Marigene, I have an old gardening book published in 1901 and it's amazing how many of today's favorite houseplants were being grown then. Fun to speculate how many cuttings were passed along and probably still thriving somewhere today from still other cuttings. But to have an original plant 80 years old...just think of all the care and watering through all those years. Your Prayer Plant (Maranta?) is a little fussier so it's surprising it made it through those times when, if like my plants in that family, it sulks or gets brown edging on leaves. I have learned though to cut back on watering and even if it dies back it will recover from roots. The Haworthia I haven't grown but, again, I'm really impressed with its age. Thanks for sharing the story of your plants..josh

One of our smaller local markets had wild sockeye salmon fillets for $8.99 a pound. Max bought a piece, sprinkled it with Cajun seasoning and pan seared it. For sides he baked Yukon gold potatoes and sauteed zucchini. He's doing a great job with dinners. I'm too tired to try to cook dinner but this morning I cut up the baked potato leftover that I had, sauteed it in some butter, poured a beaten agg over it, topped with shredded cheddar (the downside was that I shredded the cheese over the pan and got some on the hot cooktop - cleanup will be later) and had a great frittata for breakfast. Tomorrow I'm going to make chicken soup for lunch from the leftover quicky chicky from Costco. We have three stools at the peninsula counter in our kitchen and I have spread them out so that one is closest to the refrigerator and one in front of the cooktop so I can sit and work. Sharon, your salad looks delicious. Nancy your crepes look wonderful-it's been a long time since we've had crepes and I love them. Ann, I could pull that foccacia right off the screen. Pasta sounds good too. Lee

Kathleen, you won't get much light if you use the globes, since they aren't clear, but you might need them if you have much wind. Otherwise, it would look much nicer without them. I used to belong to a camping group that had members who would bring a gazebo and a chandelier to the campsite and hold high tea. Their chandelier was similar to yours, but without the glass. We had Burmese take-out food yesterday because it was too hot to cook - we could have barbecued, but DB has a bad cold/sore throat, and so I thought it wasn't worth the effort. We went to an excellent Halal Burmese market/delicatessen and got curried goat, chicken tikka, egg rolls, samosas, some stuffed bread, tofu salad, and mango drinks. If you need pictures, visit this review. The goat curry was the best I've ever had, and I will go back just for that. It came with jasmine rice, curried vegetables, naan, and a very interesting cole slaw/salad made with cabbage and tiny slices of jalapeño, which really livened it up. While at the market I bought some tamarind paste (since I was out), and some instant fried noodles from Indonesia. I usually get both of those at an Indonesian market (not far away), and so I was surprised to find the same items at a Burmese market. I would like to recreate the salad. I think it had cabbage, onion, jalapeño, lime, and maybe some powdered shrimp. Lars Here is a link that might be useful: Yelp reviews

I could of sworn I posted a Happy Birthday wish to you yesterday but I don;t see it......guess I'm getting old! Anyhow Happy Birthday a day late. Hope you are feeling much better by the weekend. Sharon