someone gave me a penstemon, which is native here. I'll get it in the ground tomorrow. (I long ago mulched out the grass and put in a bunch of mediterranean herbs as well as roses -- yard smells great most of the time).

Time for a large tomoto salad; first chill and rainy day of the dark season. Gotta eat 'em before they freeze.

and I decided I deserved one shot of Hennessey's (not the virtual kind) since it's my birthday. Off the booze for some time now due to diabetes and the meds. We'll see what it does to my blood sugar. and if it makes me lathargic.