Crocuses and the Headstone for old Winston, the guinea pig
Garry wasn’t feeling up to grocery hauling today so I went. No problem keeping my distance. The store wasn’t crowded. there was no pasta, no bread, no paper goods of any kind. They did have freshly baked Italian bread and four loaves of cinnamon raisin bread (Garry’s favorite), so I bought them all.
Purple Crocus
The butter I usually buy was gone, so I bought the other kind. And cream cheese. No frozen potatoes so we bought actual potatoes and there were two nice-sized corned beef, both of which I bought. This is the only time of year I can afford a corned beef. It was a great dinner. I forgot to buy a cabbage, but we survived with onions and potatoes.
White Crocuses
No chicken except wings. Not sure why there isn’t any, but I still have chicken left in the freezer so we’re okay. We bought more food than we usually do because we were pretty much out of food. Hopefully, we have enough food for a week. Maybe by the next time we need to buy food, there will be more things available to buy.
Meanwhile, our freezers are nicely packed and if we don’t run out of toilet paper, all will be well.
Sleep well, Winston
I took the pictures of the crocus on the way out and the tombstone for old Winston, the Guinea Pig. There are a lot of shoots in the garden. We need to scrape the dead leaves out. It’s on the calendar.
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did you enjoy your corned beef? I am irish, in ireland, and I love it. Its a favourite meal of mine. I hope you didnt run out of toilet paper…xoxo
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We enjoyed it twice. Once for dinner boiled and the next night with eggs. It’s one of my favorites, too. usually too expensive, but it goes way down in price on St. Patrick’s day, so I bought a couple. One is still waiting for us in the freezer 😀 We honeymooned in Ireland. It was GREAT.
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Did you? Cool, what part of Ireland did you visit? I live in Cork.
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Let’s see. Bunratty Castle where we had dinner and I had WAY too much mead. Sligo. Galway. Almost a week in Dublin. Cork, Kilkenny, Mayo. We Roscommon. We drove through Waterford, but didn’t stop (it was very crowded). Really, we looped around the whole country. I loved Sligo which was at that time pretty empty. Before they “rebuilt” the Quiet Man’s cottage, we found it. We had to traipse through a sheep field because there was no road. We recognized the site because we’d seen the movie so often. We were there for nearly a month, so we saw some places several times. We gave up on maps eventually and just went wherever the road took us. It was GREAT. I always hoped we’d go back, but it never happened.
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Can I ask what year you were there? It sounds like you had a great time there. I’m delighted to hear that 😚😘
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1990. From mid-September into October.
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Give me a shout if you need more cinnamon bread. It’s my husband’s favorite, too. I hit all the stores this morning so we are stocked up, as good as we can. I watched one guy’s shopping cart while he went and got us both a big box of TP. It was actually a pleasant experience in all the stores. I hope it stays that way.
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We aren’t out of TP yet, so I’m hoping by the time we are, everything will have calmed down some. The problem is also that deliveries aren’t getting through airports or via truck. That is worrisome.
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Spring has finally shown it’s beauty 😀 😀
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Yes, though it’s chilly and rainy and sleeting today. Tomorrow should be better. How are you? So far, so good around here!
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Hello.
I those two first photos very much. They brought up to my mind memories, when we had or own small flower garden. Thank you.
Have a good day!
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Crocuses are the “hope” flower. I see them and I know that however icky the weather is (spring isn’t one of our good seasons), it will get better.
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I love the purple flowers. The flowers go on, unaware of our ongoing human concerns.
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Purple, yellow, and white are the colors of our spring. The purple is first, but the yellow follows quickly. I’m amazed we could find our crocus. We need to clear out last years leaves!
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Wow Marilyn. These floral shots are among the best I’ve seen of yours. Just stunning!!!
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I think I’m finally learning to use that camera 😀
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I’m pretty sure you are. These photos are state of the art.
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