The weather is certainly playing tricks on us and it is really affecting our gardening.  First, I received a couple basil plants for Easter and I transplanted them in a larger container filled with soil that I bought at Lowe’s.  After a couple of days they wilted and then died.  Last week I bought two more plants and have not tried to transplant them.  I keep them in a bowl and add water to the roots and they are absolutely beautiful, with nice green leaves which are continuing to grow.  I am going back to Lowe’s and get some suggestions as to how I can successfully transplant them.

 

The next item of concern is the pansies.  Forgetting it was suppose to frost I left them out on my patio and I do not know if I will be able to save them.  The blossoms are gone but. the leaves seem to still be green. I am going to bring them back in the house and try to nurse them back to healthy plants. This has been a very strange spring but maybe we should wait a while longer before putting plants outdoor.

 

I hope you are tolerating house confinement better than I am.  Having to stay in for a couple of days might be enjoyable, but what is now 50-plus days is getting unbearable.  I understand that this is what is best for us and if we do not follow the rules, things may get worse.  I encourage you to continue what the authorities are suggesting and hope that we do not have a second round of this virus.  I, too, will take my own advice and try to stay home, it will be hard, but I know it is what is best for me.

 

I have been watching mass on EWTN on Saturday night and Sunday morning and I am really enjoying them.  Last Saturday the mass came from the Shrine of the Blessed Mother at Lourdes in observance of the anniversary.  It was a beautiful setting and a very meaningful mass.  I am looking forward at getting back to mass at the Immaculate Conception.

 

I am still enjoying the Keto diet and have lost another pound or two.  I did this to get some weight off my legs and hopefully relieve the neuropathy pain.  I cannot say whether this has worked or not because in the mean time I have had to stop the physical therapy because of the pandemic.  It has not been hard for me to stay on this diet and I hope to continue for a while longer.  Elinda Carson made me a dish of lasagna using zucchini noodles and it really turned out well.  I enjoy the salads and the eggs.  Last night I grilled a filet mingoin.  Other than the one slip with the Easter bread, I have been pretty faithful.  I think that the best thing I can be doing is staying on this diet during this time of confinement, otherwise who knows what size I might be.

 

I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day and I wish a Happy Birthday to Ruby Oldaker.  Keep safe, keep happy and until next week “Now You Have Heard It Through The Grapevine.”