"GOOD NEWS, POTATO LOVERS! ...

... this big (about 1/2 mile square!) field is being planted with potatoes - a month late, but they'll be fine!  Little yummy red ones.  "Buy Local" is good, but this is WAY too many potatoes for the locals to buy (and it is just one of many fields) so this fall watch for the red potatoes grown in the Skagit Valley and BUY, BUY, BUY! (In front are rows and rows of BIG blackberries to be hand picked for the fresh-fruit markets in late August/Spetember.  Covers are pulled over later to keep birds out and slow the ripening so they get to the market later, after the normal crops.)"  -  RG the Tater-Tout!

Bunns are sprouted and growing well too.  Going to be a bumper crop.

"I'M ALL EARS ...

... How was your weekend and Holiday?"  -  Zoey the Curious.

"Yard work, flower planting, a BBQ, a good run, and a "Single Dip in a waffle cone" at the Snow Goose!"  -  RG the Partier!

"DO NOT DISTURB ....

... at least until Tuesday or with food."  -  The Princess in Slumber.

"I'll be in the garden.  IT appreciates me."  -  RG the Hurt.

"BUNN PONDERING DAYLIGHT"

"Baloney - I am looking for greens."  -  Zoey the Gorgeous.

RG likes columbines.

Bunnies like Kale, Carrots, Chard, Lettuce  ...  (The other stuff is volunteers from last year!)

"I AM A QR-CODE! ...

... scan me with your Smart Phone and tell us what you got!"  -  Benji the Geek."OMG Benji!  How dare you without me seeing what you say?  I mean .. what if ... well you know ..."  -  RG the Horrified.

"DEAR BON APPETIT,

while visiting the coastal town of Bow, I had the most fantastic beef fillet at RHODODENDRON CAFE.  I still rave about it to my friends." (first letter to the editor in BL's June 2012 issue!)"They can have it - I'm in for Oats at the PRINCESS'S CORNER BOWL!"

(Bow is our town - although it is just a huge rural zip code and a 4-corners-cross-road with a dinky Post Office on one corner, the Rhododendron on another and a derelict pizza stand on the third.  (The 4th is an empty field.)

"WHY ME, LORD.

... What have I ever done ... (It was Chico what screwed up.  Hows come I'm in the pokey?")  -  Racer the Aggrieved. "Stow the guilt slinging Mr. R.  You are just in "holding" while the condo is being cleaned.  It is too wet and stormy to go outside."  -  RG the Cleaner.