another terrific thursday

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence,

the second listening, the third memory,

the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
Solomon Gabriol

I don’t know too much about Solomon Gabriol – though totally agree with the above …

Things I love today

Candles

Homemade bread

Quiet hours

Writing

Red nail polish

New opportunities

Cold slaw

           

I hear the sun is supposedly going to grace us with its presence for a bit tomorrow. I so hope it will. This gloomy weather gets my spirit feeling blah.

I may have adopted a pregnant cat. She is the cutest little thing. She looks far too young to be a momma. I can’t figure out who she belongs with … and she has been hanging around [looking at the birds too much] for a couple of weeks, so I decided I better feed her. She needs to eat, and I love all of the birds she has had her eyes on. I set up a little space for her in the laundry room. A soft dog bed, next to her food and water … she seems comfy.

Pork Sausage with Honeyed Red Cabbage
This new recipe came out so good … delicious … it was a yummy dinner last night and then lunch again today. The photo doesn’t do it justice … I tried.

Week 4 … News from the Garden:

In spite of the rain and the cold, the plants are doing pretty well. I have been concerned about them all during the past week; usually covering them up at night and/or moving them around hoping to give them a comfortable place to bloom and grow – bloom and grow. The lettuce seems to be thriving in the cold‘ness’.  And most of the plants grew during this weird weather week. The ones that didn’t [most herbs, green pepper and spaghetti squash] I didn’t take new photos of … hoping for growth from them next week. I am hoping that sunshine for a couple of days will give all of them a great spurt of strength and growing. 

 peas

 cherry tomatoes

 cucumbers

 mixed greens

 yellow [summer] squash

 tomatoes

 zucchini

 wedding flowers

March seemed, for me, to fly by. I can’t believe tomorrow is April 1^st. Love that it is going to be April … filled with warm weather and beauteous flowers everywhere. I do have an issue [challenge ... something] with April 1^st being April Fools Day. Grrrrr. In all of my years on this planet [this time], I have yet to encounter intelligent humor on this ‘jokester’ day. I will be pretty much in hermit mode tomorrow.

Don’t forget the GIVE-A-WAY … leave me a comment of your favorite piece of PatriciaA Wearable Art before Noon on April 5^th

                                http://www.etsy.com/people/PatriciaA

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Louisa May Alcott

Happy Day!

Until tomorrow xo♥