Disaster Drill

One of our librarians is retiring and everyone is getting ready for summer school.

I dropped off math books last night and now that my car is empty again and I have child labor, helps.

I was going to go out to lunch with the two special ed teachers that are leaving but I couldn't get a line out to call in the order. I like the chicken salad and Inna the flaffels and Lilia a mango salad without onion and both with dressing on the side. I sent them off and came back to have my salad.
They came back having stopped at 7-11 and only ran in and one got something. We'll try again tomorrow. When you have only 30 min. it's a challenge. Fortunately we can call in an order and it's ready by the time we get there. The Chinese and Thai restaurant are next to each other.

I forgot I took my balsamic vinegar spray dressing home. I scrounged 3 types Newman's light honey mustard, ranch and another cilantro one. It should be interesting. I need to remember to bring a hard boiled egg along with my fruit. The last two days it was strawberries and now I'm back to cantaloupe. It's one of my favorite summer fruits. I cut it off the rind into pieces and the ants head to the compost bin in bliss and away from my kitchen.
They don't like lemons are citrus and pineapple and artichokes don't go in there.

I'm thinking of buying some more red worms and starting another worm bin for composting. Vermaculturm produces this rich black compost just from newspaper, kitchen scraps and water.
The plastic bin is compact enough to keep off the kitchen. My compost bin is not hot enough to make quick compost. It's supposed to turn over in a year. In the fall I put a layer of it over the garden to decompose over the winter. No roses or grass though. Pine needles seem OK and I have a lot of them.

I've got to learn not to clean the garden in Feb but to wait till April. It turns so beautiful and all the trees are in bloom and the bulbs open.

I have one of my outdoor amaryllis blooming right now.They can be so pretty. They last forever and come up every year. I can split this one soon. They are huge bulbs and cost a lot.

I planted one of the tomatoes that Hannah gave me last night along with basil and peas. I put out cucumbers too. Last year I got 2. All the growing time I thought it was a flower. Now for the beets.
My salad has peas, cauliflower, carrots, cherry tomatoes, zucchini celery, avocado, radishes and romaine.

Last night I made angel hair pasta with shrimp and fresh peas. I also blanched some fresh broccoli and put in a floret.

Went walking too, even to the drug store to get my prescription. I was thinking. No one will know who I am if something happens while I'm out walking. Then I put my prescription in my pocket and felt more secure.

My neighbor Cathy had a stroke. She was in the hospital a month. I saw her in a wheel chair and her left side is paralyzed. She goes to physical therapy 3s a week and is getting some feeling back. I sent her a note after I got a bill from the ambulance company misdelivered. She was riding the bike at the health club! She is a tiny Vietnamese woman who always walked and gardened.