Stella, flowers, dessert, party planning and music

Stella , of the best ideas. picked me up and we tootled up to one of our favorite nurseries where the prices are NOT cheap but better than anywhere else. With a pocket full of money we managed to fill the back of Stella's  Subaru.
 

From there we went to a nice place above the long dock for lunch. 

The sea was crashing , rather seemed to- along the sound the sea rarely crashes, more of a lap, so quiet we could only hear the waves shh-swhshing against the shore below. Until the damned coal train came- the tracks are right along the shore . Great for the engineers driving the train, it is  a beautiful run, but anyone eating al fresco or any of the millionaires condos above  get blasted.

I stuck the flowers in pots right away , hope that the weather holds so that they do not get frozen. I wanted the deck to look reasonable for the baby shower a week from tomorrow. Though the forecast says rain on that day- folks on the deck may not be happening.

These are the leftovers from last year. Chives about to flower, looking extremely cute with their little bobble heads.

In the morning I counted ten  Lesser Gold Finches at the feeder and in the cherry tree. 

Just passing through , I reckon, lighting up the tree with their striking golden ways...

They are called "lesser" not because they are less, as in inferior , but because they are smaller- they are short and round.

They do not mate for life, every year is a fresh romance. Life span of three to six years. They do recognize human faces so be sure to smile at them and at least look lovingly and fondly at them, they are quite sensitive.

This morning we talked about the plans for Cara's baby shower, she , in the middle, going to have a cousin for Flora Jane. We are all wishing that they would move to town so that we can adore her child as well as Flora Jane, I don't know...Flora is a tough act to follow.

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Listening to tributes for Harry Belafonte, I remember how fond of this album I was when I was 19. I had five albums that I stacked on my stereo, this was one of them. Great study music, by the end of the album I would have at least made a dent in the mountain of work I had to have done by noon the next day. Every professor acted like his was the only class you might have to keep up with- you remember- so much reading, so much writing, so much research, so much coffee. Anyway, Nana Mouskouri's voice is another that makes one believe that humans might be OK....and that goddesses walk among us.

Listening on you tube to the entire album again makes me crave coffee and a camel straight- university food.