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This weekend was pleasant, but oh, so short!<\/p>\n

\"Raindrop\"<\/a><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n

On Friday after work, we celebrated the sun by taking our books and beverages up to the park. This park is one of my favorite things about my neighborhood, and I ended up there on Saturday, too, when it was a bit less fair out. But there’s a little caretaker cottage that gets used during the summertime with a generous overhang, so as you can see I didn’t let a little rain stop me.<\/p>\n

\"Saturday<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I’m really pleased with the camera on my new phone and I took a bunch of photos on my walk home”<\/p>\n

\"Buttercup<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Spider<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Daisy\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Saturday also included a visit to a couple embassies for EU Day, when members of the European Union open their D.C. embassies to the public for a few hours. I visited Cypress briefly, where things were winding down, but then moved on to Slovenia, which was far more lively.<\/p>\n

\"Slovenian<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

In the evening, we had a party for Rudi at our local board game bar. We ate and drank, had cupcakes, and played Trvial Pursuit and Jenga, both of which Rudi won, which seemed only appropriate.<\/p>\n

\"Rudi<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Yesterday, I went to the farmers market and spent three plus hours in the garden. You can see that the violets and the sorrel had been loving the rain:<\/p>\n

\"Spring<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I yanked violet leaves (although left most of the roots), because they share the plot with my strawberries and had far eclipsed them in height. Now that sun was in the forecast, they needed to be able to start turning red! I also got 20 plants in the ground, most of which were acquired last weekend at Sheep & Wool. It took a while, but I hope this will be my last long day in the garden for a while.<\/p>\n

\"Strawberries<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Spring<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

This morning I was up early to get breakfast for Rudi, since it’s his birthday. After work, we’re going out to dinner at a new-to-us restaurant (a Christmas present from my brother).<\/p>\n

How was your weekend?<\/p>\n

\nWeekending along with Karen at Pumpkin Sunrise<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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