Abundance

Remember Jason's hop vine? Look how much it has grown!!

Abundance. It is the only word I can think of to adequately describe summer in Oregon. Abundance of light, abundance of sunshine and blue sky, abundance of activities as the parks swell with people for concerts, festivals, and fairs celebrating everything from the Blues to Microbrews. Abundance of fruit- in the overflowing baskets at our neighborhood farmer's market, in our neighbor's cherry tree that daily drops pounds of flavorful Rainer cherries, in the apple trees, blueberry bushes, raspberry bushes that boast their colorful fruit over our neighborhood sidewalks. Abundance of life in our garden as the pictures below will attest. Abundance everywhere. And I am thankful. Summertime in Oregon is worth the wait.

One of our tomato plants is about to burst with golden tomotoes...not to mention it has almost reached our dining room windows.

Remember those sunflower seeds we planted back in March? No sunflowers yet, but they have already passed me by (which isn't saying much except that they are now over five feet tall!).

Thank you to Jason for painting our cozy attic bedroom a cheery pale bluish/gray with an accent wall in a dark chocolate brown. It looks much better in person than this picture gives credit...but you get the idea.