Many things

I got my High Country Gardens catalog yesterday and boy, do they have some pretty things. I wanted one of each of their boxed gardens! Of course I had to chuckle at all the "does not thrive in clay soil" on so many of their plants. I'd certainly like to try to use native plants a lot and get some semblance of xeriscaping in my beds. Watering in deep summer is a pain---not to mention the expense. I suppose I am getting smarter about this gardening-speak. I know to translate "abundant reseeder" as "you'll be pulling this plant up for the next 5 years".

On a more serious note, I do wish you'd stop apologizing for chatting. If I hadn't wanted to know your thoughts on a subject, any subject, I wouldn't ask. It always makes me feel very funny when a friend feels they have to apologize for passionately discussing a subject---much less my mother. I don't have any problem telling you I need to drop off the call to go handle things and hope you'd never be offended by that.

I can't wait to get the surprise you told me about. I always feel funny about those things too. I know so much labor and work and expense go into them that I feel a bit guilty that you make things like that for me. But I sure adore having things you make with your own hands. I don't think I've ever adequately explained to you how much I treasure them and how special they make me feel.

I would absolutely love to have some of those hyacinth seeds. Hyacinth isn't anything I've really grown but I think they look terrific and I'm really trying to work on plants to feed birds and butterflies. Heaven knows the cats and Faye need something to terrorize.