green thumb

Rosemary, Basil, Chives... the start of our garden.

My newly developed green thumb is even having success growing weeds inside the house...

I've never experienced this before, but there's nothing quite so satisfying as watching a plant break its first sprouts through the soil's surface.

Our first success with growing our own vegetables.  Tomatoes are next on the plate.

great find!

What a lucky thing... last weekend we found this rug laying out on the sidewalk--unstained and in perfect condition.  Free for the taking!

It's the perfect size (6' x 8') for our living room and the colors go great.  

I've been wanting a new rug for a while now, but haven't been willing to pay some outrageous price for one.  By some crazy fortune, we just happened to be walking down that one particular street and this one particular rug that just happened to be the right size and colors magically appeared on the sidewalk.

And, to top that off, Christopher's parents just happened to have their carpet steamer that weekend, planning to clean our other rugs... (Thank you!!)

It makes the room feel so much warmer and homier.  I'm kind of amazed.

chai tea

With Christopher's folks in town this weekend, we headed over to the Random Tea Room & Curiosity Shop, the tiniest and most lovely of tea rooms I've ever had the pleasure of visiting (twice now).  We ordered the Chai Masala, having heard raves about it from friends.

They serve it to you as a candle-lit teapot on your table with small (2-3 ounce) tea cups, allowing you to share or drink yourself.

And, ohhhhh, I wish I could share our teapot with you over this blog....

Perhaps you and I can start experimenting and come up with our own chai recipe...

Maybe start a new tradition.

in the garden

A little planting today...

Some bird food to keep Random entertained from his spot in the window...

A little gift from Caroline for watching Kitten...

All in all, a wonderful day.

lonely toothbrush...

it's small and it's silly, but when Christopher goes away for a few days, the thing that really underlines his absence is seeing my lonesome toothbrush on the sink...

last time he went away, i bought a replacement toothbrush to sit next to mine until he returned.  that replacement turned into his current one, and mine is sitting alone once again.

i guess i'll have to make a trip to the grocery store this morning...