Yes, I'm still helping to rescue chows, and even if I didn't want to, they would find me. Like Bob says, rescue is like the Mafia, once you get in, you never get out. This dog is on the next road over from mine, so I had to go look for him.
Caro-Mi is a family style restaurant that has been in existence since 1945. I actually have never been because the menu is simple, mostly meat with basic veggies, so not the kind of thing I eat, but it is a popular place and a beautiful one with this setting.
The name was a combination of the states the owners were from, North Carolina and Miami, Florida.
An old covered bridge leads to the restaurant from the parking area over the river, which was really rushing yesterday.
The chow had been seen here in the morning, but I could not find him. I went up the road to where the old house that I love is, the place I have gotten many plants from, and there was a man at a church cutting a bouquet of flowers. I stopped and asked if he had seen the chow, he thought it was a bear. That's my worry, the bears are making their way out of hibernation, but the locals don't mess with the bears, we live with them, so he should be okay in that respect. He pointed me in the direction he was seen, but no luck.
Even if I found him, chances are he would run, he's in survival mode, and having trapped a few chows myself, I know how hard it is to get one, and they never come up to you. I just wanted to see where he was and alert the people in houses dotting the hillside to call me if they cornered him in some way.
At least he picked a beautiful spot to hang out, plenty of water, places to get out of the rain, this porch for instance, and a restaurant that if he hangs around enough and they feed him, he may be easier to catch. They have my number and did put up a sign for the customers at my request.
I don't mind coming over to this road and driving around, it's one of my favorites, all the trees and bushes are in bloom, even after a hard freeze last week that fried a lot of my blooms. This road is down low with the mountains in the background which protects their flowers. It will be 10 years in May that I have lived here, and I am still in love with this place and feel so blessed to be here!
Spent the weekend in the area in the front of the house toward the road and where my little dog graveyard is. This area has been a work in progress for many years. A massive area covered in wisteria vines that I can only work in during winter because of the blackberry canes and poison ivy. I know there was a garden here at one point because of the water pipe and one massive viburnum that the power company killed when they sprayed. They gave me compensation, but nothing near what that old bush would have cost.
I'm leaving all the hollies and would like to plant red crepe myrtles once I get enough of the area cleared.
I now have a decent cleared path, you can see the farmhouse in the distance, and I will continue to work my way toward the road.
Lo and behold, I see this!! A very old rose bush under a canopy of hollies only getting dappled sun. Bob thought it looked like a fresh cut, but I can't imagine I would have cut this last year when working, but I am reading up on transplanting this to a sunny spot at the farmhouse, and it will have to be done today with the warm weather coming.
The deodara cedar limbs were cut, and I was counting the rings, about 48!
Wisteria vine pile. The trees and hollies are covered in this, the wisteria is in bloom right now, but it chokes the life out of the other plants, the reason why I am now training it on the fencelines.
Aside from the rose, the only other thing I have found is a small azaela, probably a recent volunteer, so not something old.
Maybe a viburnum seedling from the one the power company killed? Wouldn't that be wonderful?!!!
The last of my seeds arrived from Baker Creek and Floret. The packaging is so pretty, I'm keeping this.
Floret is a fairly new flower farm in WA state and such a nice company, sent a postcard with the seeds, and everytime you place an item in the cart it says thank you. I like that. I watch her videos at night to relax.
These seeds will go in my "car greenhouse" I love how well that works, but we had a cold spell where the temps were in the 30s at night and frost today, so I have to wait until it's a bit warmer at night.
Inside my seedlings have been moved from the heat mats in my potting shed to the sunroom where they are growing fast!
Peacock fern is in the homemade terrarium and cuttings of coleus, azalea and camellia are rooting. So many projects, so little time!
Well, as close to glamping as it gets. For the past two weeks the doors and windows have been open, cool breezy nights with hooting owls make sleeping a dream!! Just ask Timber, he loves the fresh, chilly air in the bedroom, hard to get him up in the morning.
Wake up naturally to sun shining through my metal cattail door creating beautiful shadows on the room.
Sunshine in the eyes gets me up and going! Nothing better than a great night's sleep!
