ratna madness

This evening I experienced a case of ratna madness. We had dinner at our favorite little hole-in-the-wall Japanese restaurant near our house and had ordered a spicy tuna roll to share. The texture of the roll...the sauce...the crispy tempura bits...and the amazing melting quality of the fish...AMAZING.

We then went to the Flower Bin and I went into the very large greenhouse filled with dozens of varieties of roses...where I savored the colors and shapes and scents...and then went to look at the baskets of annuals and and the abundant rows of plants...so many beautiful plants...and the veggie seedlings sent me reeling because they were so huge compared to my little puny veggie seedlings that I started from seed weeks ago and I felt totally inadequate until I remembered that I started them from scratch and didn't need the more instant gratification of giant seedlings. And I decided to buy gladiolus bulbs. Michael and I were going to each pick 3 bulbs...and I got 12. I am just so excited by the idea of having these gorgeous multicolored flowers in late summer!

I do want to point out that my gardening passion is almost entirely focused on "useful" plants (those that produce food), so my ratna excitement about the flowers is quite unusual.

We then came home and satisfied Michael's arbor day indulgence by planting 10 tree saplings.