I was in Alaska so many years ago, cameras were still in the Polaroid fad. Mendenhall was great, we canoed down the river. We saw lots of wildlife from that vantage point. I was never at Glacier Bay, but Hubbard Glacier is similar (I have heard). One of the interesting things is how cold it gets when you get close to the glacier. The cold air flows off the ice; not only is it cold - it is somewhat windy, too. I could be packed and ready to go back to Alaska in 15 minutes!

The PeeGee Hydrangea keeps growing and growing. All this rain is making it grow more than putting out some blooms. I cut it back every year due to its placement near the drive. Usually I have some blooms by now!

Kittywhiskers, great puzzle.....I have one of seed packets here to do, but it has a lot more color variation in the picture, so I am sure will be easier than yours was. My lone Peony bush was planted in the mid 1920's according to the lady that we bought this building site from. It was one of many bushes here that my daughter dug up and saved from the construction site. Daughter has the rest in her gardens. Peonies are tough!

We do take Donna Pacer to cruises. She gets a lot of attention because Pacers are very rare, but remembered fondly by so many. We hear things like, wow I haven't seen one of them in years or my aunt had one of those, or I learned to drive in one. Or, they laugh and say, we called them fish bowls back then. On the highway we have even been flagged down by people who want to take pictures