I Grew Stuff!

I have tomatoes!!!


The tomatoes plants I bought and put into a large pot with mushroom compost have produced red, edible tomatoes! I'm so thrilled. I also have okra and a few borlotto beans!



The tomatoes that were put into mushroom compost are growing like gangbusters. The ones in the ground aren't doing as well. My Zappala-Santore tomatoes potted in mushroom compost shot up quickly and are quite hardy and now are getting blossoms. Those in the ground are still very small. But, the okra in the ground is producing steadily now, while the one that I potted is huge and sturdy but has only produced one okra so far. Tonight I'm making something with my tomatoes and okra. Maybe toss in some leftover eggplant and make it a sort of rattatouille. With pasta. I've been food bargain shopping lately. Times are tough:)

We also went to the beach a few weekends ago and while there I caught sight of one of the rare and elusive white (not albino) North Florida squirrels. Elusive, not shy. He spied me too and too a good long look. Long enough for me to get this picture.

They in other places but I think they were first spotted down here.

That whole walking to and from work experiment I had been doing the past few weeks was put on hold due to temperatures over 100F. That was both the atmospheric temp and the 'feels like' temp for over a week. We got a thuderstorm last night, so I think I'll start back tomorrow. At least walking to, take the bus home though. Hot can be really dangerous.

Milestones

Yesterday was a big day. It was the 65th anniversary of D-Day. I was important to me because it was 4 years since my mom's death. All day long I didn't think about her death. I thought of her, but not her death. The same happened in March on the date of my dad's death. In fact, I thought of them on days before, but on that day, life was normal.

This a good thing. Until this year my Springs have been marked by a secret calendar that begins on my dad's birthday in February and end on my mother's birthday in July. The calendar was highlighted by the days leading to their deaths and after. I don't like that calendar of Spring. I'm hoping that this year marks the end of it.