The Irises

Or is that Iris (plural)? My yard is blooming with these watercolory glamorous dragons.

a little break and a good egg

When your hand hurts from editing and you need some dinner in a hurry so you can get back to work and you suddenly have more tomatoes than you can humanly eat alone and little else in the pantry here is what I suggest:

Cut up some excellent tomatoes and some red onion--better yet, sauté the two until they are soft and sweet...add a little basil or thyme, maybe tear a little smoky ham, prosciutto or even black forest. Poach some excellent eggs and serve on top with a crack of pepper and a little sea salt.
Peek into the yolk and dip your spoon in or mop with some good crusty bread. My new thing is that I want poached eggs on top of everything: sauteed spinach, mushrooms, boiled new potatoes, what else?

(hey, who needs some tomatoes?)

Sugar Holler

Now that I'm back on the patio garden, I'm looking at gardening blogs. Just found this wonderful blog, Life in Sugar Hollow.
The writer is an actual certified horticulturist and her garden tips and musings are great. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Sugar Hollow with a beautiful river running through her land, which gets me dreaming a little.
She has a link to a quiz called "What Kind of Flower are You" so I took it and found
a. I am a Canna--I'm not sure what that is but it looks kind of boring. It kind of makes me want to take it again and give different answers---the joy of quiz taking can include retaking the quiz and filling it with lies.
b. The very funny This Garden Is Illegal, whose writer is also creator of the "What Kind Of Flower are You" quiz (look over there in the sidebar--I added it too). This is a great garden blog, I especially love the entry, "Satanic Garnishes That Look Like Genitalia: Parsley".