Tuesday, April 5, 2011

unexpected


Finally saw some sunshine today! Albeit, for just a few hours...I'll take what I can get though :) I took a quick sunset stroll through my usual photo-hunting grounds, the ol' reliable sculpture park, until the blustery winds chased me back indoors...

Sunday, April 3, 2011

how does your garden grow?


I don't exactly know how the idea got into my mind. Perhaps it was spring fever getting to my brain. Perhaps it was all the recipes I've been trying lately that always seem to require minute amounts of expensive fresh herbs. But for whatever reason, I went out last weekend in search of plants to start a little kitchen garden. I had visions of basil, mint, thyme and rosemary growing in cute little pots on my windowsill and tomato and mozzarella salads garnished with basil leaves picked right from the plant. Alas, I discovered that basil is not only not in season yet (according to the plant nursery), it's also not really suited to growing indoors (according to my botanist mother). Luckily, rosemary and thyme were available and are now sitting on my windowsill, struggling to soak up the meager amount of sunlight my apartment gets.


I love having a bit of greenery in the apartment - every time I look over at my mini garden, it brings a smile to my face. Now, I just need a good recipe to test out my fresh herbs! 

Friday, April 1, 2011

spring...?

I'm at my wits' end with the weather in Seattle. We were blessed with one beautiful week of sunny skies - complete with the kind of fluffy clouds that you used to draw as a kid - before we got dumped on with never-ending mixture of rain, fog, mist, and seemingly permanent gloominess. Seattle, why must you tease us so?


Seattle is actually a very lovely place when the weather gods are smiling down on us.


And it makes me very happy to see the spring flowers making an appearance. Cherry blossoms have always been one of my favorite spring sights - there is something so perfect about their fluffy pink blooms.


But in the meantime, the weather is making me very grumpy. What's the use of warm weather if it's too wet to properly enjoy it?