This is the special meal we enjoyed just before sitting down to watch the NFL Pro Bowl football game: corned beef, cabbage, boiled red potatoes and carrots. Tasty and nutritious. Click image for a close up.
January 2010
Iris and Tulip Complimentary Colors
We went shopping earlier this week to get groceries for the upcoming week. When we passed the flower concession stand in the supermarket, I saw some cut iris stems and also some yellow tulip stems. I thought these would look very pretty together in the vase.
I brought the flowers home and arranged them in the vase. Today, the iris started opening to reveal the beautiful purple and yellow complimentary colors. I just love it when a plan comes together! Click on the image to see full-sized.
New Fur
The hoomins took me to Petsmart and bought this new fur for me. I like it ’cause it keeps me warm like my old fur did. The Mama puts it on me and I take a nap.
Icelandic Poppy
After the recent rain, the Icelandic Poppies in the porch planter are going crazy. This is the first open flower of about a dozen blooms. Click on the image to enlarge.
Winter Harvest
Verna planted several varieties of tomatoes in the patio and garden last year. A couple of the vines produced normal-sized tomatoes and there was another vine that grew cherry tomatoes – you know – the little bite-sized ones for salads or just for popping into your mouth.
I was in the patio yesterday and noticed a ripe cherry tomato on the vine – one of the last ones for the season. I picked it and brought it in to show Verna. She took this picture that shows the size of the tomato relative to a U.S. quarter dollar. She remarked that it was like “airline-sized food.” We had a good laugh over that.
