§ In the garden our raspberry bush is flowering and it looks like the blackberry will follow suit any day now.
I picked up some tomato, tomatillo, poblano, basil, and rosemary plants from the nursery and planted them in the few remaining free pockets of full-sun garden space I have left. I’m truly running out of suitable space at this point.
§ On Mother’s Day Caroline and I took my mom and the newborn to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. The plants weren’t all in full bloom like they were when I was there last July. Still, it was nice to get out of the house for some springtime sun.
§ I got my new glasses on Friday. What a joy it is to once again be able to see things that are further than twelve feet away. Unfortunately they also arrived with a giant scratch across the left lens.
§ Later on Friday Caroline and I took the baby to Rockefeller Greenhouse to see their iris garden in full bloom—an event we’ve somehow managed to just miss every year until now.
§ Saturday was rainy but we managed to make it down to Hale Farm to see their annual plant sale. I got two more tomato plants plus a fennel, which we’ve never grown before. I’m excited to see how it goes.
§ I’ll be back at work on Monday after more than a month away. We will see how that feels.
