Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts
On the never never
It's mother's day next week. Here I am, old mom. One of the nice things about getting older is that your list of things you cannot imagine ever liking gets shorter. There was a time when I didn't like — at all — black olives (declared at age 3), the Rolling Stones (declared at age 11ish) or Westerns (didn't need to declare, because, obviously). The problem was that my first black olives were tinned, I got hold of the wrong end of the Rolling Stones on that Steel Wheels tour and, I don't know what to say about Westerns, they just seemed not interesting. I never would have imagined an amazing kalamata studded bread, or Emotional Rescue or Deadwood — luckily I wrinkled up a little bit and stumbled upon these things in the course of life.
However, I do have a list of things that I am very sure I will never, not ever like, and geraniums were on that list until last week. I had always thought of geraniums as good in theory: they have deep forest green foliage with bright neon flowers, but it's the wrong green and the wrong pink when you meet them. They smell like a plant, but not in a good way like tomato plants or grass. They have hairy leaves. Honestly, I felt pretty indignant that they were cluttering up the place when there are perfectly good poppies and ranunculus in need of a good home.
Anyway, of course immediately after posting that I don't like them, I found two beautiful geraniums. I am won over. (Oh, the lady at the plant store said she pinches off the flowers — she doesn't like them either. So, I did, and then I found they are pretty by themselves.)
Crystal Palace Geranium
Vancouver Centennial Geranium
By the way, a plant is a very good mother's day gift, don't you think?
Sakura snack
Here we are in the middle of Sakura, the cherry blossom season. I like how bloggers at this time upload new pictures of cherry blossoms — it's a nice thing the way we're compelled to reflect nature wherever we go.
(Sakura photo is from oh my! tokyo.)
Pink cherry blossom tea.
Pink milk for Auggie.
I like to look at the tea a bit more than I like to drink it. It has a very mild flavour, though.
This is some sweet cherry blossom-flavoured popcorn from oh joy! via pinterest. Recipe is at link.
Magic
I don't know why April is such a busy time of year, but it seems always full of late nights and deadlines. However, I am determined this year to keep up with the garden.
Last week we planted Nasturtium seeds (cherry-coloured ones) and they've been popping up!
Welcome to the Dragon
This beautiful book, What the Rat told Me, tells the story of how each animal came to visit the Great Emperor of Heaven on the Jade Mountain became part of the zodiac.
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