picspam and book talk
Apr. 5th, 2009 02:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshI took my camera with me yesterday when I went to the grocery store, and took lots of spring pics. So, time for a little Spring Picspam.
It's still early, so very few bushes or trees have leafed out, but it won't be long until everything is green again. In the meantime, the trees are sporting a variety of buds and blossoms.
Most of the traditional spring flowers have started to bloom, just in the past week.
Daffodils
Tulips
Most of the tulips are still budding, but a few in especially sunny spots have burst open into full, riotous color.
Crocuses
My favorite are the purple ones, but these white ones just jumped out at me.
Daisies?
I don't know, my ability to correctly name flowers is iffy at best, but these make me think of daisies, so that's what I'm going with until someone can give me a better name for them.
Dandelions
I know, most people think of them as weeds. But they are such a bright, sun-drenched weed that they make me think of the best parts of summer. And so they've been included in my picspam.
In other news, a few friends and I started up a science fiction book club a few weeks ago and today we had our first book discussion. I volunteered to host this first meeting, thus the grocery shopping yesterday. I never quite got around to cleaning however, so I had to get up early and do that this morning, along with preparing some food for our lunchtime meeting.
I had way too much food, but the good thing is, I'll have lots of leftovers for the week ahead. I made a simple pasta salad with angel hair pasta, red and orange peppers, grape tomatoes and light italian dressing. I also bought some sourdough bread to go with it, but somehow we never opened it, so I'll have a whole loaf to eat this week. Nom, nom, nom. I also got some pepperjack cheese, wheat crackers, apples, and mixed nuts as snacky things. Yay for yummy foods.
We started off with Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. It was an easy read, and led to all sorts of interesting discussion which ranged from social control, to politics, to religion, to who knows what else as we wandered around in our thoughts. I've never actually participated in a bookclub before so I have nothing to compare it to, but I think it went well. Next up, we're reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis. Plus, I now have a list of other books to put on my 'must read soon' list, that came up in conversation during the discussion. This is very good.
It's still early, so very few bushes or trees have leafed out, but it won't be long until everything is green again. In the meantime, the trees are sporting a variety of buds and blossoms.
Most of the traditional spring flowers have started to bloom, just in the past week.
Daffodils
Tulips
Most of the tulips are still budding, but a few in especially sunny spots have burst open into full, riotous color.
Crocuses
My favorite are the purple ones, but these white ones just jumped out at me.
Daisies?
I don't know, my ability to correctly name flowers is iffy at best, but these make me think of daisies, so that's what I'm going with until someone can give me a better name for them.
Dandelions
I know, most people think of them as weeds. But they are such a bright, sun-drenched weed that they make me think of the best parts of summer. And so they've been included in my picspam.
In other news, a few friends and I started up a science fiction book club a few weeks ago and today we had our first book discussion. I volunteered to host this first meeting, thus the grocery shopping yesterday. I never quite got around to cleaning however, so I had to get up early and do that this morning, along with preparing some food for our lunchtime meeting.
I had way too much food, but the good thing is, I'll have lots of leftovers for the week ahead. I made a simple pasta salad with angel hair pasta, red and orange peppers, grape tomatoes and light italian dressing. I also bought some sourdough bread to go with it, but somehow we never opened it, so I'll have a whole loaf to eat this week. Nom, nom, nom. I also got some pepperjack cheese, wheat crackers, apples, and mixed nuts as snacky things. Yay for yummy foods.
We started off with Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. It was an easy read, and led to all sorts of interesting discussion which ranged from social control, to politics, to religion, to who knows what else as we wandered around in our thoughts. I've never actually participated in a bookclub before so I have nothing to compare it to, but I think it went well. Next up, we're reading To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis. Plus, I now have a list of other books to put on my 'must read soon' list, that came up in conversation during the discussion. This is very good.
