We live in a culture where everything is demanding our attention and where restful attention to any one thing is counter-cultural and out of sync with most of our habits. ~unknown
On my closet shelf rested my Canon EOS Rebel, and I was ready to pick it up for photos once again in place of my smartphone.
This was last week. Nothing like living in the past😊... but last week was full and last week was so lovely.
Nigella damascena, or love-in-a-mist as I prefer to call it, is bursting forth everywhere throughout my gardening areas. I love the effect it creates, especially by the back step. This one is white, but I also have periwinkle blue.
On Friday of last week the Precepts study of Matthew was completed, thus the ladies came for lunch as is the habit we have established. Since eggs are in abundance right now I made two quiches and served this with a seven-layer salad alongside a cucumber/onion salad. Dessert was baked bananas served warm over vanilla ice cream with a crisp butter cookie on the side. Here is the recipe. Truly, if you like bananas it is the most easy, yet elegant dessert, to serve at any time or season.
And this is this week, thus far...
Light purple irises at Good Drop Ridge...
Immediately after my walk last evening I came up the ridge and the sun was in the west shining though the delicate petals creating magical shadows all their own.
Myrtle whose green eyes I was trying so hard to capture, simultaneous brightness and warmth are the green eyes of a feline. She was afraid of the camera so I was unable to get a good photo.
5 comments:
Very pretty photos! Your garlic is much nicer than mine. I don't have any critter that bothers mine. What a nice luncheon you served! I'll look at that recipe, because I love bananas. andrea
So much beauty in this post! I don't think I've ever seen the Nigella damascena flower but it's beautiful.
I'm sure everyone enjoyed the lunch. It sounds like a perfect way to end your Bible study.
Usually our growing seasons are very similar. I plant my garlic n the same spot every year though some say not to do this. I order my garlic bulbs for Mad River Garlic Growers in Ohio. I have been pleased with my garlic harvest. They send you your garlic right at the time you are to plant in your growing zone. Oh, I do not add the sprinkles of fresh ground coffee to the dessert recipe, I might be tempted to add a dash of cocoa perhaps.
Beautiful, Cathy! I have so much Love-in-a-Mist *everywhere* this year, I had to remove 80% of it early on, because I won't be here at the right time to selectively pull it out as it begins to fall on all pretty much all the other plants nearby!
I always enjoy seeing your table settings, and think that I really should have another tea party for my friends. But instead I have other kinds of parties, not quite as feminine and pretty ;-)
Gretchen, I agree, it does grow everywhere! But for the present I am letting it come up where it desires. However, I am pulling up Black-eyed Susan plants by the bucket loads! They certainly are hoggish.
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