Pink, White, and Blue, and a Beet

 I bought one more blue petunia on closeout for $1. It's not as pretty as the first one, but it's OK. The planter actually looks decent except for all the surrounding junk.

Last weekend, Jean gave me a yellow beet. Yummers. I ate it earlier in the week, but will share today because I don't have much else right now. I LOVE beet greens. I think they are my favorite cooked greens.

That was part of one meal. Then I had the beet itself for another meal.

This week, Corewell Health was giving out free bags of produce to Seniors. I expected some apples and potatoes, but it was actually great. Corn, cukes, carrots, a few potatoes, spinach and basil. I think they might have come from the community garden. It was all actually fresh, not store packaged. I really appreciate this. The price of food is out of control. I was surprised there was no zucchini. I actually wouldn't mind if someone left a couple in my car!

I was pretty busy today. Edited and then got ready for this weekend's event in Onekama. Had to restock my supply buckets and repack the car. Also needed to finish reading two books because I'll probably be seeing the authors this weekend. The recycling is on the way to the event, so that's all stacked on top of the book tubs to be dropped off first. Have to leave at 7:30 in the morning, so I need to be ready tonight.

Oh, I also made yogurt and some breakfast bars.

See Not Red White and Blue

Not Red White and Blue

This is not the first time I've attempted a porch planter, but I can't find that I blogged about it before. One year I had a rather nice looking collection in this old ice cream maker, but I don't know when. The link below is one year that I put some house plants outside for the summer.

So, I thought I'd do red, white, and blue. Betsy gave me a geranium which I assumed would be red when it bloomed. I bought a white petunia, I bought one of those very cool dark blue petunias with white spots. I put them all in the planter with some dangling sedum.

The blue petunia died. I really don't know how that happened since they are all in the same planter and were all watered at the same times. And apparently, I didn't even take a picture of it. That makes me sad, but maybe I can get another one next year.

The geranium has turned out to be pink! So pink and white it is.

One of the years that Loretta was here, I put almost all the house plants on the deck and added some railing planters. That was green and leafy and nifty. It doesn't look like I blogged about that either. O well.

Today the humidity was nearly unbearable. I don't function well. I worked my little summer job this morning, shopped, cleaned up the kitchen, walked 2 miles on the road this evening.

Miles walked in 2026: 250.5
Miles walked Onekanma Challenge: 62.3

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When the Computer Dies

 
I'm trying to blog from my phone. Experimental to say the least.

Computer gave an electrical SNAP and blacked out. It's gone to computer hospital but I think it's a goner. Thank goodness I m pretty sure everything important is backed up.

So I pulled weeds





Moved some houseplants outside to keep the flowers company.



And cleaned the porch.



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