Plants to Eat and Plants to Look At

I have a new craving. In the past six days, I have eaten a certain kind of salad four times, and I'm planning on eating another one for lunch at work every day this week, while supplies last. The thing about this salad is that I'm pretty sure I invented it, and it's so good I feel like it would be wrong not to share the ingredients with you. Here's what you do: In a big bowl, combine a couple of handfuls of spinach leaves, three or four strawberries, sliced, half a green apple, cubed, a small handful of cubed cheese (I'm a fiend for sharp cheddar), a small handful of sunflower seeds, and 2-3 tablespoons of an olive oil/balsamic vinegar blend or other non-creamy salad dressing. You won't be disappointed.

Matt and I went to the botanical gardens today. The heat was a little intense. By the time we made it to the prehistoric gardens, I was too woozy to spend any more time out in the heat, but we did take a nice, long stroll through the Japanese garden, which is my favorite part. Matt's too, I'm pretty sure. There are these great little paths through bamboo groves and fish ponds with massive carp and dragon flies swirling above the lily pads. Despite the heat, it was a good, leisurely, unstructured antidote to our day of massive cleaning and reorganizing yesterday. We reduced tons of clutter in the house, finished one more cushion for our glider, and started setting up the baby's changing table, custom-made by Matt.

Here's a couple pictures from today. Anyone wanna guess what color eyes our baby might have?