Company and gardening

minoanmiss/browngirl came over today so I could show off our garden and introduce her to the cats. She said very nice things about the garden, both the things we've planted—the cucumber vines are particularly attractive at the moment—and some of the plants that the landlords left behind, especially the roses. The lavender (one of those perennials) is now in bloom, and I gave her some flower heads to use in cooking.

We had lunch at Little Q Hot Pot, with much cheerful conversation about languages, our respective foreign language classes, and books.

(I planted the rosemary this morning, and watered the vegetables, before Browngirl came over, because I wanted to do that while it was cool. The plan for tomorrow is to not garden, because I think I need a bit of a rest, tempted though I am to go buy a flowering cactus. They will probably still have some on Saturday.)