Mopey Monday

It's been two days now. Overcast, gloomy, gray. Plugh. When it's like this I find it very difficult to motivate. I'm having serious withdrawls from sunshine and gardening activity. The doctor told me that I absolutely cannot do any gardening for the next week. Luckily, I only owe my clients one more visit to their gardens to complete the fall cleanup, so there's not all that much to do. It can wait. Is what I keep telling myself! It makes me anxious, though, to not be able to do what I want, WHEN I want. I'm like a three year old when it comes to things like that!

On a good note, I made the MOST delicious chicken fajitas for dinner last night. MAN, those were good. Sauteed the chicken, onions and red peppers in lemon juice and several Mexican spices. They were served on corn tortillas with cheese, lettuce, sour cream, homemade guacamole and green tabasco. I also made a black bean side dish that was really delish, too - with onion, garlic, cumin, chili powder, jalapenos, cayenne pepper, green tabasco and a dash of lemon juice. Really, really tasty stuff!

I do love to cook when the weather turns cold, so I've got that going for me!

In other world news, our little town was descended upon in a big way again over the weekend! I took a few walks downtown just to see the crazies! It's really something! One of my favorite Halloween-time fixtures is this woman who does the live-statue thing. Have you ever seen these people who are so amazing at posing in a perfectly still position and then when someone gives them a tip, they move and do something funny or entertaining? I can't find anything to show you when I googled to see if there was a video of her online...Anyway, she dresses in this amazing witch outfit - she looks bronzed. And she stands on something so that she's about 8 feet tall - very impressive. And when she's posing, you seriously cannot see an ounce of movement. Not even breathing! I don't know how she does it, but it's cool to watch!

In floral news, I bought more bulbs. I had to go to my very favorite Marblehead Garden Center to get more curly willow and raffia for the job I did last week, so, OF COURSE, I bought something for myself. Uh, YEAH! Have you read this blog? Do you know who has a little problem with the buying of plants on impulse? Do you know who cannot possibly walk into a garden center without purchasing SOMETHING? Ummmm, let's think. Who could it be? MOI? Really?

Ummm, yeah. Yes. OK! I know!! I cannot help myself. I KNOW! I have issues. I KNOW!

So, I got me a bunch of those cute grape hyacinth:

They might possibly be my most favorite spring flower. I love them all, but these are just so stinkin' cute! I love their littleness.

I also got some of these, called frittilaria:
I was not familiar with these at all, but they were impossible to pass up. Even the name "frittilaria" is cute, isn't it? I love the color combo and their delicate blooms! I hope they look this cute in real life! We'll have to wait until spring to see!

A daisy that had broken:I rescued it and brought it inside to sit next to the sink. I spend a lot of time in our kitchen since that's where my computer is.

And, of course, my shadow:My furry, four-legged, sweet, soft shadow with dementia!

Ok...Must run. Have several errands, more cleaning to do, have to do a couple little things on the boat and then have a 3pm chiropractor visit.

Hope you're all having a fine Monday!

Ciao!