More Alamo Vine

The Alamo Vine is of course completely enchanting in the snow. I love you Alamo Vine!

Plant Patterns

The dried and frozen leaves of the 'Blue Daze' plants make a beautiful pattern against the snow I think.

Archimedes is NOT in residence

We have wondered for a while now if Archimedes could still be there after no sightings for quite some time. But, unless he is not related in any way to Old Mr. Brown, it is unlikely that he is sharing the house with this cheeky little squirrel nutkin....

Shivering Vegetables

The humanoids that enjoy the garden were all VERY excited to have a snow day, but I am not sure that the vegetables felt the same way...
That being said, I am sure that if any can survive these conditions, it would be the (still) teeny, tiny cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage.

Teeny, Tiny Vegetables

Once upon a time there was a teeny, tiny woman, and she lived in a teeny, tiny house, and she grew teeny, tiny vegetables.... O.K., wait a minute. She was actually a perfectly normal size, and she lived in a good-sized house. But then she must have had a teeny, tiny garden, right? Right??! No damn it! Her garden was, in fact, on the large size. So, why the hell is she only capable of growing miniature vegetables that wouldn't satisfy the hunger of her daughter's dolls?! Here you can see examples of the wee little cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and utterly miniscule brussel sprouts. Sheesh.

Wet but still Wonderful

Today would count as a miserable day if you had to go out against your will. If your shoulders were hunched against the chill and the rain, and you begrudged the world and the activity that forced you out of your cocoon, then yes, today would count as a miserable day.

But this is what I saw outside, and so for me anyway, the day wasn't so bad really.

It's winter out there.

I peer outside on these cold gray days, from the pseudo warmth that a house with single-paned windows tries to provide. I see that the plant blankets or "PLANKETS" as some company likes to call them, have blown off the plants. Clearly I wasn't paying attention when the instructions to weight down the planket with soup cans was given... So, I ponder this situation, asking myself if I want to go out there and cover things back up. And here is where my northern heritage kicks in: I have seen all plants completely covered by ice and snow ALL winter, and then in the spring, voila, they put out their little leaves and grow back. Why can't these wimpy southern plants, just tough it out. And besides, it's kinda cold to be traisping around out there putting blankets on things. I think I'll light a fire and dream of warmer, greener days. Come on plants. I know you can handle it. Certainly better than I can.