Spring has Sprung!

_Last Spring_ California Poppies

In one of my elementary textboods was a section on Spring poems with a drawing entitled Spring; everything depicted was made of springs or had an attached spring of some type. I've always remembered that drawing and have never seen it again. I would love to find a copy of it.

I had to get up at the crack of dawn to go to Colorado Springs Penrose Hospital for oral surgery this morning (fasting_no tea_no food_no meds). The IV went in perfectly first time! Since the usual "go to sleep" med they use is soy based, I was given the alternative cocktail to relax me, lower the pain threshhold, and something else I don't remember. The surgery went well, I now have 2 less teeth and have to figure out what type of partials I need to get installed since those were the last 2 teeth I could chew with. I'm thinking that implants would be better than attaching the false teeth to crowns on the side teeth, since I would have to have 6 crowns to attach the 3 partials I need and that is time consuming and costly. I'm hoping the implants would be about the same cost. Mom had to have implants to get her false teeth to fit and has been pleased with them.

_Last Spring_ Chamomile

When Joe drove me home we had to stop at a grocery store to get some good lowfat yoghurt (Mountain High is what I prefer since it was invented and sold first in Boulder when I lived there) since I can't have solid food for 48 hours. Hopefully this will assist me in losing a few more of my goal of 80 pounds, while I can't eat solid food. I took a pain pill and reclined and slept till late afternoon, when I got a call from my brother Steve.

He is starting a new corporation to market his photos and photo tile murals and had just gotten back from a meeting in LA and is really excited with his new corporate board of well experienced advisers who "know" people. Steve has done away with his blog since it didn't get enough traffic to justify the time it took. His photos can now be viewed at http://jpgmag.com/people/smetzner, where he gets a lot more attention and feedback.

After talking to him I felt well enough to go outside, feed the birds, watch the birds, and do a small amount of cleanup of locust seed pods in the herb garden. I also sat a bit on the new patio I built last summer and watched a fat moon come up in the still fairly light blue sky. It must be close to full moon. Does the Equinox come with the full moon? Where is my "Old Farmer's Almanac"?

It is time to plant the Sugar Pod Peas but with the rain and snow I haven't been able to prepare the soil so they will go in a little late. While sitting there I discovered lots of one inch tall California Poppy plants just coming up in my new Lavender garden; seeded from the ones I grew there last year. I'm anxious to see what all made it through the winter and will come up and flower there this year. I need to spread some Camomile seeds so that I have some white flowers with the gold poppies and lavender Lavender. I love the look, smell and taste of Chamomile, which makes a great relaxing tea (see the photo of Chamomile with purple Veronica and yellow Yarrow growing in pots on my previous roof top garden, La Playa Brea_click to enlarge) .