Perfect weather

Before we headed downtown for a this-and-that session, we went crazy in the yard. All bulbs, rhizomes, and corms are now in the ground. Various odds and ends from open seed packets have been scattered. The older stalks on fennel plants were taken back some more, since so many new shoots are emerging and even blooming. The potted basil brought indoors isn't liking the change in atmosphere. Old photographs show that we had scads of nasturtiums still blooming either last year or the year before, or both years. Oxalis and geranium plants are still producing flowers. Thunbergia doesn't mind the weather so far. We noticed that, as always, just in time for Advent and Guadalupe Day, all novena candles have shot up in price.