Out of Hibernation
Michael came out from his sewing room hibernation today! It was a beautiful day - a bit chilly with temperatures in the 50s, partly cloudy with a few sun breaks and just a few very minor sprinkles. The garden is waking up fast. I love this time of year. The trees are just leafing out, so when the sun does appear, there is a dappled scattering of sunrays dancing throughout the garden. The birds are singing and busy flitting about building their nests. In these crazy times, this is the only place where I feel totally calm and at ease and can filter out life's unpleasantries. We got a lot done today. Yesterday was even nicer with warmer temps and more sun. I got the tarps off the decks, statues and water features. Today was spent mostly cleaning up, more planting and moving pots around. Veronica 'Georgia Blue' Blue-eyed Mary ( Omphaloides verna ) with Daphne tangutica ) Japanese Maple ( Acer palmatum 'Beni Hime') Beesia Red Currant ( Ribes sanguineum 'King Edwa...
The fruit on my two Italian plum trees aren't quite ripe yet. I love eating them straight off the tree, while I garden. If it looks like we wouldn't be able to consume everything, there is the dehydrator that helps stretch the season for months. The plum coffee cake looks scrumptious!
ReplyDeleteI thought these were Italian plums but wasn't exactly sure. They are good just by themselves. You are lucky to have your own trees!
DeleteMy husband loves plums. I bet he would love this coffeecake. I would too. Thanks for the recipe.
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