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Sectionals are nice, especially if you have a long narrow room to furnish! When I was a kid this was the case. I like how part of the sectional comes out from the wall like an "L" shape so you don't feel like your room is just lined with furniture!

I saw these cuties on my sunny walk today! The flowers are starting to bloom here right now! I saw the magnolia trees starting to bloom downtown. I love those trees. Some people call those tulip trees. I'm not sure which is correct.

Today it's sunny and 60! We have to apply two coats of teak sealer to the wood on our sailboat. There is a lot of wood, so it will take most of the day!

I love pressure cooking pinto beans and then making homemade chili with them! Yum! So much better than canned!

That is very cool! My parents had an apple tree in their orchard that they had grafted in 5 different apples onto one tree. It was truly amazing and the apples were delicious!

Same here, but it's windy too! Burrrr! Just a couple days ago we were sunning ourselves on deck!

I don't know why, but I loved it! I did add a generous amount of honey!

I just made some stinging nettle tea with a generous dolop of honey. Very good!

I've heard they are great bait for ling cod! The fishing rules here in WA are rather draconian. You can only fish ling cod in May. There are some fish here that you can only catch a couple days in the entire year! Plus you can't fish deeper than 120 feet for lots of the fish. I've heard...

Greenling is a salt water fish. It tastes similar to cod, but it is a little more tender.

Sounds wonderful!

We went out fishing today and I caught a greenling! Pretty good size too!

Neat! I never heard of dewberry jam!!

We catch butter and manilla clams on the beach and make amazing plates of clam linguine! It's fun to gather them and make a feast! 😋

I wanted to mention another gathering tip for stinging nettle. It's best to pick it when it's very young. The plants that are less than a foot tall are best!

What are some of the things you forage there?

They are different from butter sole. I have caught butter sole before and they are good too! The sand dabs are more delicate and tender than butter sole. I heard that they serve sand dabs as a delicacy in fancy California coast restaurants. They are so good!

We went fishing this afternoon and caught 7 sand dabs! Just cooked them up with fresh lemon, pepper, and olive oil!

It does taste just like spinach, but has more texture. I always wear gloves when I harvest the stinging nettle. It's amazing how short of a time you need to steam it to get rid of the sting! I love it!

I foraged some stinging nettle today, steamed it like spinach, and then served it alongside homemade chicken pot pie! 😋