We did have a beautiful day on Friday, and Elise, Emily, and I headed to Carnation for the annual plant sale. As I mentioned before, we've gone almost every year since we found out about it, and it's rained every single time.
This time was an exception. We didn't leave until around 10:00 and had blue skies the whole time. I said I didn't care if we found anything we wanted to buy or not. It was just worth it to drive over and enjoy the day. The cherry trees have almost all stopped blooming, but all the others are either blooming or leafing out with their pale green leaves. We passed a lavender field and another flower farm that was pretty. Usually on this road you can find a booth of fresh flowers for sale, but we didn't see one today.
When we got to Carnation, we were a little disoriented. After turning left and looking for for a parking place, we realized we weren't on the right street. It's a teeny little town, so we only had to drive around about 3 blocks to find that the place where the sale usually takes place had been replaced by an independent living building and parking area. We did see the tents next door though so parked and made our way there.
I'm glad we weren't really needing a lot of stuff, because the whole area was maybe half the size of prior years. I didn't take one picture there, but we did find enough to fill up the back of Emily's car. I got some dill, Italian oregano, and anise, but I was hoping to find some pretty parsley and cilantro. Although I had decided not to grow tomatoes again, it was too tempting to see the little plants and not bring a couple of them home. Now to find a sunny patch.
Elise was really wanting some New Guinea impatiens and found only some white ones, but the leaves are so pretty. I can't even remember the other things I bought. A yellow begonia and some airy flower that was a pretty coral. Emily got me a few things for Mother's Day, and I had enjoyed about enough of standing up, so we headed home feeling pretty good about our choices. Elise and I are so limited in our space that we don't need much. I have them all on the table now trying to match them with the pots I already have. It's cool again, so I'm not in that much of a hurry to get out there and plant them. I'll have pictures then.
Emily had to get home in time to pick up Graysen and her friend Maya and take them to Swirl for a frozen yogurt while waiting for Katherine's school to dismiss. Then they all went for manicures. Graysen and Maya had a Hawaiian-themed dance that night, and they were getting ready for that.
Gray chose the lavender with the darker purple flower on the thumbs, and Katherine got what looks like clear with a white flower. I can't tell if Maya's color was blue, purple, or silver, but they all looked pretty cute.
Emily sent me a few pictures after she got ready and picked up Ellie. From the school pictures, it looked like lots of the kids were more casual than they were, but I love to see them "get pretty" and feel pretty and just have fun. I don't have many details, but they did have a DJ and karaoke as well as pizza and shaved ice and organized activities. Some of these pictures are at home and on the way in front of Mount Si, and I got a couple from the Facebook ones.
There were two lacrosse games on Saturday in Seattle in the rain, so I still haven't seen a game or really a practice. I have no idea about the rules or what the object it. Graysen's and Katherine's teams played at the same time, and Ryan and Emily settled in between the fields and swiveled around to catch the action. Both teams won 15-5, and Katherine got a goal.
On Sunday, both teams played in Fall City but at different times. Gray did well, and their team won a close game by 1 point. Kate's team won big again,
and she got another goal. I guess it's called a goal. She scored anyway. Maybe this video will work. From my point of view, she comes in from behind the goal - in the pink shoes - gets surrounded by defensive players, exchanges jabs with the other players, and tosses it into the net. I'm sure there's more to it than that.
On Sunday afternoon, I walked down to Mary's and played Scrabble with her for about an hour. It was fun to talk to her and get all caught up. She's planning to start Mah-Jong lessons on the 21st at the Y - right up the street - and I've signed up for a review and relearning classes. I haven't played in four years, so there will be a lot of relearning. It was another pretty sunny day, and the walk there and back was not too far for me at all. According to phone calls - accidental and otherwise - her daughter Celia had given Emily some plants, and Em and Ryan were out working in the yard. I drove over there and watched a little bit, including roly-poly bugs and centipedes - then brought the girls home with me for a couple of hours.
Elise made them some little pizzas with cheese and pineapple, corn-on-the-cob, and grapes which was a very tasty supper. And a piece of their leftover lemon cake from Thursday.
Gray found a Bible story book and was reading to Katherine. Usually, they pick the stories with the most swords and action, but I think I heard her reading about the disciples. Sweet girls.
I've updated my calendar with the Mah-Jong lessons and found out one of the dates coincides with a follow-up visit with my doctor, but I'll only miss about 30 minutes. Noreen and I have also signed up for a retirement planning seminar at the library to see if we can start making heads or tails of our finances.
I'll have the girls after school, but until then I think I'll try to get those plants planted and eat breakfast.
Emily sent me this old video from maybe 2022. We could never figure out what she meant by "junk." Maybe several?
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