Neil and I had a lovely, laid back, anniversary - which has become the norm for us.  Neil made delicious steak au povire which has a brandy cream sauce.  It's delicious, and we tend to save it for special occasions.  After dinner we had cantaloupe, with vanilla ice cream, fresh ground nutmeg and chocolate sauce.  Neil's made this two years in a row - it's really really good.


And for second dessert (what, don't you always have second dessert on special occasions?) there was freshly baked rhubarb crumble.  Mmmmm......


On Thursday I went to a friend's house after work.  I "helped" her thin out her perennial beds so she'd have space for some new plants.  I got this massive pile:


I may not remember all the names but among that pile there's bloodroot, vivian, mahogany and pink daylilies, primrose, lily of the valley, ginger, columbine, bee balm, astilbe, wild geranium, and, um, at least 4 others I can think of but not remember the names for...  I had brought flower pots, but most of the plants were just too huge to fit in any of them - and they filled the entire back of my subaru with three pots on the bench seat as well!

So that's what I'll be doing this weekend - planning and planting some new perennial beds!  I'm very excited.  Oh, and also working on a new knitting project.  This is a big one with a deadline - and I'm not going to say any more about that, so you'll have to be patient for awhile.