So many fun times have filled the past week with visiting family. The weather has been pretty spectacular as well, allowing us to soak up the northwest sun and enjoy outdoor adventures.

We’ve eaten well from the gardens, meals loaded with fresh lettuce, crisp spinach, nutty arugula, juicy strawberries, and lovely eggs, of course!

Other favorite visitors are the western swallowtail butterflies which have been joyfully flitting and floating all over these gardens during June. They favor the large bed overflowing with catmint and dianthus or Sweet William I started from seed many moons ago.