My Mother's Day gift from my landscaping daughter. She and her employer had driven far North yesterday morning to a very large commercial greenhouse to stock up on plants for clients. After the truck and trailer was loaded, daughter went back in to buy me these petunias. I told her I had loved the purple with white splashes last summer and if possible would like the magenta variety as well. Four of each. Daughter doesn't follow the 1, 3 5 rule of odd numbers. My gift is always two raspberry filled donuts from Frosty's in Town. But they are closed. Have been since March.
I somehow got strawberry and rhubarb jam all over my sweater this morning while eating my toast and watching it SNOW. So messy. Nothing "stuck" as we say here in Maine but it sure did look like a wildly shaken Snowglobe outside. And the wet makes the 40 degrees feel so much colder. Wonder if we will ever be turning off the heat in 2020?
I stood for awhile (just before coming to the computer) in front of the Orchid Table watching a sweet little bird eating out of the feeder stuck to the window. I didn't want to interrupt his meal. He was good looking with orange red head. A Wren. We have a bird bath out there for the birds as well-- to get a drink or take a bath.
I managed some gardening yesterday. I added more soil to the herb bed sections and especially the curved section around the small rose. Soil from the bags stacked behind the garden shed. I then went out into the lawn and dug up daylily that had traveled from the beds (along the fence to the raised bed garden) and into the grass. About 6 plants. I divided the larger ones and managed to make a nice arrangement of four on opposite sides of the arc. G thinks they are orange. I do not. As I bought them and do not buy orange things. Especially daylily. I wanted then inside the fence as I discovered the buds are quite delicious to eat. In fact. all parts of the plant are edible. There are a few more along the fence that I may also dig up and move. I will enjoy them more -inside the fence.
Last night G watched Robin Hood on BBC with Kevin Costner. Horrible. Costner was just horrible. But I was enchanted all the same since I am just finishing up weeks of Medieval Romances. Old stone castles, chain mail, long swords, arrows and everyone filthy. And Alan Rickman. I am always certain that all his scenes are off script. He told the castle whores, "you at 10 and you at 10:15 and bring a friend". And while he was attempting to rape Maid Marion- "quiet please, can't you see I am working here?"
I was in charge of the remote. Husband cannot bear to watch the commercials for abandoned animals. So I must quickly change the channel and then come back when it is safe. We did suffer thru commercials from Kaye Jewelers for the ugliest Mother's Day pendent- and, knowing all stores are closed- no way to purchase one. They must have forgotten to cancel it. All the remaining commercials were for fast food restaurants. I was getting interested in a bacon, egg and cheese bagel from McD's.
Well, I had a few other plans for the post today but I am off the mark so we'll leave it at this. I am planning to bake Sunday Pizza tomorrow in case you wonder what we are eating. Today- not sure what to make. I roasted the beets and had a bowl of them with olive oil and Balsamic yesterday for lunch. Today I may add the fresh mozzarella and more vinegar and oil. Might need to get the food to room temp- not looking forward to eating it ice cold. There is one more jar of Pantry Soup and that is the more likely choice.
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