Yesterday evening after my adoration hour, Travalon and I
went to a Thai restaurant on our side of town that we had been curious about.
We loved the décor, with lots of plants and Asian accents, but the waitress
seemed to ignore us for a long time. Finally she came and wanted to take our
order before bringing us water. We ordered, and then our food came quickly.
Travalon’s curry duck was delicious, but my dish didn’t appear to be anything
like what I was expecting. It turns out the waitress thought I had ordered
something else that doesn’t even sound the least bit like what I wanted, and
she kept arguing with me that I had ordered what she brought, not what I
actually wanted. Finally she brought the right dish, but then she was going to
charge us for all three dishes. Fortunately Travalon was able to convince her
we shouldn’t pay for the dish I never wanted, which I didn’t like and didn’t
eat. So that was kind of weird.
Today they had the usual Wednesday lunchtime activity at
Allen Centennial Gardens, this time painting a flowerpot. Some of the people
there were painting elaborate designs on their terra cotta pots, but I seem to
be lacking originality in my old age (not to mention time), so I just painted
some childish-looking flowers in primary colors around the sides of mine. The
other people at my table were mixing colors to get interesting shades of
chartreuse and copper and raspberry, but I just stuck with the basic red, yellow,
blue, and green. It was a timely activity because tonight I plan to retrieve
the houseplants from my garden plot, and I was wondering if I had enough pots
to put them in. This one should be just the right size for the larger
amaryllis. There is a smaller amaryllis, and three calla lilies: one blooms
white, one blooms black (but is already in a pot courtesy of Handy Woman), and
one blooms orange. It has been warm enough for them lately, but I don’t expect this weather
to last forever!
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