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| Osteospermum |
Pretty soon, everyone is going to get tired of me posting pictures of the osteospermum, but, until then, I am posting these as the plants in the front garden are just starting to flower.
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| Closer Up |
I love the color variations. Some are white with yellow centers, some are white with purple centers. Others are purple with purple centers. While some others appear as bi-colored, white with purple tinged petal tips:
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| Bi-Colored |
It was another sunny day and the temperatures were in the upper 60s. It was warm enough for me to open the doors and windows to air out the house. It was, actually, quite warm out in the sunshine and I spent a little time in the garden.
I did a load of laundry, ran the dishwasher, did a little bit of cleaning and decluttering, and started a knitting project, playing with yarn instead of with fabric.
I had bread with peanut butter for brunch. For dinner, I made a small pan of soup with leftover beef pot roast that I had kept for the purpose, adding some carrots, potatoes, and homegrown red-stemmed celery stalks and leaves.:
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| Beef and Vegetable Soup |
In addition, I warmed up a package of ground beef (bought at the end of January) which I had cooked with lots of added vegetables (in February) and frozen. I cooked some boxed macaroni and cheese to go with the ground beef mixture. Daughter and I had the beef and vegetable soup as a first course and the mac & cheese with the ground beef mixture as the second course. There are leftovers for another meal.
On Saturday, I was grateful for:
- Another sunny and warm day
- Daughter had another fun day with her friends
- Working appliances
- Garden flowers
- Leftovers
- Daughter had another fun day with her friends
- Working appliances
- Garden flowers
- Leftovers
Saturday's joyful activity was knitting.
Plans for Sunday include setting the clocks to Daylight Savings Time and spend more time playing with yarn.
How was your Saturday? What are your plans for Sunday?
I won't mind if you keep the pictures of osteospermum coming. I grew them one summer, but couldn't get them to grow again, and I was disappointed. They have such perfect blooms.
ReplyDeleteThank you, June. They are such cheerful little flowers. M considers them as weeds, but, I love them.
DeleteYour flowers are beautiful! Especially the bi-colored one. Good for your daughter! We always pack food now when we travel just because it's healthier and cheaper (and cleaner). andrea
ReplyDeleteThank you, Andrea. I like all the color variations in my osteospermum flowers. I've been reading about your healthier eating journey and agree with you that homemade is usually cheaper than eating out!
DeleteYour osteospermum are very pretty. I'm not tired of your pictures, yet! I doubt I'll be for a very long time:)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie. I love seeing those daisy-like flowers. They have been seeding themselves and are fairly water-wise.
DeleteYou can keep posting the flower photos! I love seeing your garden. You have such a variety of plants and flowers.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. Spring is the best time for flowers in my garden. The summer is too hot.
DeleteThe osteospermum are so pretty and I'm wondering if they would be tolerant of our climate up north.
ReplyDeleteThey are very pretty, aren't they? You might be able to grow them as annuals. I'm not sure if they will survive the winter.
DeleteNever! I will never tire of seeing all of your plant photos. I guess I never took note of the variety of osteospermum you have. They look wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYour soup looks especially good. I imagine it was.
Good idea making the sandwiches for your daughter.
Thank you, Debra. Suddenly, I can't reply to comments on my blog! I can only add another comment! I wonder why?
ReplyDeleteThe soup was very good, full of flavor. Daughter was very happy with her sandwiches.