Friday, April 25, 2008

flowers, herbs, and vegetables ...oh my!

Short blog today. Not much going on. Porch is still being worked on. (It was supposed to take two weeks...we're finishing week #3. Daughter's room was supposed to take 2 days....we're on day 3...will be finished Monday). I feel like a prisoner in my own house. Nice man...really nice. But I need my space and my quiet and my privacy...or I need a nice hard roll with butter...or a cheesesteak...or a slice of pizza...oooh..turkey and bacon hoagie with potato salad!!! Salad today is composed of red leaf lettuce, English cucumber, sliced grilled chicken breast (leftover from the other night's dinner), avocado slices, bits of three cheeses (provolone, cheddar, mozzarella), oil & vinegar (Anyone have a great salad dressing? Anyone?)

I went to this nursery I shop at every year. I bought my ten annuals for some pots in front of my house. I love perennials. Not much of a gardener am I. I love looking at beautiful gardens, I just don't like to make or maintain them. Anyway. Younger daughter is going to visit her grandfather (my father) and is taking him some flowers that I buy for him every year. Nice hot pink color and they spread and flow. He plants them on my mother's grave and they flourish. So I went today because the nursery where I shop is owned by all women and they grow all the plants from seed in their greenhouses and then sell them to the public for a very short period of time. Good variety. Very healthy. Decent prices. So I did my annual buy today. Flowers, tomato plants, peppers, eggplant, and herbs (lemon thyme, basil, rosemary, thyme, dill, parsley).

Summer's on it's way...hope I can sit on my porch by then!

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