Awoke at 2am, very warm, to the sound of rain...got up opened the window wider and removed the small quilt from the bottom of our bed..back to sleep until 6am...raining harder and is supposed to continue off and on the rest of the day...chat from Rusty, in answer to my pleading voice of "Please can you come on Friday as John has a wood getting "party" set for Saturday"...Of course he said NO, but I caught a glimpse of the twinkle in his eye that really meant YES...He will go to friend Dave's, today, spend the night, catch and bring live stewing hens to our house, will kill, pluck, clean and freeze on Friday afternoon...They will make wonderful chicken and noodles on a cold, rainy day...
The smell of mushrooms cooking is strong as Herb cooks his bounty from yesterday...He picked a small batch while I was playing in Walla Walla...We are supposed to get warmer weather for the next few days so the mushrooms will grow again by Sunday..we hope...
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| Lovely Asparagus |
Pat and I had a great trip yesterday, The 2 1/2 hour drive, first through the Minam Canyon with the Wallowa River almost to flood stage...Contrasting green of the fields and trees as we arrived in Elgin... from there going over the Blue Mountains, snow banks lining the highway as we reached the 5000 foot level...then dropping to the WW Valley floor of 1000 feet and the patchwork quilt of sprouting grain and freshly tilled fields...then acres and acres of vineyards in the distance...multi million dollar home also "sprouting" on the horizon...we spent two hours, soaking up the warm sunshine, at the nursery, while choosing grasses for Pat's new garden, then quickly scanned the hundreds of perennials growing in huge greenhouses... Then on our way to meet my friend LeaAnn for lunch...LeaAnn had made reservations at Brassier 4, one of her favorite places...following her suggestions we had special "French" fries along with garden salads and topped it off with a rustic ham, mushroom and cheese pizza... definitely a gourmet lunch...Our next stop was the Bonnie Close, Asparagus farm...50# boxes of freshly picked asparagus everywhere we looked...We loaded asparagus into Pat's car, making room around the many starts of grasses and retraced our route, first the Blues, then Minam Canyon...Rain falling softly from the top of Minam all the way into Joseph...A wonderful way to spend a spring day especially as the day in Joseph had been cold and breezy.
Our breakfast this morning was sauteed mushrooms, steamed asparagus, both seasoned with butter, garlic, salt and pepper, toast and an egg over medium...Heavenly!!.OWAV:)
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