Thursday, March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013 - A Road Trip





Fennel ice cream and palmier

Main Street, Walla Walla
Petits Noirs, my favorite chocolate shop

Japanese quince

Honeybee on flowering pear

Home in time for sunset over the river

Today I enjoyed a road trip with two friends.  We visited second-hand stores in Walla Walla, found a wonderful bakery, had a delicious lunch, then went to Milton Freewater and visited a cider tasting room and our favorite chocolate shop - Petits Noirs.  Outside the shop were lots of blossoms, including the tree and the shrub pictured above.  The scents were heavenly, and the bees were extremely busy.
 
It was a treat to spend a day, simply being, with no specific purpose.  When I got home, I wandered in the garden (the deer visited last night, and from the size of the hoofprints, I think there was a fawn).  I pulled a few weeds, then went inside and prepared dinner, which was ready just about in time for my husband to get home.  We enjoyed time on the deck before dinner, and yet another beautiful sunset...then had the fun of a phone call from friends in California we've known since we were in high school.
Tomorrow is Good Friday.  It will be a day of both remembrance and of thankfulness.




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