Bits & Pieces

Well it's been in the 80' for the last few weeks and as far as the plants know, it must be spring. Here's are the Bromeliads in bloom.

Next to them are some wild azaleas. We think they are wild cause there are three different bunches of them and they are all stuck out in the woods where nobody would normally plant them.

Last are the African Iris - we've got quite a few of them and they just randomly bloom.

Well look at that, even the flower of my life has come out to enjoy the sun - pool water is 86 F - just perfect.

The hydroponic garden is doing good - look at the size of the cabbage - just in time for St Paddy's Day.

The green peppers are turning red and are delicious.

The chives have even blossomed - Polly has been adding them as decorations to the top of the salads  - they taste good.

Walmart had a sale I just couldn't resist and now I have two Papayas

I brought down the old hanging chair that was on the back porch at the cottage in Voluntown - I got a new one for up there and the old is relegated to the backyard arbor in Florida.

I think I used a half bowline with a reverse twist - should have used a double reverse twist - nothing broken besides my pride.

There it is with a double reverse twist and it held.

Our line dance group did an exhibition down at one of the retirement homes in the area. Recognize Paul Curry with the hair?

What fancy footwork - the crowd cheered, slept and made funny noises.

Finally, Polly and I bought a kitchen tool that makes blooming onions like you get at Outback. Picked it up at a estate sale for only $3. After trying all month and having to eat a lot of fried onion pieces, we finally got one that held together and looks good. Next one we will cook all the way through.