So...what's blooming in the garden these days?

• Clematis armandii, which has gorgeous foliage and flowers that smell like heaven.  We're training it over the pergola.
• Creeping phlox - Adam loves the screaming pink stuff; I tolerate it because I love him, although I like the pale lavender variety.
• Columbines are just starting
• Salvia 'May Night' - opened ( Read more... )

Currently in bloom: plum trees, crocus (just finishing up in the sun; starting in the shadier areas), daffodils, grape hyacinth, hyacinth, Georgia Blue veronica, all hellebores, all daphnes, small pink viburnum, moss phlox (just starting), sweet violets, and violets that came with the house ( Read more... )

Diet: down 4 pounds; 4.5 to go to hit my target.  It might take more than that to get me back into my newer suits (conference in early May), but we'll take it one goal at a time.

Exercise:  I've been a slacker.  Adam and I have been walking a bit when it's not raining after work, but the lifting and cardio has flopped a bit.  I hope to pick it back ( Read more... )