Cinco de Mayo is one of those holidays adopted by Americans, like St. Patrick's Day and Oktoberfest, mostly for eating and drinking. Steak fajitas here last night. Few people know or care that it commemorates the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
I like Cinco de Mayo week because the grocery stores always have specials on produce like peppers, mangoes, avocados, sweet onions and Roma tomatoes, most from Mexico and apparently about to get much more expensive.
Sorry there hasn't been much to talk about lately except cooking and flowers. I guess it could be worse.
Here's some news: today is the warmest day since last September, getting close to 80 in Seattle. The garden seems especially lush (or maybe I just forget from year to year) and I got to work yesterday cutting back the spent bulb foliage and bluebells to give the other flowers some breathing room.
Some folks have all the fun...
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