In bed shortly after 8pm last night...don't know why a shopping trip tires me out so...slept well and rested by 4am...woke up earlier, but lay there listening to the rain and fell back to sleep...I like that drifting in and out of slumber with the rain falling softly...
We arrived in LaGrande before 8am yesterday, nice scenic drive...saw baby colts on the way and just before we went into the Minim Canyon, Herb spotted a small herd of elk grazing in the field...the canyon was beautiful...so many shades of green with a few yellows and oranges thrown in for contrast...white blossoms as the bushes have started their spring bloom...
We stop briefly at Walmart then go to Grocery Outlet where we have time to check out all the aisles and then on to Bimart..Herb goes inside...I go to the greenhouse...choose an assortment of orange-yellow marigolds, assorted color pansies, yellow, pink, white and purple snapdragons, purple and pink petunias and purple and white stock for their lovely fragrance...now with two flats of bedding plants that will fill the planters that we enjoy all summer on the deck...I go inside the store to meet up with Herb and finish the shopping list, then on to our 10:30am eye appointments at Dr Pettits.
While at the eye doctor we visit with Wallowa County friends that we seldom see in WC... Also while I am trying to find a new pair of glasses frames, Annette, from write group, and her friend Martha, arrive at the frame shop...we have fun visiting and helping each other in our hunt for new frames...Then we must be on our way to our chiropractor, Dr Bonds for our monthly adjustment.. Yard sale signs appear on Sunset Drive...a brief stop and on we go...
We go to lunch at "Foley Station" more of an upscale restaurant than our usual...with wine at $6.75 a glass we both pass and drink water...have the lunch special, mine with salad and Herb having a cup of clam chowder...The book store is next door, when I spend a half hour...then on to buy my face cream and we will be on our way home by 2pm...stop in Lostine at friend Kathy's to deliver a start of my fern peony and pick up starts of fox tail lilies that she has saved for me...quickly look at her garden, admire all of her "funny" looking chickens and then we are home at last... unload the car and settle in for the evening...catch up on scrabble, email etc...
Doesn't look like the rain is going to let up anytime soon...last nights paper says this has been the coldest April on record...Also in last night paper, in the obituaries, I read about the life of Mrs. Lovely and Mr. Nice...OWAV:)
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