April 26, 2009

Another exciting week as the weather continued to be a bit cooler than seasonal - was still using my running suit for the evening constitutionals, but we have finally encountered a the country wide heat wave this weekend. With the warm up we spent a bit of time in the garden getting in a few more seeds - yellow squash, zucchini, and acorn squash this week (note that we have never done particularly well in the squash family with a record of 2 acorn squash from last years garden). The grass is beginning to green up and with the warmer weather I would expect next weekend will be the first mowing - oh joy, only 6 more months of a weekly mowing from there!!!

Joann was in town for most of the week having only to travel to and from New York on Monday. As mentioned last week, she is jetting off to Istanbul tomorrow for the week, so stay tuned for some photos from Turkey next week. Usual work week for me so not much there to report. We were going to go out for our first lobster rolls last night, but I had a business lunch that filled me up enough to seriously decrease the enjoyment of stuffing lobster on top of it. So that exciting event will have to wait until next week. Tonight we are warming up the grill for beer boiled brats, sweet potato fries, and asparagus (OK the asparagus will be made inside) with Sheri and Bruno. Tomorrow holds more outdoor chores as the weather is supposed to stay warm.

The photo opportunity this week is provided by our wedding anniversary orchids. We purchased these orchids for our 25th wedding anniversary and have faithfully watered them ever since without a bloom to be seen. Out of the blue this year they both suddenly decided to shoot out a flower stem and as you can see we are enjoying our first orchid blossom after 3 years - yes in case you were trying to do the complicated math, we have been married 28 years this June. We are completely amazed as we didn't really do anything different this year than past. So apparently several years of benign neglect is the key to making an orchid blossom. Will be curious to see how long to the next blossom cycle after this one.