Geraniums in Bloom

My large pot of started geranium cuttings are up and in flower this week.  I thought I had all the dark ones in one pot and pink ones in the other.  Oops.  They look very colorful and cheerful up against the bay windows, in sharp contrast to the snow outside.  Which isn't melting fast enough for any of the people in my Maine town.

Work starts today at 11.  I have always wondered why my employer schedules a split shift.  We could all work 9 to 6 easily enough.  But half work 9 to 3 and the other half 11 to 6.  He seems to enjoy having twice as many people as he needs from 11 to 3.  "To cover lunches".  Not that it works that way.  The entire Nursery crew (when they all are back for the season) eats lunch together at 12.  Everyone else wants to eat then also because the Nursery Crew is a fun bunch at lunch.  The greenhouse crew then has to cover Nursery, Greenhouse, Annual House and Perennial Yard.  The Greenhouse Crew is usually two people. Me and someone else.  Or, when I don't work, two someone elses.  Randomly selected.  I love what they do to the place.

Today, it's just me.  Alone with my plants, the hoses and the repotting.  There aren't enough people scheduled to begin work on any big projects.

I am going upstairs to do my Pilates right now, then shower, eat breakfast, pack a small snack for the 3:30 hungry time, drop the dog off at day care and get to work by 11.  I don't think it will work out as it's now 8:42 but I don't plan to do the cardio portion, just the Pilates.  And I can always take my breakfast to work with me.  Anyway, that's the plan.  Yesterday I bought more fruit.  Bananas and a large bag of navel oranges.  Are we supposed to eat 5 fruits a day?

My treat for all the exercise and dieting was 1/2 cup of best quality (5 ingredients on the label) chocolate ice cream.  I let it soften a bit and it was creamy and decadent.  Yummy.