. And the spaghetti squash...well, all I can say is that hopefully there is a way of preserving it, because at this rate we are never going to be able to keep up with it once it starts to ripen.

There are a lot of pictures following. Some of the garden ones were taken the day we left for our travels (June 6) and some today (June 25). Kind of a before-and-after thing. There are some pictures of our visit with the Doodle, and some pictures of our visit to Oregon. In Oregon, we climbed the Astoria Column (read about the Column here) - it was the first time that I'd ever been to the Column when it was open.

6/6 view of peppers

6/6 view of basil, rosemary, sage, basil

6/6 view of tomatoes

6/6 view of shade bed

6/6 view of squash

6/6 - one lone jalapeno!

Danny & the Doodle - she was fascinated by his face

Danny & the Doodle again

Note that his glasses have been removed to keep them safe

My turn with the Doodle!

Guess my finger wasn't what she was looking for

The two of us at the top of the Astoria Column.

View from atop the Column

I tried to take a picture of my parents, who are standing in front of the building.

The Columbia River, from the top of the Astoria Column

More from atop the Column

6/25 pepper plants - oops, there's a basil in there now!

A closeup of the peppers, in an attempt to show off their productive ways

6/25 another pepper closeup

6/25 and another

6/25 - The basils, rosemary, and sage - note that we've been harvesting basil quite regularly!

6/25 The tomato plants...from the front

...and from the back. Go, tomatoes, go!

6/25 The shade bed. Not doing as well as hoped, although the coleus (and the weeds) seem happy

6/25 - Squash overload!

On 6/25, the squash are growing out of the box!