After days of near summer-like weather, we woke to a half-inch of snow. That’s how our week started.
It’s not like we don’t expect some cold and wet days in April, we would prefer it not include snow. Fortunately it was gone by afternoon. But still . . .
While the weather is stormy, we have been completing “at home” projects, like canning, baking, and touch-up painting. That means furniture moving, pulling art off the walls, and in many cases rearranging.
In this house, cleaning results in a series of messes shifting between spaces, until we finally move a pile to the donation bin.
Winter’s cold fingers warmed by mid-week and we decided to take a break from all this housework. We went for a drive.
We have not been to Maupin in quite a while, so we headed north to the Deschutes Canyon.
Seems like in Oregon all the good rivers are cut into basalt canyons . . . that’s a good thing.
Spring has started to take hold on the Deschutes. There is noticeable green clinging to the hillsides, occasionally dotted with the yellow of early wildflower blooms.
We saw a couple of herons and of course Canada Geese and a variety of ducks, in and along the river.
We set up camp chairs, pulled out the picnic, strung a rod, and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon along the Deschutes.
It seems that Central Oregon weather has moved on toward summer and we are making plans to do more of these kinds of longer outings.