Whirlwind Day...45º

Twelve of the Write People crowded around tables at the Josephy Center, to share writing, family news, laughter and tears...Of course that is what we usually do but our group was much larger on this day...We welcomed Ruth, Lyn and Maxine who spend winters out of the county and Leita now from Richland/LaGrande.

Two hours later some of us moved upstairs at the JC to attend a "brown bag lunch" where three old time Wallowa Countians, Jean, Janie and Dwayne Wiggins,  shared their story of how the Wiggins Family became owners of the Wallowa Lake Lodge and several hundred acres of the surrounding area...Some of this was later sold to the Park Service and became what is now "Wallowa Lake State Park." A standing room only crowd listened with rapt attention as the "Wallowa Lake Wonderland," as it was called in the 30's, lost its luster during the war years and became what it is today.

Pat and I left this event and made our way to Donna Butterfield's lovely garden on "lower Prairie Creek." A light sprinkle of rain, with occasional thunder didn't dampen the enthusiasm of twelve garden club members, who were there to learn responsible ways of gardening with the use of chemicals, mulching and amending ones soil for easier digging to eradicate weeds.

Sunshine is in the forecast for the next few days so you will find me in our gardens waging my own war on the weeds...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

Donna's Garden Shed

And Green House