We stayed at home last week. But thankfully our photo archives have some fairly decent leftovers to fill up a post. Or maybe I could call them planned-overs. (That always sounds better when I'm talking about filling up with what remains in the refrigerator.)
Hendricks Park, earlier this month
Although City Parks are open, the Parks Department has asked families to forgo the Eugene tradition of visiting Hendricks Park on Mother's Day. They have a virtual tour on line. We didn't even know it was a Mother's Day tradition and were glad we visited during an earlier and quieter week. Since it is the height of the season, in normal times it would certainly be a perfect spot for the day however. So this turned out to be a pretty good week to serve up the rest of our rhody tour. Happy Mother's Day!
Below are some leftovers from last month — still good to go I think:
Along a Missouri highway, April 2020 Road-trip
This Road Sign seemed appropriate not only for our April road-trip, but also for the times in general.
There's actually more than just a street — Peculiar is a City in Missouri. The town motto is "Peculiar, where the 'odds' are with you." I like it — and its too bad that our peculiar circumstances didn't allow us to explore the area a little more!
Burns RV Park, Eastern Oregon
A large covey of quail kept us entertained at one of our overnight stops on our April trip. It's always nice when there are natural areas right near an RV Park. We didn't even have to walk out of the Park to visit this brambly area, where we saw (and heard) quail and songbirds. A relaxing way to end a day of driving.
Now back to earlier this month:
I thought that all the "not-rhododendron" pictures I took at Hendricks were from the Native Plant Garden, but I wonder now about the top left picture! Those look like Japanese Iris to me. They do grow wild around here though — there are some in the Pond area near our daughter's and also in their yard.
I did take a lot of pictures of yellow rhody shrubs — because I had never seen them in that color before. And because yellow flowers are always favorites for me. Like spots of sunshine!!
But who could ever grow tired of rhododendrons in their more traditional color palette:
The glory of Spring in Eugene!
A paler shade of yellow
A little blue sky peeking through behind this home in our daughter and son-in-law's neighborhood (really their backyard). These neighbors were social-distancing last time I was there because they didn't even poke their heads out. I'll try again next time!
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