Happy Week-end! I was greeted by the catkin gremlins this AM - walked out the door and found a little heap of catkins waiting for me on the mat.
Started the day bright and early at the farmer's market and brought home a massive haul of......plants, go figure. Four native azaleas, two butterfly bushes, a Lily of the Nile and a whole boxload of edible and companion plants - herbs, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce and marigolds. And I got two bunches of flowers, so I'm beginning to look like the Crazy Flower Lady since I currently have six vases of flowers in my house (most of them are leftover from last week). I figure if we're stuck at home, I might as well put things in my house that make me smile. I also got some locally grown strawberries today.....those will be part of my dinner this evening.
They smell amazing.
I'm going to work out later this afternoon. Still trying to decide what the work-out du jour will be. The great news is that I have plenty of time and don't have to rush, so hopefully I can come up with a nice mish-mash of activities.
Paine - How neat that your grandson got to see the alien bird feet.
Remember when I mentioned how my son loved to go to a former neighbor's house for Easter every year? Out of the blue that neighbor sent me a text last night to tell me one of her granddaughters was the only egg hunter this year. She was a great walking and gardening buddy, as well as a kindred soul when it comes to sharing my warped sense of humor.
Pam - I'd never heard the term shinrin-yoku, but tree-hugging hippie most assuredly works for me, too. I'm at a point in life where tree-hugging hippie feels like a badge of honor.
I'm trying to decide whether to sign up for Sahra's gardener's series on EssentricsTV.....definitely need to start using my ETV subscription more. I plan to do something from MFML this week-end, too.
Pat - I hear you on "week-end off" (I believe that might be an oxymoron). I need to outlaw to do lists, since those just make me feel guilty. Hooray on making it all the way to the osprey nest. Still haven't heard my owls since the neighbor's noisy yard work two weeks ago.
Beth - Sounds like you have a busy week-end planned. I like weight training, but have had to shift over to more light/endurance style weights in recent years as my joints just don't tolerate the heavy lifting. I'll take funnies any day of the week.
Sandra - Is next month when you start seeing the cherry people around your area? I was talking to one of my main farmers this AM, and massively happy to hear about the summer veggies that should start showing up next month.
Waves to
ALL. Time to start planning the afternoon work-out.