Plant Daddy

[jackbirdlee]

My dad took my sister and I (and his new girlfriend) out yesterday; we went to a winter farmer's market held in a greenhouse space attached to a plant nursery, and also went to an antique store. I came home with a few friends to add to my desk:

The air plants and little pots were from the plant nursery, and the apple was only $2 at the antique store. It's surprisingly heavy! I also bought a tote bag that says PLANT DADDY, which might be over-selling myself a bit, because air plants are pretty much the limit of my plant raising abilities - anything with dirt overwhelms me quickly.

Other highlights included: some delicious lavender lemonade (purchased and drank while walking around the farmer's market), maple toasted pecans+dark maple syrup purchased from the stall of a local sugar maple farm, and a new addition to my sister's salt and pepper shaker collection: a mouse (salt shaker) holding a triangle of cheese (pepper shaker) found at the antique store.

It was the first time the three of us have been able to go out together in a while. My brother is still recovering from surgery and wasn't able to come out with us, but he's well enough now to hang out on his own for a few hours until his girlfriend got home from work. I'm very much looking forward to when all four of us will be able to go out and do things again.

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Dinner tonight is: pasta with homemade meatballs