Tradition dictates that the last week of the calendar year is a quiet one, and 2022 has been no exception. We spent some holiday time in Eugene, OR (source of the photo is Spencer Butte) after a delay due to an ice storm (freezing rain). It was a quiet drive home and some quiet days since. We did get miscellaneous wind storms that required clean up and a snowstorm that required a bit of shovel work, but nothing serious.
Along with the clean up from the windstorms, I have continued pruning. Yesterday, I pruned Grandma's climbing rose by our back deck. We took some cuttings from the original Grandma's rose at Keats Island, rooted them, and planted them by the back deck. I say "planted" - it was barely more than sticking them in the ground. The cuttings have happily taken to their new location and provide color in the spring. I plan to build a rose arbor this year to allow them to better flaunt their colors. The original rose at the cabin continues, having survived the trauma of construction and the repeated attacks of local deer. It is now on an ad-hoc trellis that keeps the bulk of the plants above the reach of deer, so it is also quite happy. The Keats trellis was very much a spur-of-the-moment design from lumber on-hand, so I am now in the mode of continuous repairs. Last summer, I had to realign a couple timbers and re-screw them together. I tried to find a recent photo of the trellis but I seem to have focused my photographic energies on other interests. I will have to get out the large ladder to accomplish anything in 2023.
To anyone reading - Happy New Year! May 2023 bring successes and peace.
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