More than you wanted to know about lupins and my life

Lupin or Lupine, that is the question… I googled lupin to make sure that my spelling was ok and found that while Lupine is the typical North American spelling, Lupin is the original. Lupins were so named after the latin for wolf, as it was originally thought that they “wolfed” the soil of nutrients. As it happens, it is the reverse. Lupins add nitrogen back to the soil, enriching it for other growing things. Additionally, they are a larval food, hence Fuzzy and many of his brethren that were all over the lupins…

Now, to the my life part of the post… I have had a business trip to San Francisco area pending since November. It is now to happen but there is no room at the inn for Karl, ( K9 Kamp) – it is full and it is full for several weeks.

I really wanted to do this trip by RV. There is some indication that more than one meeting might be necessary. My original thought was to go and park near and be available for awhile. Yippy-Skippy, that is what is going to happen. Wild Thing and all of her crew are cleared for take-off and will depart late next week bound for South San Francisco. All of this getting ready for the meeting, getting ready to go, getting the house ready to leave…it takes time. Posts might be skimpy or missed.

But once we hit the road things should be fun. New places to see and share photos of. Adventures to be had, all shared at From the Front Porch. Karl, Bob and I are going to Californ-i-a!

See, more than you wanted to know about lupins and my life.

Fuzzy lupin

Photo taken at Wayfarer’s Park 5/14/2009. Wildflowers, bushes, grass – at the park, by the lake, they are about a week ahead of those by my home. The lupins will be blooming this weekend at the park.

You can see drops of water on “Fuzzy” as well as in the lupins. It rained off and on all day. As Karl and I walked the upper loop at the park, late this afternoon, I could see the rain coming across the lake. A dark wall of cloud and rain moved towards us and the first drops hit just as we got back to the parking lot.

The wind blew, the rain came in torrents and a bit of it tried to be sleet. We arrived home in a lull and Karl did not hesitate getting out of the Jeep and into the house.

We had several soaking rains this week. Good news as next week is supposed to be 70 and a record breaking 85 on Monday. Fuzzy ought to be nice and dry this weekend.

We all walk together

Bob came on the late afternoon walk today.

He accidentally got ahead of Karl.

If you lie still, the dog does not chase…

…no game, he walks on by.

It was a companionable walk.

Home

I’m glad I went and I’m glad I decided to come home. A few things not done at the house with the impromptu take off, some minor motorhome things and the final decider being the weather due to deteriorate. Since I was only 50 miles from home, after much dithering, I decided to return and take care of all from home base.

It was a wonderful weekend in a beautiful spot with beautiful weather. I am refreshed.

Maybe Karl and Bob picked up on a little bit of my disappointment at cutting things short. Neither wanted out when we got home. Usually they both want out whenever I stop and when I open the door to home they are out and about immediately checking out their territory. Today, they delayed and then after getting out, got back in again while I was unloading a few things and cleaning up.

Funny boys! I assured them we would roll again.

A surprise on the way home – the cherry trees were in bloom. The east shore of Flathead Lake is home to many cherry orchards. The blossoms were gorgeous against the backdrop of the lake.