All in a Garden Green

With lazy snowflakes... slow, drifty, fluffy flakes, that didn't accumulate much at all. Roads and sidewalks are clear, and there's just a little bit tucked into the grass. No shoveling necessary. Done snowing now, so I can go off and enjoy 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians' with the rest of my Haus, without worrying about a phone call. :)

Holiday party chez Max and anna_mickel last night was lovely. Bacon baklava was done in time, and so yummy.

Didn't do much all day; slept till 11, which was wonderful, puttered for a few hours, looked at the clock and was astonished to see it was 2 PM. Cleaned up the sewing room today, re-organized the bookshelves, got rid of some stuff. Feels good to get rid of stuff. I certainly have enough of it. Once it all gets organized, though, it'll be time to move... maybe soon. Maybe not...

The Hunter's Moon rose full and bright over the pines in the backyard tonight. I couldn't just let it sit out there unappreciated... absolutely beautiful.

( The ToDo list was whittled down a bit more than expected today. )

Found the basement, cleaned up the living room a bit, moved a few things. There is much laundry to fold tonight. Then maybe I can get my sewing room back on....... Friday night? oh lordy...

Also, Quadrophenia by The Who is an awesome album. Hands down fantastic. I had never in my life listened to the entire thing until today driving around in the car. Musical brilliance.

And yet, they're the only time we have to get anything at all done. I suppose I do a lot of my "weekend" relaxing during the week when I go out for post-fencing dinner, or creativity night, or hot-tub/kitteh nights... Ideally, I would like a 4-day work week. That would leave one day to get the things done that I *had* to get done, one day to do the things I *wanted* to get done, and one day to do nothing at all... Yeah... hm.

I have reclaimed the kitchen. Dishes are clean, floor is washed, table... I found the kitchen table! Recycling is collected and ready to go out the door when J gets back with my car. Aquariums are clean. Plants need repotting still, but that will be done shortly. Then onto the living room, maybe... I'll make J help. He can use a paper shredder with one hand... I will have a clean apartment by the end of the week. Sewing room is going to be last... that's a real disaster (again... still... whatever)

But, in the sewing room, stuffed in a corner of the windowsill, my Wax Plant (Hoya carnosa) is blooming! So happy! It's apparently in a spot it likes, so when we move (eventually...), it'll never blossom again... I love the flowers, though. The cluster is only about 3" wide and tall, and the blossoms themselves are almost velvety (you can see it if you look at the full size photo. SO COOL.), and the fragrance is amazing. They will often times be very messy and drip sticky, honey-like nectar all over the place, but this particular plant has been well behaved so far. Last year, I got three rounds of blossoms from it before it went into growth mode again. This year, it's got at least 6 different inflorescence peduncles (there's some fun terminology for you... buds, essentially) in various stages of formation, so lots and lots of flowers to come. :)

( fun facts about hoyas that most people might not care about... )