The Summer Solstice has come and gone, but the days are still long and bright at Songaia. The garden team switched to an earlier start time to try to avoid working during the hottest hours of the day- making it a bit of a struggle to wake up in the chilly mornings. Fortunately for us, Steven has been concocting a strong coffee brew on the rougher mornings, and has even been kind enough to share. Staring bleary-eyed at bindweed at 7 in the morning is a little easier with coffee. The change in schedule has made the flow of the day more relaxed- time slips away in the morning hours as we wake up with the garden. There's time for breakfast with the full team a little later and we can start work on specific projects for the day. By lunchtime we've usually finished most of the heavy lifting and are ready for some light afternoon discussion and design curriculum.
My memories of the past couple of weeks are dominated by awesome trips around the Northwest- sorry bindweed, you'll always have a special place in my heart, but this post isn't about you today.
For the solstice, a small group of Songaians and interns made their way to Fremont (known by locals as the center of the universe) to experience the full glory of The Fremont Solstice Parade- complete with naked bicyclists, plenty of marching bands, lots of floats, and an assortment of people dressed in all sorts of interesting garb. A glorious day left us all quite exhausted and definitely in need of Steven's coffee the next day.
My memories of the past couple of weeks are dominated by awesome trips around the Northwest- sorry bindweed, you'll always have a special place in my heart, but this post isn't about you today.
For the solstice, a small group of Songaians and interns made their way to Fremont (known by locals as the center of the universe) to experience the full glory of The Fremont Solstice Parade- complete with naked bicyclists, plenty of marching bands, lots of floats, and an assortment of people dressed in all sorts of interesting garb. A glorious day left us all quite exhausted and definitely in need of Steven's coffee the next day.
This past week I had a chance to go hiking on the Olympic Peninsula with my dad and sister. After a light hike, and a rather steep descent, we ended up on Shi Shi Beach - North of Lake Ozette, and South of Cape Flattery, one of the Northwestern most points in the Lower 48. My favorite view is of the little islands off of Point of Arches- absolutely striking from afar, and pretty spectacular when viewed up close too. I was so distracted by the beauty all around me that I only took a few photos the entire trip- the rest just mental pictures that may one day fade away- but I'll just have to go back and visit again to refresh my memory. The contents of my mental photo album include many bald eagle sightings- including one catching a fish from the ocean just a hundred feet away, plenty of deer wandering about, and a plethora of starfish and sea anemones in the tide pools.
In between these trips was quite a bit of weeding and some harvesting of cherries and fava beans. Some trellis construction for tomatoes and a bit of work mulching a hügelkultur bed. The goats have also been doing a lot of work on their little blackberry patch.
In between these trips was quite a bit of weeding and some harvesting of cherries and fava beans. Some trellis construction for tomatoes and a bit of work mulching a hügelkultur bed. The goats have also been doing a lot of work on their little blackberry patch.
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