Skip to main content
It has been a fairly rainy Sunday, but since I planted some parsley and some rosemary the other day I am happy to have them watered.  I had thyme planted, but I think the woman I hired to weed  took it all out.  I will definitely plant more though...and leave better instructions next time.  Thyme is my favorite but I believe all herbs are very healthy additions to meals.

I was glad to have a sheltered spot for reading on the lanai.



Between the morning showers and the afternoon showers, I was able to get out for a bit of an exercise walk.  I stopped to enjoy some flowers.


This guy has Christmas decorations all locked up.  I am going to have to take quick cruise by here at night to see this in action.  I am intrigued by the roller coaster thing.

Well, I have no idea what I did to my finger.  It doesn't hurt, but it looks kind of funny:


Actually, it hurts if I look at it too long.  I know that's in my head, but it does look like it should hurt.

Comments

  1. TaborDecember 29, 2013 at 6:28 PM

    Looks like a bug bite or perhaps some fiberglass has gotten beneath your skin. Keep a good eye on it to make sure it does not get a fever and does not spread.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousDecember 29, 2013 at 7:45 PM

    I would love to plant cilantro, which I use in my cooking frequently. However, I hate the sight of slugs, which are attracted to vegetables. So I continue to buy veggies from the store.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Linda ReederDecember 29, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    I had to think twice when I read you had planted herbs. I pictured snow and frozen ground. And then I remembered "Oh, that's right! She's in Florida!'. I use herbs a lot in cooking.
    Enjoy the flowers and keep watch over that finger.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Grandma Yellow HairDecember 29, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    OH my your poor finger does look like it should hurt and badly. I wonder what you did do to it. It looks like it is sprang-ed. Hope by in the morning it looks and feels better.
    I have been keeping my fingers crossed I don't loose my rosemary to all of our cold. The plant is so big and pretty and I love using it. My other herbs are gone but hopefully in spring I can replant some.
    Thinking of you. I have missed blogging but my computer is seen its last days so I must break down and buy a new one.
    Sending you wishes for a very Happy New Year.
    Love
    Maggie

    ReplyDelete
  5. CarolDecember 29, 2013 at 9:38 PM

    Oh my goodness! That finger doesn't look kind of funny, it likes kind of SORE! I can't imagine what happened that you did not notice at the time. Reminds me one time when I had a huge bruise on my back that I truly had no idea how it got there. I will blog about that some time. l love your reading nook. :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. KayDecember 30, 2013 at 1:46 AM

    Oh dear... That finger just doesn't look right. Don't you think you should have it looked at? That's worrisome.
    I do love that purple flower you took a photo of. I think my brother planted some thyme in our garden, but I don't think it's doing all that well.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Arkansas PattiDecember 30, 2013 at 8:00 AM

    Tabor has good advice. Do take care.
    Had to laugh at the over zealous helper you hired. Reminds me of my first job which was to weed a rock garden. When I was through, there were only rocks left.

    ReplyDelete
  8. RianDecember 30, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    My favorite herb is basil - love the smell and do use it in cooking... or salads or sandwiches. I use thyme also... but it hasn't really done well in my hanging baskets. May be that it gets too hot in the Texas sun.

    ReplyDelete
  9. UnknownDecember 31, 2013 at 10:18 PM

    Your poor finger does look very tender. Maybe a spider bite or something? One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to grow and use more fresh herbs. I'm in southern California -- I have no excuse I have just never done it! 2014 will be my year of fresh herbs!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I appreciate readers' comments so much. You don't even always have to agree with me.

Popular posts from this blog

It's TIme

 It's been a while since I have posted anything and even my reading your posts is falling by the wayside. I am in Florida now. I have a yard where little attention was spent on landscaping for the past years so I am slowly and (somewhat) methodically addressing that. I also volunteer to work at the pollinator garden and the edible garden I helped install at the UU grounds and I took over the volunteer job of cleaning out the overgrown community garden by my neighborhood mailboxes. The neighbor who was doing that got sick and could no longer attend to it. It's a bigger job than I'd thought at first -- not only overgrown with weeds, but the plants that are wanted there are in life and death competition for each others' spaces. And two walks a day, morning and evening, so Levi can keep up with addiction to canine social media and a daily rousing came of stick or ball midday take up another chunk of my time. I have a weekly meditation group that I co-facilitate, and my own
10 comments
Read more

New Furniture

 We went shopping for a new couch. I liked this one, the first store we went to. Of course it would be an impulse to buy the first one so we trekked around to other stores -- something we liked more, a better deal? No surprise that we ended up going back to that first store the next day and purchasing that couch for our living room. Also a matching love seat for the den where we watch TV. Because I had replaced my old love seat with two recliners. We couldn't keep three households worth of furniture after all. Well, my recliner was not big enough to accommodate both Levi and me. Poor boy had to watch TV from his bed on the floor. There! This is much better! Spoiled much? The little tail on the floor belongs to his toy squirrel, Buddy. It's like having a toddler with the need to be picking up toys or risk tripping over them. But his very favorite play thing is that bathmat that can be found anywhere but the bathroom floor.
10 comments
Read more

Walking

 I have always been a walker. Now that I have a high energy dog there is no excuse for not getting out there. And the weather is not an interfering factor here. Early morning and early evening are our preferred times so even when it gets hot we should be okay. We can get quite a long walk going around the neighborhood, greeting neighbors out working in their yards or walking their own dogs. But the landscape changes quickly just beyond the confines of the housing developments. It could be described as natural Florida or as sites of future housing developments. I do prefer the first option. And I really enjoy being out in natural areas so I often opt to head to a nature setting. I would have liked to put a picture here. Unfortunately my iPhone has made a unilateral decision. It will no longer be sending my photos to my computer. Why? I have no idea. However, we may be walking along happily enough -- me listening to the birds or trying to identify wildflowers and other plants while Levi
10 comments
Read more