This was our book club pick that we discussed this week at book club. I must admit, it was not my favorite book. It’s nonfiction and is written by a local author, but I guess I am just not that into birds. It is about the author’s time spent studying birds on the Zumwalt in eastern Oregon and how ranching can effect the soil, the plant life and the rodents and other prey that the birds rely on. Now, that being said, I am glad I am in a book club because even though this book really isn’t something I would normally read, discussing it at book club and listening to the other ladies talk about why they did like it, helped me to appreciate it more.
Archive for June 13th 2012
We have been blessed with some fabulous teachers…Miss Jan, Mrs. Christians and this lovely lady,
Mrs. T. Liam had her for 2nd and 3rd grade and Colm had her this year for 2nd grade. If I could clone her, I would. She is just such an awesome teacher.
See why we love her? The silly picture was her idea. 🙂
The Rose Festival is a very big deal around these parts. The main event is the Grand Floral Parade, but there is actually more than one parade (Starlight Parade and the Junior Parade) during the week or two of events leading up to the main parade. There’s also a big carnival, Fleet Week, a 5K race and much, much more. For reasons I can’t recall (probably our baseball schedule), this is the first year we have made it to any of the events.
We didn’t make it downtown for the parade, but they had all of the floats on display. They are made out of flowers, but I did see some rice on one of the floats. Maybe the rule is that all of the materials have to be plant-based?
I don’t know who the cute baby is or the woman who’s holding him. 🙂
The Dragon Boat races are what really drew us to the festivities. There were races going all day long. I think this was probably our favorite part of the whole day.
We got to go on this boat…
We took a break from walking around to enjoy a nice lunch outside. This was our view…it was such a gorgeous day.
A few more boats…
and then a carnival game and it was time to go home.
These pictures are awful, but where I was sitting along with how the sun was (or wasn’t) coming in through the windows…it just wasn’t a good combination. Colm did a great job though and passed with flying colors.
