Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
gardening & landscaping

garden time

The vegetable garden is doing well this year. I’m a little concerned with all of the rain we’ve been getting as some of the tomato plants are getting spotty leaves like the past two seasons. Other than that, everything looks good (especially the potato plants–they are huge!).

This was my first year for strawberries and I had quite the harvest. I made Strawberry Margarita Jam a couple of weekends ago and that turned out as good as expected. I’m going to use up the rest of the berries this weekend in my regular jam.

The fruit trees, on the other hand, don’t appear to have any blossoms or fruit on them. I’m blaming the winter. On a related not, something (rabbits) ate all of the bark off the lower part of the trees over the winter, so I’m glad the trees are still alive.

celebrations

45

My brother and I treated my parents to dinner yesterday in celebration of their 45th wedding anniversary. The three of us, my brother’s crew and my grandmother were there, too. We went to Asiago’s Tuscan Italian. I don’t normally enjoy eating out, but I have to say that the food there is great! That’s my second time there this year and they haven’t disappointed me yet.

movies

august: osage county

This was quite an engaging film full of incredible actors (Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis and so on). It was a story about a dysfunctional family that is brought together for a funeral. The movie was more about the interactions between the characters and was kind of light on plot, but I did rather enjoy it.

My rating: 3.5/5

books

all fall down

Sometimes, I have unfortunate timing when it comes to choosing a book. In this instance, I started this book just before my family birthday party in May. Of course, I ended up getting a bunch of interesting books that day that I’ve been itching to read ever since. And, to top things off, I received the latest Stephen King book in the mail recently, so that gave me even more motivation to finish this book.

Not that there was anything intrinsically wrong with this book (which had a serial killer-type storyline), but I did figure out whodunit rather early in the story, which didn’t make it particularly compelling to read. But, I toughed it out and finished last night. I’m going to read the Stephen King book next, but that shouldn’t take long, then I can move on to my birthday books!

My rating: 3/5

movies

ender’s game

This was a fine movie for Family Movie Night, but not my cup of tea, otherwise. Unlike, say, The Hunger Games, I think this movie would appeal more to kids than adults. It did have some great special effects, but was lacking in the plot department. The movie was one from a series of books, so I guess there will be more to come. I can’t say that I will watch the next one.

My rating: 3/5