After emerging into the sunshine following days and days of rain, I noticed this:
Tiny forget-me-nots and balloon flowers had self-seeded on the edge of the memorial garden bed.
What a delight!
This is why I have to be careful when I start to overzealously weed. You never know what you might be yanking out of the ground and believe me, I’ve had my share of “Oh no!” yanks.
Another view, a bit more ‘arty’:
One little plant and it produces a beautiful flower!
I was already aware that the balloon flower was spreading to the edges of a memorial stone that I placed in the garden in memory of our beloved dogs. So I looked a bit more closely and saw this:
A bud ready to open. Sometimes Mother Nature provides the perfect touch. I’ve had the ‘Sentimental’ Balloon Flower plant in the garden for a couple of years. That it would self-seed right here, right where I placed the stone…well, I couldn’t have done it better myself.
We watched one of Don’s favorite movies the night before last – The Taking of Pelham 123 – the original, not the bad remake with John Travolta. It’s such a great movie, so gritty, so evocative of the seventies. A cast of great character actors including Walter Matthau, Martin Balsam, Jerry Stiller, Hector Elizondo and Robert Shaw. Great soundtrack by David Shire. If you’ve never seen it, you should!
So last night, we watched one of my favorites, Charade. Elegant, funny, scary – it’s the perfect sophisticated murder mystery starring two of my favorites; Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. It was directed by the great Stanley Donen. I’ve seen it at least 30 times – I’d venture even more than that. Also starring George Kennedy, James Coburn, Ned Glass and…Walter Matthau. With music by Henry Mancini, to my mind the best ever composer for the movies, it is a delight.
I realized this morning that both movies had a screenplay written by Peter Stone.
Today, we pick up the cabinet! I can’t wait to get it home. Then I have to think about lighting it because it can be darkish over by the bottom of the stairs. All in good time.
Happy Thursday.