And it's not so sunny again...it's Spring!

Cloudy and cool with blustery winds yesterday, same today but darker clouds and a 63% chance of rain in my area in the next hour. I love this kind of weather, there's a sort of expectant energy about it and it happens both in Fall and Spring. That's why the plants are so confused sometimes.

Lavender trumpet vines are blooming on both sides of the pergola, this is the one that faces West and is more prolific. The scarlet one on the south side seems to be putting out buds for flowers but not sure.

Top two are today and the bottom is yesterday, you can see by the brighter one that the branches are moving quite a bit in the wind but it was a bit calmer yesterday. I can see the clouds outside my window getting darker and darker... and I just watered yesterday to be sure due to planting bell pepper seeds in the south and west beds. It's taking a chance, I have always grown them in a container first, will see what happens.

 

 

 

 

 

 Top picture was yesterday afternoon along with the bottom left with the onion laying on the ground. Right picture is from today. Nothing wrong with the onion, I pulled it because it was big enough and then took the one from seed that was in a corner and transplanted it to that spot. Transplant took well and is not wilted. The tomatoes are growing like gangbusters and that is going to be my go-to tomato from now until I have a bigger area to plant bigger tomatoes. Wondering if I should have put the taller one in the  middle dangit.

 

Seed discovered when I pulled the two smallest pepper plants. I may regret planting it because it looks like a pumpkin or one of the squash that Dolores was growing. If it is a pumpkin/squash it will take over the entire bed. Should that start growing I may move it to the west bed where it can spread out.  

 

 

Hard to see the stick for a marker but it's marking where I planted the squash seed. The onions had flower buds on them but I nipped those off yesterday, so when those onions come out there will be room for maybe cilantro or something else on that side. The Romaine is growing nicely as well as the peppers.  

 

Comparison from the end of March when they were planted, one full space on the trellis which is about 4 1/2 inches and twice as wide. Gives me a spark of hope they are growing as they should with only new compost in the bed. Still haven't used the other two bags but that's okay, will figure out how to stockpile them somewhere out of the sun so the bags don't degrade so quickly. 

 

On my way upstairs and noticed the epi in the rose garden was putting out a flower and then noticed the dove rummaging through the leaves. It was watching me very carefully of course so I moved carefully and slowly while taking a picture. Seems that bench is a favorite perch of the birds as well.

Just got a gust of wind through the window and smells of wet pavement and asphalt, definitely raining somewhere in the neighborhood but nothing on the ground for us at the moment. Still wonderful smell and view.