Joe’s semester ended a few weeks ago and I have throughly enjoyed having him. I have put him to work and he has been great in going forth and doing it all. The last couple weeks I have finished my irrigation design class, finished up a couple of garden designs, started another, thrown a baby shower for my sister (turned out really well), and spent lots of time in the garden. Joe is very helpful out working: I’m really glad I have his muscle and work ethic. And he is very patient and doesn’t get all frustrated when trying to figure out how to fix or build things. (I can get pretty ugly if I can’t figure something out.) Our garden is ready to plant the warm season crops, all the cool season crops have been planted, the condo landscape is looking great, and the irrigation system works (after replacing 10 heads!).

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Yesterday we took a bit of a break and went on a short hike up Maple Canyon. We hiked less than a mile before we found snow and turned around. I was able to see glacier lilies and one other wild flower which was my goal for the hike. Peter walked most of the way down, which was very fun and cute. He loved throwing rocks into the stream. We were doing it for about twenty minutes before he was persuaded (or more coerced) to continue. It was nice to finally be caught up in the landscape and be able to go hiking again.