Oooh...Old Shiny Things

 

I wish I could record this as a scratch and sniff.   Wonderful old car garage smells are a powerful memory trigger for me.   What a fun evening with dinner, visiting, and touring car and garden projects. 

   

 

 

This is a La Salle Flower Car, used for carrying flowers for funerals (and sometimes as backup hearse).  You don't see one of these every day or even one a year.  Our host has restored it, piece by piece.  When an original piece couldn't be found, he had to build it.

 

This one lived in our barn for a while.

Piece by Piece

A close up of my friend's mosaic at the Regional Mosaic Art Exhibition at the Tacoma Public Library through April 26.   The show has art of many styles, colors and materials.  Visit the library to see how amazingly the pieces come together.

Three Treats

Library, mosaic art, and geocache all together.

The mosaics are what took us there. The geocache was a surprise.

Go Shocks!

March Snow?

This morning, we had snow to go with our dead furnace.

Time to get out the seed catalog, plan the garden, and plant tomato seeds (I enjoy tomato seedlings if I can keep the indoor pests away).

Welcome More Frogs

First one voice, then three, now to many to count.

Another Impression...

 

...from my Saturday excursion.   This is how it came off of my phone.  I like it. 

Welcome Frogs

The tree frogs returned to our little pond about a week ago.  I thought they were late, but looking back to prior years, they may be early.    Adult frogs, above, and this post from 2010.

Young frog, above, and this post from 2012.  More young frogs here.

 

It must be time to order seeds.

Spring Surprise

The travel bug was missing, but this is the first geocache guard hippo we've encountered. 

See posts of geocaching tours here.  Our first explanation of geocaching is here.

Now I simply say - it's like a world wide Easter egg hunt.  People hide stuff and post GPS coordinates and hints on geocaching.com.  Other people try to find the stuff and post comments and photos from the excursion.   There are lots of cool or creative hiding places near and far.

Cup o' Sun

 

Local coffee table , during the first excursion for the day.