My Chive Plant

Its beautiful outside today. The sun is shining, the sky is a beautiful blue color with lots of white clouds. There are great gusts of wind blowing about. When I was younger I remember reading Winnie the Pooh and how he talked about blustery days. I now know what a blustery day is! The wind is so fierce sometimes on the hill I live on, that it knocks down all my potted plants. It tore up the small metal green house I put up for growing tomatoes this summer. You know the kind, it has movable shelves inside and the whole thing is covered with a zip up clear plastic cover. I've put it away now, it was in three pieces, had a small puncture in the plastic and was scattered in the back yard after 1 hour of being put together.

A couple of weeks ago I went with my husband and my niece to The Royal Cornwall Show, it was a lot of fun. While I was there I picked up a few plants, two of them were chives. Today I gave one of my chives away. It had a pretty lavender bloom sitting up tall with lots of healthy green spikes growing around it. I gave it to my friend Sheila. Sheila is a fellow gardener and has answered many of my questions about growing things here in England. She's just gotten out of the hospital after having major surgery. I like Sheila, she is one of the nicest people I know here, outside of my husband, and the first friend I've made since I moved. Its difficult to live in a place and not have friends. I left all my family and friends back home and boy do I miss them! My chive went to a good home.

Sheila