My furnace came on last night. Not on, May!
'Selfless'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The weather lately has reminded me of the first spring after we moved back to California, when my sister went around singing My Girl with the words changed to "when it's cold outside, it must be the month of May".
[link] First six are pots & lilies of the valley.
Lovely, sarameg!
Pretty!
Spring is here. I have a little electric oil rad in my bathroom, because the forced air never reaches that corner, and life's too short for an icy toilet seat. I unplugged and put away the rad this morning, took down the storm window and opened it up. We've actually got the bedroom window that faces on the woods open with the fan pulling in cool air, and the box fan in the front window pulling the cool through the house and exhausting the warm. Is comfy!
One of the best decisions we ever made, when H yanked the elderly, ugly shrubs from in front of the house, we offered the azalea as a wedding present to the neighbors. Now we get to enjoy it in all its glory amid the garden across the street, and we don't have to clean up after it. Their red geraniums and rhodies are amazingly healthy and gorgeous.
Our containers are in. Most of the herbs overwintered, including, for the first time, the Russian sage. And the wire baker's rack, discarded when the relatives cleared out a deceased neighbor's house, has taken up residence on our porch. We spent pennies at Home Despot for slate-patterned ceramic floor tiles for the shelves, and the mended Buddha rests there now. H found a matchstick shade *precisely* the width of the piece, I whitewashed it yesterday before we hung it, and it looks good as a backdrop. I may take it down and freehand some bamboo and some brush-speckles of brown and blue. Or, not.
I need to scrub the pollen off the furniture and floor. Maybe this afternoon.
So pretty, sarameg! I love the washtubs and the cat pot holders.
Butternut squash fries and beet hummus for lunch. Not bad at all.
Timelies all!
Back from the party. Mostly people I didn't know, or haven't seen in a very long time. Other than some hearing loss, my great-aunt(by marriage, so I don't get those longevity genes) is in great shape.
In a bit we will go meet Gary's mom for dinner.
Tidal.com is live streaming the Prince concert in Baltimore, even though it is running LATE, just now starting!!!