Something New: Something Blue

Streptocarpus.  Not the loveliest of names but a lovely plant none the less.  I had wanted one last week when I visited work, so this Saturday when I went in to teach the Seed Starting classes (as a volunteer Master Gardener) I went over to the Streptocarpus display to see if there was a very nice plant to take home with me.  I also brought home a leaf cutting because these plants are supposed to be easily propagated from a leaf.  I am still waiting for my Gloxinia leaf to do something.  It continues to be alive.  But that's about all I can report is happening.  Today I will repot this new blue to a clay pot and enjoy it's blossoms on the dining room table.

Spring still seems far away.  The snow piles here in my Maine town are now hard as a rock and covered in brown or black smutz.  March is the hardest month.  Tired of winter and tired of the dirty, rough edges of winter.  It is supposed to rain today and tomorrow which should decrease the amount of snow but not make it anymore attractive.  And the streets will flood.  And the ice that still coats the sidewalks and parts of the streets will get dangerously slippery.  Like glass.

 The bright side is that I have a few more days to complete my "Winter List" of things to do. G wants to go have breakfast at the Freeport Cafe so that is what we will do--I need to get dressed.