Happy Friday! Oh the wind is howling, my deck table and chair and pots broke free of their bungees and skittered away, hit the railings hard. Mo was intrigued.
Indoors is sunny and we are looking for mood lifters, while dreading the afternoon walk that looms. Nothing says spring [faux-spring] like tiny daffodils and plump red radishes!
Indoor bulb update, week three ends Sunday. The amaryllis has bloomed in all its glory.
I am so thrilled, especially as I made a bit of a mistake in my re-growing protocol this year. Yet it carries on, so rewarding.
These are my Trader Joe's mini daffs. Gorgeous!
Happy!
My paperwhites on the other hand are very disappointing this year.
Only two bulbs shot right up--gangly and ugly.
They are blooming, but the flowers are SO teeny tiny, smaller than a quarter. These were the expensive nursery Holland bulbs. Amazon cheap bulbs do much better.
Tomorrow I'll clip the flowers and remove these huge stalks, put the non-growing bulbs into the smaller Costco vase. They have not budged tho, probably a fail. I'll be patient though.
And these are my Clorox hydrangeas. I love them, though maybe it is past hydrangea time now as March begins. Too bad they're so fragile and cannot easily be stored.
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My friend L is back from warm sunny Florida, poor thing. We didn't feel up to the farmers market, that long cold hike from the car is a deterrent. So we did the funny little fresh veg stand by the railroad tracks instead. Both of us are craving lots of fresh veggies.
Radishes!
First asparagus.
And what the heck are these. They always have something new to tempt us, but NO to sour melons, lol. That is one really ugly fruit, isn't it. Bitter melon HERE
My cooking project this week is a beef and bacon stew with red wine and [optional] cognac, with dumplings. I got lovely root veggies to add. It could be a slow cooker recipe but I think I want to use my dutch oven and warm the house using my oven instead. I will let you all know if it's a success.
Even a turnip can be pretty!
I am very excited today because I have house cleaners here to do a big spring cleaning. First professional cleaning since before Covid began, the house is a dusty dog hairy mess. It is 3 PM and the crew just arrived. I fear the bedrooms will not get attention this week, but just having the house nice enough for those fantasy visitors who may come is wonderful. The head cleaner says she may know someone to do some much needed spruce up and painting chores too. Workers in my house give me the heebie jeebies but a clean home is so welcoming and peaceful, it will be well worth the agita. And cost.
Hope your weekend is good and storm-free. Did you notice it is light much later now. Oh the joy as light evenings reappear.
love
lizzy
gone to the beach....
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