I know tomatoes don’t appear until July so I was really surprised to see two cute, little yellow tomatoes on our yellow cherry tomato bush. According to John they were very good. I know it must be these new fangled plants not me that is causing this early and tasty production. I’m also not taking […]
Last Wednesday was the Stratford Landing Band concert. This would be a charming event if there weren’t so many students and accompanying parents. However, both the fifth and sixth grade bands seemed to have at least 50 or 60 kids each and all those kids have lots of relatives so the gym was packed beyond […]
I finally got all our summer schedules transferred to one calendar, took a look at it, and felt like it was practically over. Between not getting out until June 24th and field hockey season starting August 10th thus ending any family travel, the summer is really rather short: Star Island, basketball camp, field hockey camp, […]
After four or five weeks of just being green my garden has finally produced some color. I’ve got some deep pinks and purples from the first of the day lilies, some pale lavender from my Russian sage, and more dark pink from my purple cone flowers. Hopefully next year the weeks of unrelenting but various […]
It is a good thing John likes singing because so far this week he has had six hours of rehearsal and tomorrow night starts the first of his three shows for the West Potomac Choral Spring Show. Since practice is scheduled to end about 7, but is not guaranteed so parents are encouraged to come […]