WALK TO ABEYANCE WITH JASON AND HARUKA

There's nothing more fun than a walk with good friends and a destination.  On this pretty Spring morning we were headed through the woods to the nearby community of Abeyance with our good friends and next door neighbors.

March 13, 2010

 

IRRIGATION POND EXCAVATION

 

Our first stop was the pond behind Jason and Haruka's home that will be used to irrigate their Rice Paddies.  Making a pond is no small feat and big decisions must be made regarding liners, depth and orientation to the landscape.  The weather has been quite wet, making it difficult for excavating because the machinery keeps getting bogged down in the mud.  Nevertheless, progress is being made and we all look forward to using the pond as a swimming hole this summer.

 

BRIGHT AS THE SUN

The beautiful flowers of the Leatherleaf Mahonia or Mahonia bealei caught our eye.  We later read that it is an invasive plant.

 

ONION FIELDS AND TOAD EGGS

 

Haruka poses between beds of onions with her plastic bag she will use to pick up garbage on the trail while Bob and Jason discuss crops.  Potatoes and rice will also be grown in this field.  A cluster of spiraling egg-filled tendrils floats in one of the rice paddies. The toads have been mating madly, their voices ringing through the night.

 

SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT IN ABEYANCE

   

Shortly after coming out of the woods onto the paved road in Abeyance, we came across the scene of an accident involving a truck and a tree.  Bob and Jason had a good time reconstructing the path of a dually which drove off the road, knocked down a pine and tore up the sod.  Camille and Haruka were greatly amused watching the two discuss possible scenarios.

 

BUDDIES

Camille is very lucky to have such a beautiful friend in Haruka.

 

DAFFODILS

 

As we were leaving Abeyance and diving back down into the woods, we noticed hundreds of daffodils in bloom.  Tami told us the beautiful story behind these plants about a man who was dying of cancer and spent his last months planting daffodils in the woods.

 

CATCHING HER FANCY

 

Haruka was taken by the delicate yellow flowers of what we later found to be a Trout Lily or Erythmonium Americanum and took this photo of the flowers.  Notice her grocery bag is now full of debris.  What a good Haruka!

 

CAMILLE'S FAVORITE PLACE

 

We took turns posing in Camille's favorite spot in the woods.  It is a little mound which catches the sun and invites her to come and contemplate the meaning of life.  

 

NEARLY HOME

 

Haruka in Camille's spot.  Bob and Jason heading for home on the Northwest Passage.

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