The week started out on the wrong foot. Mother Nature saw fit to give us a record breaking snowfall. Two inches covered the garden and, worse than that, the temperatures dropped from 39 to 32 degrees in just a couple of hours.
Smith scrambled to make sure all the plants were safe from the cold and snow. The garden looked like the circus had come to town. (Thank goodness the snow melted quickly.)
The lilac sugar I started earlier this month needed to be twice sifted to remove the lilac flowers. Smith can taste just a teeny, tiny hint of lilac, but I can't taste more than just plain ol' sweet sugar. A sprinkle on raspberries made them taste like raspberries with sugar. Maybe if the sugar hadn't been organic the experiment might have turned out better (?) but, for now, I'm calling it a fail. No sugar appears to have been hurt in the episode so, at least it's usable.
Monday night was book club but, while having dinner with friends, I learned I'd read the wrong book. I read "The Little Locksmith" (and I'm glad I did) instead of "Let the Great World Spin", which I'll read right after "Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest".
Sunday one of my BFF's, Shelley, fell and broke her ankle. She'll need surgery and a long convalescence. Hospitals are a good place to be when you need them, but they sure aren't fun. Please send quick healing thoughts her way.
The weekend weather doesn't look great, but I took Friday off, so let's look on the bright side... Sprössling grows and bad weather could lead to more knitting and spinning (and reading). Not a bad thing at all.
OK - I won't complain about the 96 degree day we had here yesterday. Its back to normal today - the 70's - but strange spring weather everywhere!
Posted by: Donna | May 27, 2010 at 07:40 AM
Oh no! Your poor friend's ankle! Speedy recovery thoughts and wishes to her.
How weird about your snow day! I was there Tuesday and thought it was the nicest weather I'd been around for a week. I guess I missed it :)
Posted by: sil | May 27, 2010 at 08:46 AM
Oh no! We get your weather two days later. There was 6" hail in some parts yesterday pm so I wonder what we'll see next week.
Best wishes to Shelley.
Posted by: Melissa G | May 27, 2010 at 09:23 AM
Crazy weather! June is just around the corner -- hopefully, it'll be June-like! Best wishes to Shelley for a speedy recovery!
Posted by: Vicki | May 27, 2010 at 06:59 PM
It seems nuts to have snow in May. Wow! I'm not sure which is worse - snow in May or the start of our sweltering heat and humidity.
Posted by: Hillary | May 28, 2010 at 10:31 AM
The Little Locksmith sounds like a lovely book. Unfortunately, our library system does not have it :( If you do read Let the Great World Spin, you might like to accompany it with Man on Wire, a documentary about Philippe Petit, the man who walked the wire between the World Trade Towers and whose act is the organizing feature of Let...Spin.
Posted by: kmkat | May 28, 2010 at 09:17 PM
booo to the snow.... yay for Smith being so attentive to the garden,
My grandmother used to say that spring snow was the best thing for a garden, that it brought lots of nutrients (perhaps an old wives tale to comfort the gardeners?)
Posted by: Teyani | May 29, 2010 at 12:11 AM
Ouch...especially for your friend and the snow!
Posted by: Kristin | May 31, 2010 at 07:53 PM