This week, already in progress

Good things

1. gaming without total party death
   
2. wearing a new-to-me blouse
   
3. time to chat with people at the Diesel
   
4. canasta
   
5. unexpected Blank-ness (how many years has it been?)
   
6. a trash-picked window with lightly colored panes
   
7. roasted trout for breakfast

Not good things

1. the Dad in for stent cleaning, that may or may not lead to more heart surgery
   
2. another person's infected port, with resultant hospital stay
   
3. a diseased tomato plant
   
4. work boredom, even though there's a lot of it to do

Update

Stent-cleaning wasn't enough. My dad's having a bypass Friday, and gets to spend up to a week in the hospital.

I hope that's it, and everything goes smoothly.


His name is Yitzchak Eliyahu ben Yetta.

Farm share, week 1

This year I have a share from a new farm, Re-Vision Urban Farm in Dorchester, which has an association with Drumlin Farm in Lincoln. The entertaining part is that the farm I used to get shares from (Waltham Fields Community Farm) has now joined their partnership.

This week's bag includes

• a big bunch of cilantro (given away; I unfortunately can't bear the stuff)
  
• a quart or so of beautiful strawberries (and I can go pick more in the next two weeks, too, up to 6 quarts)
  
• two big heads of lettuce (it looks like one is green leaf, the other romaine)
  
• a bunch of bright lights Swiss chard
  
• a medium bag of spinach
  
• a medium bag of peas in the pod
  
• four garlic scapes
  
• a smallish zucchini
  
• a tiny patty pan squash

Interesting. The list of produce includes chives, but there aren't any in the bag. Ah, well. edit: Interestingly, in the other share there's a small summer squash and a cousa squash. Oh, and for comparison, this is what I got the first week last year. I wouldn't mind some arugula...

According to the newsletter, there are still some shares available.

Current Scent: alluring strawberries