is purple rain next?

some people saw snow yesterday...if it didnt sound so completely toxic, i would love snow to be purple: that would at least make it less offensive (to me), and maybe a little more fun for everyone the next time we get 45", which i hope is never. 

i ♥ pansies!

pansies are so awesome: why are they associated with light-weights? my first flower box planting of the year is pansies! why? last year when the weather broke, i planted amazingly decorative sweet potatoes: 9 inches of rain followed by a freeze later: my potatoes were dead...so this year: i am starting with the velvety flowers that can cope with the unpredictable ups and downs we call 'weather'.

hot weather

last year at (about) this time, we had snow: not today, though.