Hello, hello! June is almost over! And it was a pretty good June this year. We had some glorious late spring days, yesterday was spectacular.

After a self induced stressful doctor appointment yesterday , my friend and I got out for errands. Early in the day the town was sparkling [on the right], not busy or crowded at all. The bays were beautifully blue.

A stop at Trader Joe's for flowers and cheese, and ciabatta bread, theirs is the very best.

Tomatoes as a houseplant, how cute.

And these are the asparagus I've been complaining about all spring. Ick, thin and skinny, like grass, taste like weed whacker detritus. I got first [possibly local] yellow summer squash instead.

And hydrangeas, $2.00 a stem.

I think my friend should quit his day job, he can be a hydrangea millionaire.

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June Perpetual Nature Journal entries. These end the first book January through June. Next is Book 2 starts July 1.

[photo credit to Google image for lily of valley & lavender pics]

Looking through book two I am especially aware of how late my potted flowers are this year. Last year I had zinnias blooming by 4th of July. 

I'm very grateful for the self seeding early coreopsis.

Here is Mo on a warm breezy day.

Mo is not affectionate or heaven forbid [he says] cuddly, but he likes to be able to see me at all times. Pics taken from my desk chair. Big windows behind, now repaired. Dunes and ocean beyond.

Have a good weekend. Fireworks here tonight, how fun!

                                   cute retro quilt block idea?

love

lizzy

gone to the beach.....

on my picture roll, from the first bridge. Light must have changed?

summer beach, no crowds here...

Nature note: we saw red-winged blackbirds in the marshes and ospreys on their high poles and twiggy nests.

Every evening we see the learning-to-fly baby oystercatchers, three of them, with their patient mom.

And unusual, every evening, at 5.45, one cormorant flies from the north/ marsh to the beach and lands. Cormorants like marsh habitat, not seen on beaches. And he is so punctual!

Flocks of skimmers and arctic terns.