Westie Rescue Garden Roots

Westie to the Rescue

Painting

We have been away from computers for a bit.

My dad went into the hospital for a few days, we thought,

and ended up staying two weeks.

He is home now and very happy to be there.

One nice thing is that on Thanksgiving Day the hospital

cafeteria gave us a full on Thanksgiving Day Meal for free.

Sweet potatoes, squash and apples, turkey, mashed potatoes...

you get the picture. We thought that was very nice of them.
Then later we had a lovely Thanksgiving Day dinner
that my daughter cooked. I ended up not doing very much
in the kitchen this year.

I did get a few paintings done today.  One of my westie boy

who probably thinks we have been off on vacation every day

the last few weeks. Not.  Outside he usually is at a running pace

everywhere he goes. And I tend to be slower with wellies on.

So our westie boy is the scout.

More about paintings here.

Seashells Treasure Box - Vegetable Plants

My counter looks like a potting table.

A look I like very much.

The amaryllis was replaced with hyacinths.

This handmade sea shell treasure box

turns into a pot of sorts holding lettuce.

One of my new favorite sedums,

a beautiful chartruese color and

has the tiniest leaves!

It's called the

Small Leaf Gold Sedum.

I love shells.

Maybe you have a keepsake box

that you could put some life into.

You've probably guessed this

was from a thrift shop.

Two dollars and fifty cents,

but it looks like a million to me

cradling these baby letuce plants.

One of my tiniest bird nests

rests here, too.

How many more baby plants
can I put here?

Sweet scent of hyacinths

perfumes the air.

We will wonder what happens when

the weather goes back to normal

March weather?

I'm off to wander around
and find more plant pot holders!

Connecting up with these friends:

White Wednesday

The Farmhouse Porch

Coastal Charm

Heirloom Tomatoes- Name Game

Would you like a pink ping pong tomato plant? One of the things I love about heirloom tomatoes is their names. Another great one, "Banana Legs". I want these why?...because of their names alone!

Beef has alot to do with naming tomatoes even though tomatoes still are vegetables when I last checked:

Beefmaster

Supersteak

Park's Beefy Boy

Park's Whopper

Then there is the plum connection:

Black Plum

Beaverlodge Plum

Lemon Plum

The empty sections-- already sold out heirloom tomatoes:

Great White

Hillybilly

It's amusing shopping for tomatoes. Most people were very serious bent over looking at the plants and names and I was laughing outloud. Who could think it would be so fun buying tomatoes?