Half way there.

Photographically I took a lot of pictures of flowers, especially roses. looking through my photos for June was a blast of cheerful sunshine. Here is a sampling:

Sword fern

Butterccup

Dogwood

California Poppy

Johnson’s Blue Geranium (Cranesbill)

Little girl watching performers at the local farmer’s market.

Oriental Poppy

Parsley

Rose in my garden.

Queen Anne’s Lace at the beach.

Honeysuckle at the beach.

Rose in my back yard.

Thinking back on June it seems so long ago because so much has gone on since. At the time it seemed like it was a biggish month: my husband retired from 36 plus years at Boeing and my niece graduated from high school.

Retirement is starting into a new phase for us. I thought it would be more dramatically different than it has been. I was concerned about having someone around all the time. Somehow we seem to be rubbing along just fine. It’s been nice to have someone around to help pick up some of the slack with Grandma and Dad when I’ve been feeling tired and impatient. But we’ve also not had very long spells with both of us at home…

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