Red at Rutgers Gardens Sale

marigolds and red salvia at Rutgers Gardens Plant Sale
marigolds and red salvia at Rutgers Gardens Plant Sale
I finally made it to the famous (at least in Central New Jersey) Rutgers Gardens Annual Plant Sale. I wasn’t disappointed with the plants but with the crowds – there were just too many people there! We had to park all the way near the highway and walk all the way down to the pavilion by the Raritan River. Why were so many people available on a Friday? I can understand seniors or moms with kids, but young couples hand-in-hand? Neither had a full-time job they needed to be at – or maybe they both thought it was worth a day off or a leisurely lunch hour (more like leisurely three hours, to get the most out of the sale).

woman at plant sale

Do you have popular plant sales where you live?
more red flowers

And these are just photos of the annuals!
petunias

For more photos with a little or a LOT of red, visit:
Ruby Tuesday

Watercolor Detail


Catch your interest? Come back on Tuesday or Wednesday to see the whole watercolor. Or take a guess now at what else you will see in the painting…

Pink Azalea with Red Spots


Happy Mother’s Day. Our azaleas have already faded (this shot is from last week), but the rhododendron is starting to show color, and the roses have tiny buds. We have a bit of a chilly day here… lots of unusual winds yesterday.

For more flowers, visit:
today's flowers

Review with Rocket-Like Columbine

columbine that looks like a white rocket

On My Blog

country inn at Jiminy Peak with orange mountains in background hellebore azaleas looking down the street
girl with muffin and candle undon noodles broccoli carrot scallions tree blossoms
– Interview with Lisa Palombo, Painter
– The Promised Land (video)

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

  • Jew Wishes reviews Beatrice and Virgil (same author as Life of Pi).
  • Ilana-Davita presents the first of her blog interviews, Weekly Interview: Treppenwitz.
  • Mother in Israel has a provocative and well-discussed post called Should Co-Sleeping be Outlawed?
  • Carver posted about Melanoma Awareness (a topic that hits too close to home for her).
  • On a related topic, HaAretz had an article:
    Skin cancer increasingly likely among Jewish Israeli men
    There were some nutrition prevention suggestions on that article:
    “Dr. Niva Shapira, a nutrition counselor at the Cancer Association also noted that recent studies have shown a Mediterranean diet rich in fish and olive oil reduces the risk of melanoma.

    Food proven to help protect against radiation includes broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, kiwi, grapes, strawberries, oranges, fish, olive oil, avocado, almonds, tea, cacao and spices including rosemary and sage.

    In contrast, processed red meat; Omega 6-rich oils like sunflower, corn and soy oil; fried food; celery; parsley and figs all increase skin oxidation and skin cancer risk. “

Upcoming: Why Do Jews Eat Dairy on Shavuot? The standard, the fun, the funny, the historical, the hysterical. Feel free to leave your own funny comments on this topic in this post, if you dare to see your words (name dropped) appear in the upcoming post.

Inn with Orange Hills

country inn at Jiminy Peak with orange mountains in background
I took this photo of the Country Inn at Jiminy Peak in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts back in January. I love both the round and triangular elements of the facade and the orange color of late afternoon on the mountains.

For more window views, visit:
Window Views

Coming Soon: a return to Ruin Rui – to be posted on this blog by tomorrow (Thursday)

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