March 31--Selena Gomez and her crew were all over it

[zyzyly]

I didn't really go anywhere, mostly. I think I had my fill of driving all over the place this week. Close to home is the plan for the weekend.

I took my car to the carwash to remove the evidence of my travels. As usual, they messed with my seat. I can understand that they might have to move it back or forward to drive it out of the carwash, but why do they have to recline the seat? It puts a cramp in my good driving posture.

After the carwash I went to the nursery to pick up some stuff for the garden. Malida bought a dwarf kumquat tree a few weeks ago and needed a pot to put it in and some soil. I got some marigolds for the border of our vegetable beds. My cousin, who I just learned is a master gardener, suggests that it is too early to plant vegetables. She says wait until at least the 15th of April. She used to have a gardening show on TV. I knew she had been on TV when she was younger, but I always thought she did the weather.

I came home and put the new pot in the front patio. I saw that my grandpa orchid had bloomed. It's the plant that my brother-in-law gave me that he originally got from my grandfather's house. Amazing!



After I dropped the stuff off from the nursery, I drove downtown to meet my friend Harold for lunch. I haven't seen him for a while, so it was good to get caught up. We met years ago in a beginning photography class, back when we were using film. We took a bunch of classes together and spent a lot of time out photographing whatever. We had a great lunch and talked for a couple hours. We were surprised that we have both switched to Olympus mirrorless cameras. We made plans to go out photographing in the near future.



I came home and had a fantastic nap--the first one all week. I was planning to head east to take some sunset pictures, but it was overcast, so I stayed home and cooked some chicken instead.

Comments

[elainetyger]

Perhaps they recline the seat in order to vacuum more deeply into the crevice between the seat bottom and the seat back?

[randomdreams]

I have a lot of friends who are all about the DSLR's. What made you choose mirrorless? You obviously do very well with them.

That orchid is lovely.

[ranunculus]

I worked in a plant nursery in Ukiah for several years (loved that job). We also strongly suggested not planting vegetables until at least April 15. That said, each year is different and if you are willing to replant if there is a hard freeze, then go right ahead and plant. Planting early won't hurt anything and your plants will have a longer productive life.

[zyzyly]

That makes perfect sense, and something I never considered. Ok then.

[zyzyly]

I have a friend who is a professional photographer, and he started using the Olympus about a year ago, and I was impressed with how sharp his images and videos were, so I started checking it out. I liked that the mirrorless is a lot lighter and less bulky as well. And, for the cost of a new Canon 5D body, I was able to get the Olympus body and three lenses. I'm happy with it so far.

[zyzyly]

I don't think we are in for any more freezes. We'll probably plant stuff over the next couple of weeks. It's a small garden, and we are used to disappointment, so nothing to lose, really.

[amaebi]

Gorgeous orchid. Well done!