Field Notes- Monday. May 15th. Clouds. A Bit Cooler. My Clothes.......

 Flowers from my yard.   Might have already used this image...I am forgetting.  

More rhubarb arrived yesterday via my Master Gardening Friend.  She remembered- I got 100 on my Master Gardener Exam.  She got 70%....  We sat on the front porch and had Trader Joe beverages and her two rescue dogs watched out for everything.  Very nervous dogs.  Hard lives before Patty.

We discussed the virtues of homemade pie crust or store bought.  For the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. I am making someday....

When I went out with my paint brush to pollinate- there were ZERO flowers on the Plum Tree.  And none on the ground.  It was like a Twilight Zone thing.  I am mystified.  1000%. The five on the Peach Tree- also gone.  It's like the Yard is gaslighting me.

Patty has planted Asparagus.  Will be ready to produce edible stalks in FIVE YEARS. She left after we had a short visit- to finish planting onion starts.   Four kinds.  I grew onions once.  They were nice. Storing them was not. 

Patty had visited all her neighbors who live alone out where she lives (by the Atlantic Ocean) to make sure everyone was okay and didn't need her to make a quick shopping trip for them.....I am now included in this list.  She also takes them to Urgent Care. She's a Nurse. I think she has a blood pressure cuff in the car..

It has taken me nearly 45 minutes to get dressed.  The Winter outfits were so EASY.  Corduroy pants, thermal shirt and sweater.  Husband is still dressed for winter.  And it is cold.  I should just give up and wear the sweater.  Summer pants.....I can't find the ones from last summer and what I have on is super baggy...... Shirts.   Finding ones that will button to the waist..well, it's impossible.  I was feeling like I had lost weight.  Now I feel like I gained weight. I don't know how.......we barely eat.  I don't cook.   We heat things up in the microwave.  Obviously the COUCH is to blame.

I feel cold.  I am going back down to put on pants, thermal and the sweater.  Socks.

We had a last minute home made pizza yesterday.  Zero Jars of Soup.  No Chicken Parm.  The Fridge was empty.  Not even a slice of bread.  So I whipped up a pizza.  I had the right cheese and the pepperoni from last Monday's shopping thank goodness. And I had preemptively thawed out a supermarket ball of dough. If we ordered Chinese Takeaway- he would still NOT remember where to pick up the take away.  Better to just not order. And I haven't test driven his car as yet.  It's got too many bells and whistles.

My car has a key, has lights, has windshield wipers.  PERIOD. I don't even remember how to get gas.

Son called and we had a long conversation.  Daughter was a no show.  I finally called her.  She had slept all day after a very hard day at work on Saturday.  I woke her up at 8pm.  So that was Mother's Day.