Wednesday's Stitch and Wednesday's Walk

Look at that!  I've got the border all finished up.

Now I can begin to stitch the three Chrysanthemums.

We've had some rain, we've had some super weather. 

Let's take two short walks rather than one long ramble.

We'll start close to home with the view from the Back Patio. The foreground shows the forest green of young Douglas fir trees. In the middle the bright green of an Elderberry and behind it the lighter green of a Cottonwood, the background is the dark green of mature Douglas fir trees.

I was right!  The first of the wild Iris are now in bloom.

The Big Leaf Maples are budding out and a good thing too as they are a food source for many kinds of birds.

Our wild cherry tree is as pretty as I've ever seen it. 

The False Solomon's Seal is in bud and will soon bloom too.

Okay on to Walk #2.  

Not a walk so much as a stop and stare; and admire what someone has done with a shaded corner on their city lot.

They've allowed native wildflowers to grow and thrive under a canopy of trees.

Scads of Oregon Fawn Lily (Erythronium oregonum).

As well as some nice clumps of Small Flowered Trillium (Trillium parviflorum).

Sometimes nature does the best job of arranging plants together.

Such lovely flowers.

They literally carpet the ground.

I think the bits of purple in some of the photos are Dame's Rocket - a non-native.

Yep - there's some Grand Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum grande) in the mix as well. 

Back to the Trilliums - sigh!

And if that wasn't cool enough, across the street there is a Little Free Library!