Daily Notes- May 27th. Big Storm blew thru last evening. Not enough rain- but some.

 From a company that sells dye materials.  I am interested in Madder but will most likely not buy any. I kept the image from the email so I could see what colors plants make- like the pomegranate and the marigolds.  And the plus one.  Iron. I will be having marigold flowers in abundance again this summer and will collect them to make a quick dye bath for a few pieces of cloth.  If I was still working at the greenhouse I would have a full back each day of spent flowers.

It would be better if they just sold 3 inch squares like this to people like me.  A nice stack of each of the dozen samples.  I wouldn't need much else for awhile.

The "Big Storm" rumbled thru just as it was getting dark last evening.  Not near enough rain.  I left my annuals out overnight.  On the front porch.  They got some rain but mostly they got humidity.

I am taking care of my cross the street neighbor's mail and package deliveries.  She buys most things via Amazon.  So, I have to pay attention and walk over during the day to see if anything is on the porch. I can't see it from my house.  I nearly missed the frozen seafood delivery.  But the contents were still frozen and are now in her freezer.  I was back and forth several times yesterday so getting a good bit of needed exercise.

Reading: This Time Next Year. Sophie Cousins.  Takes place in London.  Two people.  A girl and a guy. Born on New Years Eve.  A minute or two apart.  Their mothers shared the same room during labor. One posh and one working class.  The working class mother shared that she was going to name her child Quinn because the name imparted a glowing, golden future for her child.  But...the posh woman gave birth first and closest to midnight and her baby won the money prize being given.  And she named her child Quinn. Taking the name meant for the working woman's daughter.  Quinn has a seemingly golden life.  Minnie the girl has hard luck in abundance.  They meet on New Year's Eve- their birthday- at a posh party where true to her "luck" Minnie gets vomited on and then locked in a handicap bathroom where she has gone to clean herself up.... it's sad and funny.  But mostly sad. And it turns out they have been in the same places- over and over again... for their whole lives. Never meeting.  Until now.  We time travel thru those other New Year's Eves.  I'm not sure how we will get to a happy ending.  It's brutally sad but-- dressed up- the book cover and blurbs--- to look like a romcom.  It's not.  Two sad ones in a row.