Portland Garden Show

My husband and I ventured out of Town for a visit to the Portland Garden Show.  Ranunculus
was everywhere--in all the garden displays.  It's one of the most sophisticated flowers, I think.  Layered around a center bud.  Lasts longer than a rose bud.  I love when they appear in the greenhouse.  I will remind myself to bring the new camera and take a picture of each color.

My employer (the company) won three awards including Best of Show.  And it was well deserved.  Very nice.  All the shrubs and trees looked fresh as springtime.  (not going to be going back to work next week, sigh!)

After the show, I loosened the pocket book up long enough for a nice dinner at Longhorn.  We each had a salad and a steak.  I had the Rancher's Sirloin.  Perfectly cooked and tender topped with bacon and a fried egg.  I had the fresh vegetable sauté with my steak and a Caesar's salad.  It was all wonderful.  And I had a coupon.  I'm really getting into this senior citizen stuff.

Snow storm last night was all Whoop and little of any snow.  An inch?  The next few days are supposed to be sunny and in the mid to upper 40's.  I'll take it.  I have the dentist on Monday and a haircut on Thursday.  I'm thinking a few minutes on the back porch working on my suntan will fit into my schedule.

We have to find something new to watch on Netflix.  Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren.  Netflix only has Homeland on DVD so we can't watch that.  There's also the British version of Life on Mars that we can watch.  I hear it's worlds better than the American series (which got canceled).  And there's Luther if I can find it on Netflix.  I need to look.

We lose an hour of sleep this weekend--so Riley's internal clock will be exactly right on Sunday morning.  He's been an hour early all winter.  Spring Ahead!!!!