Sun Gallery

morning sit.

bright, breezy, gorgeous. our pine was holding the sun lightly on the end of a branch as we sat, cradled like a small, shining creature in a great hand. the needles themselves were galleries of the sun's light, catching and showing it to every direction.

baltimore oriole arrived today, investigating our feeder stations. last year, i put a screw in a porch railing and speared orange halves onto it when we saw them come by, and they and little red squirrel shared. this year we have a snazzy new oriole feeder from family, so today i cut up a grapefruit my mother conveniently "forgot" here during her visit last weekend, speared it on either side of our oriole feeder, and placed it outside. i put the hummingbird feeder up last week, not remembering exactly when they return, but haven't seen any yet.

a lot of garden work today, most of it weeding. thinned mustard greens, weeded peas, which are about an inch and a half high now. planted kale, parsnips, cabbage, a second successive planting of lettuce, and 150 onion sets. trying to make it further through the winter with our vegetables this year than last. just got some yukon gold and red potato seeds from a friend, will be trying a new technique with them this year: growing them out of trash bags. admittedly not an elegant idea, but it will free up garden space and make hilling them easier.