I'm crying because it's nap time, but the blueberry still tastes good!
If you look carefully on the wagon rail in the photo above, you can see the little green frog who said hello and jumped away. We also saw many lovely flowers.
The last two photos were taken at the Island Cove market on the Columbia River where we stopped for a bite of lunch. The mosquitoes were having us for their lunch, so we ate fast and drove around a little more, then headed home. I particularly love the last photo because it reminds me of my Aunt Yvonne who loved hummingbirds. Whenever I see one, I think of her.
Speaking of mosquitoes and getting bites, the very best herbal salve to allay the itch I've ever found or made is called marsh tea, or Labrador tea, or wild rosemary, which is a rare but lovely plant that only grows in marshlands in a few spots. My guess is, like so many other species, agriculture and development has nearly destroyed its habitat. The only place I've ever found the dry herb here in the United States is at Wild Weeds. The people who work there are lovely. I ordered marsh tea from them and made a huge batch of ointment. Everyone in our family swears by its use in instantly relieving the itch of any bug bite, including spiders (so far, so good--no one's been bit by a poisonous spider).
Marsh Tea: Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons
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