More Of Rosie's May Garden.

 Welcome to Rosie's Garden.

California poppies, roses, little gaillardia at bottom right,

larkspur, and bachelor buttons.

 Purple, white, blue, and pink larkspur,

pink iceplant (delosperma), orange poppies.

 I love my red poppies.

 Red poppies with purple larskpur.

 Money plant/honesty plant, lunaria annua.

 Tiffany rose with white and purple allysum.

 

 Pink flowers on oxalis (shamrock).

Bright green on left is Creeping Jenny.

Bright green on right is Jewels of Opar

aka talinum paniculatum.

 More of the same.

With variegated tropicanna lily.

 Red poppy with purple and whitish-blue larkspur

with a baby sunflower in the back left.

Ice plant/delosperma.

I love my roses.

 

 Creeping Jenny is creeping away.

 My orchid is blooming 

for the third time since January.

 I haven't killed it yet!

Catalina Vegetable Delight.

I've mentioned I have vegan/vegetarian Hawthornelets now.

Cooking for them now is a true challenge for me,

but Rosie soldiers on.

I could never go to the dark side.

I love the meat.

I love the butter.

I love the cheese.
I love the eggs.

Funny thing, I don't eat a lot of red meat.

At all.

It's mostly seafood.

Shrimp, oysters, tuna, grouper, mahi mahi, flounder, whatever.

However, every once in a while, I crave red meat.

I always listen to my body.

I give it what it wants. 

And right now, I'm craving LIVER!

That's what catering to vegetarians has done to me. 

Today's dish

is a bright and beautiful vegetable mélange,

tossed with a Catalina dressing.

I cut strips of zucchini, squash, and

red, orange, yellow, and green peppers.

I had baby carrots which I sliced in half,

then blanched for 2 minutes.

Bring salted water to a boil,

toss in carrot slices,

cook for two minutes,

 then drain and rinse with cold water.

Mix vegetables together.

Mr. Hawthorne brought in some of my pretty roses.

Catalina Dressing

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup ketchup

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup cider vinegar

1/4 cup minced onion

1 tsp ground mustard

1 tsp yellow mustard

2 tsp Lea & Perrins

2 tsp Texas Pete

kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

 Combine all ingredients except for oil, salt, and pepper.

Mix well.

Slowly drizzle in oil, whisking the entire time.

Keep whisking until you have a nice emulsion.

Season with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper.

Pour over vegetables and toss to coat.

Cover and refrigerate.

Give it time for all the flavors to meld.

Pour in the dressing.

Toss to coat.

Serve with yellow roses.

Welcome To Rosie's Garden.

Junior was gracious enough to pose for me today.
He's looking quite distinguished.

Enjoy the Garden.

 

There's a little honeybee hiding in there.

Got to bring the pretty inside.

Pink delosperma/ice plant on right.

Purple setcreasea which will have little pink flowers on left.

Larkspur everywhere.

I love the colors here.

Blue bachelor button.

Orange poppies.

And a rose.

Two little honeybees.

Columbine.

Another honeybee.

There's an apiarist down and across the canal from me.

Last time I went to buy wildflower honey from him,

I recognized the bees at his place.

They've all been dining at my place.

He owes me $$$$$.

Love the red poppies.

That rose is as close to perfect as it gets.

Tiffany rose with allysum in background.

Bright green on left is Jewels of Opar,

Talinum paniculatum.

It will have tiny pink flowers and red berries.

Bright green in middle is Creeping Jenny.

Varieated Tropicanna lily on right.

Pink behind it is shamrock/oxalis.

Delicate little treasures.

Bearded iris.

Another columbine.

Columbine bud.

And this is what the bud looks like when it opens.

Irises.

Euonymus blooming and it smells divine.

Poppies, all volunteers.

Pink ice plant/delosperma in foreground.

Little purple setcreasea behind it 

which will spread out like a Wandering Jew

(It is a type of Wandering Jew.)

and have little pink flowers on it.

Purple, white, and pink larkspur volunteers behind it.

The pinks are rare in the yard.

I'm saving their seeds.

Yellow poppies, cilantro blooming, and Jacob's coat rose.

 Red hot pokers are poking.

Come back soon!