Postcards From the Edge

Random shots of some summertime road trips with a Picassa 1960's format
(because this blog is supposed to be midcentury related).


Middle fork of the Stanislaus River.
I didn't notice the interesting cloud formation until I looked at the photograph.
I think sometimes that a camera is a hindrance.
I should quit looking through the lens and start looking at what's in front of me.


                                                     

It was so hot that day that I wanted to swing through the trees
and make my way down to the water.


Ebbet's Pass on our way to Reno.
This was truly a postcard from the edge.
It gave me the heebie jeebies.
I'm a bit of a nervous passenger.                                                  


This wide open road is much more comfortable.


Thunder heads!
No thunder, just the heads.


I'm obsessed with clouds.


Lots of wide open space on the Nevada side of the pass.


This little jewel of a cabin is on Mosquito Lake at the top of Ebbet's Pass.
I wanted to swim across the tiny lake and break in.
I could live here. Not in the winter though. Too much snow.


I swiped this photo from my son's Facebook page.
Don't tell him.
This is from his great Alaskan Adventure.
He and his sister hiked to the ice caves in Juneau.
I don't know why his hair looks blonde.
I don't know who the dog belongs to either.


We told them, warned them, not to go inside....too dangerous!!
They went in anyway.
They survived.

Finnish Air Meets Marremekko

I love this!

garden guards

Our old fire tools are now our garden guards.
Don't they look intimidating?


An old room divider  supports the peas.


I don't know if this is squash or pumpkin.
We'll find out sooner or later.


The mammoth sunflowers are really taking off.
Blackberries are growing behind them.




The first harvest, spicy radishes.


Cauliflower followed.


We're growing lots of herbs too.




What cute little tomatoes.



Heirloom tomatoes are starting to blossom.


A happy, musical frog entertains the plants.


The carrots are growing like weeds.


The old porch swing got another facelift.
Birdhouse gourds are planted around the gazebo and
will hopefully grow up the sides.





That's all for now.

Ray Eames Exhibit

On a recent trip to our state capitol my husband spotted this....


Good eye mister!


We spent a beautiful Sunday afternoon taking in all the eye candy.


This greeted us as we entered the museum.




Miniature Eames house.


Miniature furniture to go with it!




The rest is adult size.


I wanted this big guy.
The gift shop was full of them but wayyy out of our price range.
















She was a tiny lady.


This was another exhibit we enjoyed.


I spotted a few suitcases in this display that looked very familiar.
I'm dating myself.
Who cares? I'll be sixty this Saturday...
I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Projects

Guess who has a new toy?


He spent the weekend turning soil in the back forty.
He's like the energizer bunny!


We're not sure what to plant.
We thought about a community pumpkin patch.
Tomatoes are too temperamental so we'll
save those for the raised beds.
I'd like to try growing some gourds.


My sunflowers are coming up.
I like to sit and look at them.


Sometimes I think I can see them growing.
I'm a very impatient gardener.


I think these are radishes.


Our gazebo collapsed in the last storm.
The canvas top filled with snow and split wide open.


We decided to move it to the backyard
and give it a paint job.


The swing needed a facelift too.
I'm not so fond of hunter green anymore.
At one time, everything got hit with a can
of hunter green spray paint.


I've gone to the dark side now.
Everything is black.
The cover on the swing has got to go.
That's on the to do list.


We are going to cover the top of the gazebo with chicken wire
and grow vines over the top.


Maybe someday it will look like this.
I think it would look nice with little twinkie lights.


Cote Sud Magazine

While the mister planted some carrots....


This guy stomped around outside the fence.
He's not happy about losing access to the plants.
They were eating everything in sight.


Big show-offs.


They thought if they looked really pretty they
might regain access.
Wrong! This is a no turkey zone.


We also replaced the front door and light fixture.
We plan to "fog" the door for privacy.
I hung a scarf in the window temporarily.
The paint is new too.


And that's that...