Today I found out my cousin in PA,  a little younger than me, is being treated for a cancer that had time to metastasize before it could present symptoms and be diagnosed.  It doesn’t sound good.  So that was some bad news, on top of things in general.  Why is our family so cancerous?!

It took me a while to get myself to Avdi’s; I’ve been feeling more draggy (not the good kind) lately.  But I did manage to get some garden work done.  I was able to dig some bluebell plants for the neighbors, who were out gardening “with” me through the fence.  We talked shop, and they inspired me to try to root some cuttings of native coral honeysuckle for them.  Returning to my propagatrix roots helps.

The newly turned soil in the herb garden is the future home of the basils.

future home of basil