Good morning

[bronwynrh]

There's cold weather on its way, shepherded by some storms that are said to be quite threatening. Anticipating this, I harvested daffodils this morning.

I have about two dozen of them in a clear green vase at the end of my bench, looking O so pretty. I wish I had a camera so I could share them with you

I only harvested half of them, though. I hated to take all the color out of the yard in one go - that seemed so. . . brutal. But then I came in and Dave had this doom and gloom tale of storms and hail to tell, so maybe it will be a full daffodil harvest, after all. Better to have the color in the house than to see them squished in the yard, huh?

Meanwhile I have cannas, a lavender and a firecracker plant in my basement that are very anxious to be outside. The cannas have sprouted and are looking very pale (in the science world we call that etiolating), but I can't bring them up *quite* yet because of the frost threat this weekend. Poor things. Just a few more days in the basement, then on Sunday or Monday I'll bring them outside and tuck them in at night if the chill threatens :-)

I LOVE SPRING!!!

Comments

[adaon.livejournal.com]

Etiolating, huh? The only things I remember from my botany class are parenchyma and sclerenchyma cells.

I'm still in Asheville, North Carolina on business and won't return home until nearly 11 pm tonight. Ugh.

It is, however, quite lovely here. I have a few journal entries that I'll upload to LJ when I return. Oh how I wish I had access to the Internet while I'm traveling!

[bramey.livejournal.com]

Asheville is lovely, indeed. I didn't get to see much of it, but what I did see was a teasing glimpse that made me wish I could stay :-)

I've missed you, Dallas! Have a safe trip home.

[acoolsecretary.livejournal.com]

I was in Asheville two years ago and I absolutely fell in love with the place. Enjoy that scenery while you are there, it is just wonderfu.