Day to day life as a retiree, dedicated runner, avid gardener, reader, and a fearless cook.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Suits Me to a 'T'
Simple red and white tulips in a vase on our table greeted me when I got home from work on Valentines Day. He couldn't have chosen better! How I yearn for the tulips in my garden to appear. This Valentine bouquet helps to tide me over.
Aren't they gorgeous? I got 3 lovely plants: one indigenous to Wisconsin orchid (a pink lady slipper), an exotic orchid, and a jasmine, all lovely and costing less than half of the typical dozen red roses. The tulips would have sent me over the moon, too. This morning, I realized that in a month, I can realistically go searching for bulb noses coming up and in 2 months, everything will be a riot of blooms and the trees will be covered with new leaves.
Just a few more weeks. Meanwhile, there's another winter storm today. The freezing rain that's currently falling will give way to heavy snow in a few hours. Joy.
My blog's title originated in July 2004 as I was preparing to send my then 16 year old daughter to Annecy, France as an exchange student. It was to be a 10 and 1/2 month separation that I was sure I could not endure. BUT, thanks to the internet and blogging I survived her adventures outside of our 'nest'. Once she returned, I thought of changing the title but realized that 10 and 1/2 Months was a fitting description of the cycle of my teaching life too. Now that I am retired the days and months have much less structure but the title remains out of nostalgia for my teaching days.
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Aren't they gorgeous? I got 3 lovely plants: one indigenous to Wisconsin orchid (a pink lady slipper), an exotic orchid, and a jasmine, all lovely and costing less than half of the typical dozen red roses. The tulips would have sent me over the moon, too. This morning, I realized that in a month, I can realistically go searching for bulb noses coming up and in 2 months, everything will be a riot of blooms and the trees will be covered with new leaves.
Just a few more weeks. Meanwhile, there's another winter storm today. The freezing rain that's currently falling will give way to heavy snow in a few hours. Joy.
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