Today I planted 250 bulbs. Of course, I still have another 150 left but I think I’m making progress. It sounds so impressive but it’s really pathetically easy. Dig hole, drop in some bulbs, fill. I’m a bulb fiend because you plant them once and they come back year after year with no maintenance or worry. Even better, if they like where they are, they spread and multiply so you get more and more flowers. The only down side is that they bloom and fade so quickly. If I could, I’d just use all bulbs all the time.

Summer is trying to hold on but the days are getting shorter and the nights colder. I must say, however, that September is my favorite month here in Portland. Winter is coming though and we’ve got to finish stacking firewood, lowering storm windows and tucking lawn furniture out of harms way. Funny enough, I’m actually looking forward to winter. I can’t wait for the rains to come. This year, for the first time, I won’t have to brave the elements and stand outside at the bus stop while icy winds whip past my shivering legs and aching feet. Instead, I’ll be curled up in front of a fire with a pot of tea and my dog and my cats and a little project or two. It’s been so long since I’ve used the oven for something other than pizza! I can’t wait for homemade mac ‘n cheese, roasted chicken, and twice baked potatoes. Yum!

Hmmm. I seems I have managed to make myself hungry. Guess I’ll just pop up to the kitchen and rummage for a late afternoon snack. Yum!