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Thank you Lucy. Something wonderful about getting home after a long hard day, to a soft purple gift on the table. A lovely circular scarf, or given my icy ears, a sort of hat. We shall see, if it ever gets cold here again.

We made it to the market this morning, to little effect. Early lunch at Red Iguana, took us a while to realize they were setting up for V day lunch, got in under the wire, before the fuss began. Many years ago, D and a couple of his friends and I went to a favorite Vietnamese restaurant (now gone) on a random midweek. We were sure it would be slow, and couldn't figure out why they were so crowded. Once seated, the waitress handed me a rose.

Huh.

It still took us all several minutes to look around and realize all the women were being given roses, and it was mostly couples... oh. Several more of the guys arrived, and Rachelle was given a rose as well. Yup, mid-February, Valentines, and they were easily, gladly seating a table of seven or eight on a crowded evening.

Five more gallons of weeds out today, making a total of 20, and I'm about half way for this part of the project. Found two marbles, one green, one blue. So far. With Monday off, I should be able to finish the digging, maybe start on the frame, put buckwheat around the periphery, lay down the scarlet flax. Got the fish emulsion on the back garden. I think that will just be pease and tomatoes this year, and whatever parsley and chives, potatoes or strawberries, come up from last year. And the existing raised bed in front shall be new strawberries. Maybe more herbs, mints. Verge raised bed, with sand amendment, will be california poppies. Iris and allium bulbs went in last fall.