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The osteospermums are flowering. They've sort of taken over this part of the planting bed where we planted some succulents! The succulents are still there and you can see one or two of them under all the osteospermum!
Once again, I've got my days and nights completely mixed up! I went to bed at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, so slept most of the morning, waking up once at 10:00 a.m. to take my morning medication and sleeping for another hour to wake up at 11:00 a.m. when my alarm went off.
Gardener friend M was here in the early afternoon to tend to the garden. He had germinated some blue morning glory seeds which he shared with me, planting them in various places in the garden. We are hoping that some of them will grow! We had tried growing them a couple of years ago with very limited success.
I skimmed the fat off the turkey broth and added a diced carrot, a small piece of tomato, a bay leaf (picked from the newly planted bay tree), some seasonings (garlic and onion powder, black pepper, half a green chili, and some lemon juice) and simmered everything and then, blended it smooth. It's in the fridge waiting for when I might want to have some broth instead of ice cream after the oral surgery.
I also continued to mend my quilt and I watched some online videos while I sewed.
Brunch was a slice of bread with peanut butter, followed by grapes. Dinner was chicken curry and indiappa (stringhoppers), with seeni sambol. I had yogurt for dessert. Daughter had banana bread for brunch and a banana. For dinner, she had zuppa Toscana, followed by rice, chicken curry, and sauteed cabbage (and peach chutney). She had another banana with peanut butter for dessert.
On Wednesday, I was grateful for:
- All my blog friends who leave such lovely, kind comments
- A warm, sunny day (high of 79F)
- M's help with the garden and sharing the morning glory seeds
- Water for the garden
- Online videos
My joyful activities included spending time in the garden, sewing, and watching videos.
Plans for Thursday include a fasting blood test in the morning.
How was your Wednesday? What are your plans for Thursday?
I hope you can get your days and nights switched around. For me anyway, I think it's nicer to be awake when it's light that when it's dark. Good luck with the morning glory. I have found they are invasive, but so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, June. I have to be up fairly early, tomorrow, so I need to try and get to bed shortly after midnight, tonight (midnight is when I take my last dose of medication for the day).
DeleteThe last time I successfully grew morning glory, the plant grew to a height of about 1 foot and produced all of 3 flowers before it died. I hoped that there might have been some selfsown seedlings, but, there was nothing! Maybe this batch will do better. :)
Osteospermums fit in nicely with the succulents. Do they need deadheading?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. I've never deadheaded the osteospermum, but, apparently, one should do so to encourage the plant to produce more flowers instead of seeds! Almost all my osteospermum plants are selfsown and I just let them grow. :)
DeleteBeautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteI hope your sleep schedule gets sorted out!
Thank you, Sharon. :)
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