Spring Container
Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
We celebrated the first day of Spring with these Pink Lemonade Cupcakes. They have a lovely, light lemon flavoring. Thanks to Alyssa Brown for this yummy recipe. Pink Lemonade Cupcakes 1 1/2 Cups Sugar 6 Tbsp Butter 1 Tbsp Lemon Zest 3 Tbsp Thawed Pink Lemonade Concentrate 2 tsp. Vanilla 1 Drop Red Food Coloring 2 Large Eggs 2 Large Egg Whites, Whipped 2 Cups … Continue reading Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
Bristlecone Pine
A single plant that has been alive almost 5,000 years is hard to imagine, almost unfathomable, yet one does exist. Pinus longaeva, the Bristlecone Pine has a representative in the White Mountains of Eastern California called Methuselah, that was measured by core samples at almost 5,000 years old. This one tree was just a seedling around the year 2750 B.C. The time of the great … Continue reading Bristlecone Pine
Native Bites—Indian Plum
This delicate native shrub is hard to miss right now in mid-March. It’s a funny little chameleon. Most of the year it’s standard green, blending in and camouflaging with other Northwest native plants. But suddenly in March the small, trembling white flowers seem to be suspended on all the branches. Soft and white they peek out of the brown, bare woods, the bright green leaves … Continue reading Native Bites—Indian Plum
Ready or Not, Here I Come!
Yesterday as the snow was falling covering all green with a sparkly coat of ice crystals and the wind was gusting through the landscape, tugging and pulling on every leaf and flower, I felt sorry for the trees. Like the early bloomers, the flowering cherry and plum, that were just beginning to open. The flowers so delicate and pure, getting pushed around by this weather. … Continue reading Ready or Not, Here I Come!
Rainyleaf 