Hi.. Just had breakfast.  Very good Columbian coffee which I first bought with a dollar off coupon and am still buying!  Also had two toasted slices of delicious 9 grain artisan bread, a banana and half of my usual am pills (cause I have not yet refilled my weekly containers with my vitamins). Filling 8 or 9 of  the vitamins takes about half an hour but then you can just forget about it for 8 or 9 weeks!  I usually forget untill the last one is empty!!
     Only read 7 books in May .... way less than I used to read before I got my first computer but actually the same number as I read last year.   May is a busy month for me as I am usually getting containers ready for planting.  This year I only started 2 CA begonias in the house .. on the window seat.  Used to start more but can no longer lug long heavy planters around.  I've planted about 45 CA begonia bulbs this year and have a few more to plant as back up in case some fail to show which rarely happens. Also have 4 containers of CA calla lilies planted.  All these bulbs usally do very well but you have to be patient and enjoy the beautiful leaves first ...then come the blossoms.  These begonias have huge blossoms and the colors are really beautiful.
    Have 12 cucumber plants in (in 2 long containers) but only have 1 tomato plant in. Had heavy thunder showers...downpours really..late yesterday afternoon.  My daughter has taken me grocery shopping many, many times and this is the first time we were ever were caught in this type of downpour.  Too wet to plant anything today so will try to put in the other 4 tomato plants tomorrow.  Also like to plant allyssum and portulaca between bulbs for a litle color while I wait for the bulbs to get going.   More on books and politics later................