Thursday, March 27

The tulips are blooming, but we're afraid predicted storms over the next couple of days will beat them down. Already, clouds were gathering when I snapped the above photo this evening.

I skipped my treadmill session this morning, so we could shop for groceries for the weekend trip. The WDCS wasn't overly busy today, so we found a parking space close to the store, and were able to pick up what we needed quickly...even at the deli, where I usually have to stand and wait endlessly while folks ahead of me are served. Today, I was the only one at the counter.

We got back home around 10:30, and continued putting food and other items for the weekend into the camper. Then we packed a lunch for the noon brown bag film fest event at the museum. We arrived at the museum shortly before noon and settled in to eat our lunch of homemade pimento cheese sandwiches, with chips for Hubbie and pretzels for Mother and me. For dessert, I ate a fig bar, and Hubbie had cookies from the refreshment table.

The (free) film today was about a town in Maryland, where there are large organic farms, as well as a store that offers only organically grown produce. The growers admit that farming purely the organic way is very labor intensive, though the resulting produce is healthier than that produced by conventional agriculture, which uses synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.

After the film, about 1 p.m., we returned home to drop Hubbie off, and Mother and I went to a greeting card making workshop at the hospice care office. I'd invited another lady, who is a member of our scrapbooking club, and she was there when we arrived. So eight of us worked a few hours and produced a good-sized stack of cards.

We were back home by 4 p.m. Mother had put chicken breasts in the slow cooker to barbecue in a sauce of tomatoes and spices while Hubbie and I were gone shopping this morning. The meat cooked all day and was delicious with rice, and a blend of veggies (from the frozen food section) steamed in the microwave.

While we were gone, Hubbie gave Shih Tzu a bath, and did other things related to the trip. After supper, he hooked the camper to the truck, in case it's raining when we get ready to leave in the morning.

During our quiet hour, I photographed the tulips, and Hubbie read his novel. Then we relaxed and watched a few shows on TV.