Reed Grass

This reed grass was a clump about five inches high when we planted it by the side of our house  five years ago. Every Autumn we cut it down to the ground. Sometimes we use it for Halloween decorations. It looks like a massive corn stalk with feathers at the top.

Every Spring the grass grows anew. This year it reached at least twenty feet into the air. It is higher than my second story bedroom window.

Last year we delivered some stalks to a church to put inside the narthex. Grampa John tied the long stalks to the top of our van and off we went. We made it halfway to the church and then the stalks started sliding ... S..L..I..D..I..N..G ... across the car roof and down by the window on my passenger side of the car.

We stopped the car, secured the stalks and then crept the remaining miles to the church.

The stalks looked beautiful inside the church. But we're not going to make that journey again this year!

Grandma Elva

Tree-Walking

This morning, Kenna was walking with my mom, Robin, and I to take pictures of trees. We walked around the neighborhood and took pictures of trees. Kenna and I brought our umbrellas, and we all wore rain jackets since it was a bit wet. It was fun, and when we came back, I was hungry and the battery on Robin's camera was running low. So we all walked to Solano and had a nice lunch.