DEBORAH CROMBIE: Happy Easter to those who celebrate today from all of us at Jungle Red!
I imagine we are all celebrating the coming of spring, even if some of us are only seeing tantalizing hints. We are burgeoning here (such a good word!) The trees are cloaked in green, the Japanese maples are blazing red, and the roses are in their spring full flush. It is glorious!
Unfortunately, this means that the tree pollen is also burgeoning, and that is not nearly as pleasant. At the moment, it's elm pollen, although the pecan will be joining it any day now. Everything around our house is covered in a film of green powder. The birdbath, pond and patio fountain are all scummy and filled with tiny elm seeds. A few minutes outside enjoying the roses means sneezing, runny nose, and itchy eyes. Apparently the DFW area is way up there on the "increasing allergies" list. I certainly don't remember such an onslaught when I was a child.
It's also mad planting time here, as we try to get things in pots and in the ground so that they can get started before it gets too hot. I brought back some beautiful bougainvilleas from our trip to Round Top. I've never seen that deep orange or the gold before and am looking forward to getting them in hanging baskets on our deck.
Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteSometime this week we will be planting, too . . . we have roses, tulips, daffodils, and herbs for the herb garden . . . .
What are we eating? Lamb, asparagus, potatoes, Easter egg bread, and Crème Brûlée . . .
Eating turkey this year. A little different. But very good. Reading and relaxing the afternoon away!
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter! I love all your flowers.
ReplyDeleteI always host Easter lunch. A few close friends will be here, and my goddaughter comes with her three littles, who are like cousins to Ida Rose. She and I dyed eggs yesterday, another Grammy first. I'm about to poach a five-pound slab of salmon, and the flourless chocolate cake is all ready. I steam asparagus and serve it with a vinaigrette, and guest are bringing vegetables and rice pilaf (we have one gluten-free person and one in the middle of Passover). One of my favorite holidays, except it's supposed to be cold and drizzly all day, so chaos will reign with an indoor egg hunt!
Happy Easter! I still marvel at the early greening up and blooming of things here in Florida as compared to Minnesota.It is my second Spring here. I used to go on trips to the nurseries for flowers with friends every year up there and we dared not go until mid- May. We are going to have to replace some things in our landscape beds that didn’t make it through all the freezes we had this winter.
ReplyDeleteChurch this morning, but not the Sunrise service. Having some neighbors over for a mid-day Easter dinner. Then pickleball this evening.
Happy Easter, my friends. We are in the middle of Passover and I have done the minimal prep and observance but there are still several matzo days left. Enjoy your family and friends celebrations!
ReplyDeleteI made a casserole with matzoh and vegetables last night so my daughter-in-law could dine!
DeleteSometime, I would like to try a proper Matzo ball soup. One of my son's friends mother who lives in Israel sent me her 'easy' recipe, which I tried, and obviously messed up as it was awful. So I wait with great anticipation for someone who knows how to do it properly to make it for me.
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ReplyDeleteAll those gorgeous flowers Debs! Happy Easter, Happy Passover, happy Spring to every Red! We are going out to brunch this year, and looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteI envy all your pretty roses! Yesterday in Cincinnati it was 80 degrees; this morning it's 42, with low thirties in the next few days. Our frost date is May 15th, but I usually cheat a week early.
ReplyDeleteShrimp for dinner and pineapple upside-down cake.
Happy Easter to all, celebrants and not. After all, any excuse for good food is a good excuse, if you ask me. Debs, you line-up with my son in Nanaimo who yesterday sent me a photo of his rhubarb sprouting – Blechhhh to most annoying you! (Your plants in the back seat look beautiful). Our daffodils are still under a sheet of freezing rain – not the stuff I tried to trade you earlier in the week, but another downfall. More is promised for tomorrow – hooray???
ReplyDeleteIt did/does mean that there is no one here for today’s meal, which started out as a ham (I bought one), then a turkey (I bought one), then decided we need a smaller bit of ham for Saturday night as I was serving the turkey today so I would save the big ham, and there would only be six on Saturday with the hot cross buns… Anyway…
Freezing rain on both travel days (5 hrs on the road each way), and one person in the car getting over flu, meant the visit was cancelled. Notes were sent off to Monsiuer le Lapin to ensure that he reset his GPS, and delivered all chocolate to Halifax. (Hope he didn’t poop on the floor – somehow, he always had an accident when our kids were little, and one of the cats scared the jujubes right out of him!)
So, for the two of us, the menu will be the lesser sized ham, a new recipe for scalloped potato/cauliflower casserole, and maybe sweet potatoes – I bought them for the turkey. I have just reviewed two new dessert recipes (found them this morning when I am starving and they look good). One is for a chocolate éclair in a pan (mmm chocolate and another mmm custard) and the other is a lemon cream cheese shortbread dessert – (mmm lemon). I may have to up my Ozempic! (diabetes- forget about the weight loss).
For anyone who attends church, enjoy the music. For me Easter has some of the most glorious hymns.
We made reservations for brunch at a restaurant in Plymouth Harbor and looking forward to it. Returning home for coffee, Easter cake and relaxation in the afternoon. Happy Easter, Passover and Spring to all who celebrate! Your beautiful bougainvilleas are so colorful, Deborah, although I don't envy your pollen season. That green stuff arrives in June for us. HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND YOURS
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