Midweek on Wednesday

 The washed drapes:

The Washed Drapes

On Monday, after I picked up the groceries and took the trash cans out (checked with neighbor T to see if she needed any of her trash cans taken to the curb, but, she said no), I sort of took it easy.  Replied to blog comments, wrote my blog post, did the dishes, cooked dinner, watched news, and chatted with friend R.  Later, in the night, I put in another order for cat food, cat litter, and a couple of other household supplies to be delivered.  I guess I am stocking up, again, just in case we have additional problems with supply shortages and prices increasing.  It would be hard to explain to Dancer why there is no fresh sand in his litter box!

On Tuesday, I picked more peapods from the garden:

Almost Half a Pound!

I am planning to freeze these.  I have not frozen peapods before; I suppose they won't remain that crisp when cooked afterwards, but, they will be a nice treat, later in the year, once the vines have died down.

In addition to the peapods, I picked some oranges, too.  I brought the trash cans in, spoke with neighbor S about resuming piano lessons (in April), called cousin P who had moved to Florida to see how she's settling in, called cousin R and left her a message, chatted with friend R, did what seemed to be a mountain of dishes, and cleaned the litter box.  

Tuesday's mail included this week's grocery ads and I made note of the sale items - they included chicken drumsticks or thighs for $.99/lb., which is a good price.  While I have some chicken in the freezer, I will buy another tray of chicken at that price and cook it for next week's meals.  

Gardener M texted to say that he has a new client on Mondays and she had wanted him to thin out some plants from her garden; he had asked her permission to find new homes for some of them instead of just composting them and she had said it was fine with her.  He asked me if I'd like to have some ornamental purple fountain grasses and an agave plant.  I said, yes, please!  He brought them over, today, and I had him plant them in the front garden.  There were, actually, four agave plants!  These are the larger ones, which were planted in the front:  

Two New Agave Plants

The front garden, as I have mentioned before, gets both afternoon and evening sun.  In the summer, it just bakes!  I am trying to grow mostly drought tolerant plants, such as succulents, in the front.  

The two smaller agave plants were planted in the back yard, near the shed.  All the agave "plants" are actually unrooted cuttings.  But, they should root in about 8 weeks or so.  

The clumps of purple fountain grass were planted in the front flower bed that runs along the side of the drive way.  There were some empty spots where the osteospermum had not grown.  I've drawn blue arrows to point out where the grass was planted:

Fountain Grass Clumps

M said he cut them down before he uprooted them.  I am hoping that they will grow well and provide some much needed height to that flower bed.  The other taller plant in this flower bed is a rosemary bush. 

One of the clumps of the newly planted fountain grass

M warned me that there might be more plants coming my way from this one garden!  He told me that I am under no obligation to accept them, but, I told him that I am happy to receive free plants!

Today, I was able to spend a little time cleaning in the garage.  I tossed a few more items, including a couple of old car floor mats, a couple of plastic table covers, some cardboard boxes, etc. and I swept a small section of the garage floor!  Still a lot more to do on that side of the garage before I can move onto the next area.  But, I am making progress!  

I relaxed in the afternoon, replying to blog comments and catching up with a few blogs.  The cat food and litter, etc., I ordered on Monday, were delivered, today.  Daughter helped me to put away some of the items, but, there are three boxes in the living room still, waiting to have the contents stored in the spare bedroom, which has been turned into a stock room!  I broke down the emptied boxes and will take them to the recycling bin, tomorrow.

In the evening, I decided to go ahead and make the curry puffs for tonight's dinner.  First, I made the filling - ground turkey, with onions, celery, garlic, a grated carrot, a grated potato, and a handful of frozen green peas added to it, along with curry powder, chili powder, a bit of coconut milk, some lemon juice, etc.:

Ground Turkey Filling

Then, I made the pastries using frozen puff pastry squares:

Baked Curry Puffs

I only had one, previously opened package of frozen puff pastry on hand, so I was able to make only six curry puffs (the packages usually contain eight puff pastry squares).  I brushed the tops with a little milk before baking them at 350F for 20 minutes.  The rest of the ground turkey filling was put into a container and will be kept in the fridge to be eaten with rice, or tortillas, or bread.  Unless I get ambitious and make more pastry!

Today's mail brought with it a jury duty summons for me!  I generally tend to enjoy jury duty, but, I really, really don't want to have to serve during this time with Covid case numbers still fairly high in my area!  I am hoping that I will be able to just call in and not be required to report in person!  

Today, I am grateful for:

- Sunny days
- The peapod harvest
- M bringing me free plants for the garden
- Being able to have pet supplies, etc., delivered to the house
- Being able to stock up

Today's joyful activity was gardening.

Plans for tomorrow include more garage cleaning!

How was your Wednesday?  What are your plans for Thursday?