Category: Random

fingers, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

So CatGirl came to me with a worried look on her brow. She held out her finger towards me.

“It’s a leaf cut–like a paper cut, but from the edge of a leaf.”

Sure enough, I could see a small cut at the joint of her second finger. She squeezed it a bit and a bright smear of blood showed.

“It really burns.”

“Ok, we’ll leave for home soon. It’s getting dark anyways…”

I resumed my gardening task and CG went up to the spigot to wash her hand.

She returned a few moments later, so proud of her garden bandage: a soft ‘cloth’ of lambsear tied with a sprig of Mexican sage.

“It feels better now.”

dark chocolate is sexy, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

It occurred to me yesterday morning, as I was squealing with delight at the absolute perfect ‘strawberry-ness’ of a fresh strawberry that I was eating after washing it off with the garden hose, that I wish I could have the whole world in my garden tasting berries along with me. I can’t imagine that hate and war could continue in the face of such goodness.

Ditto for a good bar of super dark chocolate….

sunflower, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

I’m just enjoying my sunflowers so much this year! I took this photo at dusk yesterday just as my camera was running out of battery power, which resulted in the rather odd lighting, I think.

sultry love on a steamy afternoon, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

To say that it was steamy this afternoon would be an understatement. You can tell by the hair plastered to our foreheads in this photo that lunch at a steamy ramen shop might not have seemed the smartest choice for a mushi atsui SoCal afternoon.

IMG_3667, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

This was taken the last time a Harry Potter book was released. Can you tell we’re getting excited about book #7? :)

zinnia, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

Photo: Closeup of a bright pink zinnia flower

Last night I was up most of the night with semi-awful phantom pains. Not so bad that I was screaming (which happens occasionally), but bad enough that my hip and leg were spasming at regular intervals and keeping me from sleeping soundly. So I am a bit tired and a bit testier than usual today (that, coupled with the realization at 4 am that I’d left the water running when I was soaking a friend’s garden yesterday evening, grrrr–but fortunately when I got out there early this morning I found that another gardener had turned off the water for me! whew).

So, I went out to the garden much earlier than usual this morning. And it’s an overcast day and just perfect for toodling around out there. So I picked a passle of tomatoes, cut some flowers, pulled weeds, and just enjoyed watching the dew drip from the leaves of the plants. It was just what I needed after a very long and uncomfortable night.

on the right, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

From here you can see my garden on the right: the sign, some flowers, Ned the elephant, and the peach tree way in the backity back.

on the left, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

In all of its weedy glory. This is the view over the gate and to the left. You can see some tomatoes, squash, peppers, etc.

sunflower, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
~Maori Proverb

pink & green, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

These bright flowers are ‘cherry’ nasturtiums. They are a neon pinky-red color, though the lighting in this photo shows them as a paler pinkish hue. They bring me joy every time i walk in my front door, where they bubble out of their huge pot and send trailers up the wall and across the sidewalk…

peachy-orangey-red, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

Went on a short trip to my favorite plant nursery today. Today I was feeling like bright pink, red, and yellow. I chose a few new flowers for the garden, including this one!