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Dear Diary: April 1
Apr. 1st, 2012 08:07 amRoy is leaving for a brief trip to Virginia, back Tuesday or Wednesday.
Yesterday we went to the grand opening of the Shofuso Sakura Pavilion in Fairmount Park. Shofuso is an internationally-known Japanese House and Garden. Being unheated, it's closed for winters. With the addition of the Sakura Pavilion, it can have educational programming and other small events year-around. The "Pavilion" is actually a pair of 1876 brick outhouses left over from our Centennial Exposition, plus a flagstone patio between them. But the two buildings, approx 20' x 22' each, will provide space for ikebana classes, tea ceremony classes, etc. etc. The executive director had been stressing and obsessing over the crummy weather and the probability of rain dampening the attendance all week, so Roy and I went, being as we had a rental car. I know I mentioned this in my last post, but I thought it deserved more expansive treatment. Here's one photo, which links to the rest of them, including several of Shofuso itself that I rather like:
There was drumming, which was fun, and both Roy and I got to bang on the drums.
Yesterday I also started some tarragon seeds (gosh, they're tiny) and ate my Flower Show pineapple. Really. I scored a pineapple plant from one of the exhibitors, and the navel-orange-sized fruit ripened to a rich golden brown. There wasn't much left once I cut off the top and left an inch of flesh so that I can try to grow my own from the crown. But what was left was juicy, very tasty, and one heck of a lot more pine-like in flavor than the ones from the supermarket.
Friday after doing some work I loafed over to Facebook and saw a posting from Bartram's Garden to the effect that the bloodroot were blooming. Since Roy had this rental car I suggested that we go over and take a look. It sure was blooming, and we saw many other wonderful sights.
This is the fancy-schmancy double-flowered cultivar. The single-flowered regular bloodroot was done, leaves fully unfurled and ripening seed pods standing upright. Bloodroot wouldn't stand a chance in our back garden, I fear, but I'd love to have some.
Today will be my first day without a bus pass since February so I'll be back to my bike. Time to re-activate the leg muscles for the season!
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halfmoon_mollie is deep in the throes of moving now, either loading onto the truck or sitting amidst the boxes. Good thoughts her way!
Yesterday we went to the grand opening of the Shofuso Sakura Pavilion in Fairmount Park. Shofuso is an internationally-known Japanese House and Garden. Being unheated, it's closed for winters. With the addition of the Sakura Pavilion, it can have educational programming and other small events year-around. The "Pavilion" is actually a pair of 1876 brick outhouses left over from our Centennial Exposition, plus a flagstone patio between them. But the two buildings, approx 20' x 22' each, will provide space for ikebana classes, tea ceremony classes, etc. etc. The executive director had been stressing and obsessing over the crummy weather and the probability of rain dampening the attendance all week, so Roy and I went, being as we had a rental car. I know I mentioned this in my last post, but I thought it deserved more expansive treatment. Here's one photo, which links to the rest of them, including several of Shofuso itself that I rather like:
There was drumming, which was fun, and both Roy and I got to bang on the drums.
Yesterday I also started some tarragon seeds (gosh, they're tiny) and ate my Flower Show pineapple. Really. I scored a pineapple plant from one of the exhibitors, and the navel-orange-sized fruit ripened to a rich golden brown. There wasn't much left once I cut off the top and left an inch of flesh so that I can try to grow my own from the crown. But what was left was juicy, very tasty, and one heck of a lot more pine-like in flavor than the ones from the supermarket.
Friday after doing some work I loafed over to Facebook and saw a posting from Bartram's Garden to the effect that the bloodroot were blooming. Since Roy had this rental car I suggested that we go over and take a look. It sure was blooming, and we saw many other wonderful sights.
This is the fancy-schmancy double-flowered cultivar. The single-flowered regular bloodroot was done, leaves fully unfurled and ripening seed pods standing upright. Bloodroot wouldn't stand a chance in our back garden, I fear, but I'd love to have some.
Today will be my first day without a bus pass since February so I'll be back to my bike. Time to re-activate the leg muscles for the season!
I expect that
halfmoon_mollie is deep in the throes of moving now, either loading onto the truck or sitting amidst the boxes. Good thoughts her way!
