A couple of weeks ago, we went to Talkeetna for a night away. We headed out right after work on a lovely Friday afternoon. This was May 2nd. Can you believe it?!
The weather was awesome all the way up and the whole day Saturday. It was kind of hazy out, but you can still see Denali, along with my Denali-sized baby bump (I'm sure I'm bigger now!)
I have no idea what this sign signifies, but this is the kind of thing you see in Talkeetna, so I had to include it.
On Saturday morning we headed out to the river to take Ripley for a walk. At this point, just a few weeks ago, the river was just starting to break up. Ripley didn't care, he went right in anyway.
Look at that view. Ahh...
Poor Andy had to do a lot of Ripley wrangling along side the river. There were quite a few people out on the banks birdwatching, which Ripley desperately wanted to participate in.
Here's what they were looking at. Terns!
Some of the prettiest birds ever. I love watching them fly.
And float around on little icebergs.
It was a really nice day or so in Talkeetna, even though it was very quiet. We'd never been there in the low season (pre-Memorial Day weekend but after the winter activities are done) and it was so sleepy! Still a great place to visit though!
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| I think that was the biggest crowd we saw all weekend. |
...and marigolds...
I even planted some strawberries on the deck just for fun.
Our tomatoes are already blooming...
Along with all sorts of other flowers (more pansies)...
...poppies!
I don't know! I think some kind of bellflower? It was the first thing to bloom in the yard when the snow finally melted.
It's been so warm lately (in the 60s and 70s! I love it!) that the LILACS are even blooming. I don't think we had lilacs until early June last year. Also, as a horrific reminder, this weekend last year we were doing the March of Dimes walk in the SNOW. We had to miss the walk this year because we had baby class. We should have done baby class in February when it was 15 degrees outside!
I also planted some citronella, which we're hoping helps to cut down on the mosquitoes.
And the birches are leafing out!
Even my rhubarb is coming up quickly. I love this time of year. Everything seems to be in a race to get going. I swear the garden looks different every day.
These are my delphiniums which last year made it up to eight feet tall. I wonder if this extra shot of sun will make them even taller?
And even the ferns are coming up, though slower than everything else it seems, probably because they're in the shade.
All this plant activity has completely filled the air with pollen around here. Thank god Andy and I seem to be (knock on wood!) missing the allergies we got last year. We heard on the news the other day that between local blooms and some giant pollen cloud that rolled over from China or Russia, Alaska had more pollen in the air than anywhere else in the WORLD. It sure seems like it since every time we send Ripley out, he comes back looking like this:
He would also like me to tell you that he's bored of all this plant talk and would like to go to bed now, so I guess we're off!
I promise to be more blog-attentive in the weeks to come. We've been doing some other exciting stuff like baby class, birthing class, and other baby to-dos, so I'll fill you in on all that soon. I can't believe I'm already 34 weeks now! Time flies!
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