Seeds II

there are a heap of pots and potted things in our front yard. I got semi-inspired (possibly by sale at local grocery store - advertising works!) to investigate what was growing and what was going... there were succulents up the wazoo, aloe vera and various sister species, clippings and offshoots of some mother plant that were being salvaged and reborn in a new pot. miscellaneous trifolium (clover sprouts, and not the pretty kind). most of the succulents got consolidated. the clover cover got tossed, roots and all, leaving behind rich and ready soil. (and yes, it was I who did it... even though I just cleverly tried to use the passive voice to evade the responsibility of clover-cide.) in went the new seeds - spinach, sugar snap peas, arugula, mustard, water cress and scallions, y mas ¡espinaca!

yerbas! 4 for $10! curry plant, thyme, sage and, skip one, mint.

(that's $10 AUD, which is about five squillion USD's at the mo...)

salad bowl to be.

the round one has a border of arugula, with a scallion center. it's sitting on a plate which sits on a magazine which sits on a 500 piece puzzle of a 1970s dinghy sailing club purchased at the local thrift store for one dolla, which sits on a glass table, which sits in the sunroom where I sit para minhas aulas de portugues, quando estudo sozinha com meu livro.

the small square pot in the back has water cress and mustard seed. (OUCH!!)

this small pot also has water cross and mustard seed. it sits on the kitchen windowsill above the sink, and looks out over our own "vista del freeway" - only it's not a freeway, just a semi-busy bridge with a tidal estuary - harbouring the most contaminated water in all of New South Whales (the state) according to my biologist and water scientist housemate. which isn't saying much because the water is crystal clear and there's plenty of aquatic life swimming or growing around in it. and children and dogs splashing across it. you just wouldn't want to eat anything from it. and nothing in it would want to eat you. (no crocodiles)

alongside runs a park with a paved bicycle/walking path. it's the location of my skateboarding debut; silvino and i took turns on the long flat run scooting along our borrowed board, making all the 10 year-old boys look like X-game pros. it's also the bike path we take (on our bikes) to get to the local grocery store.

once we stopped at the "pump park" along the way and did pull-ups. yuck.