i'll take it.

question: how do you know if you are a true minnesotan?

answer: when you can't help but get excited reading the forecast and finding out there is a 30F degree day coming up. also, when you walk out of your apartment in to below zero temperature weather with no wind, and you feel quite warm.

in the winter, especially in the dark and gloom of winter, i love sunny days. like this morning, although the temperature might have been bitterly cold, the sun was shining at full capacity. even now, the skies are blue splashed with your occasional cloud.

i think after 22 years of living in this state, i have finally become used to the cold. i mean, you go outside, and yes it is cold.. but it's winter.. in minnesota. duh it's cold. what i am trying to say is that i am not so shocked nowadays, when i walk outside, and it is cold.

oh! and the first 30F degree day in what seems like forever, will feel like an early birthday present from mother nature herself. possibly, you might see the occasional extreme minnesotan with shorts on! so with a predicted high of 33F degrees for tomorrow, put down your heavy, thick winter coats for the day, and enjoy the warmth!

aloha!

the radishes have sprouted!

so in the last few weeks, i have obtained some seeds to plant!  so last.. err.. friday night??  i planted them, and i have been caring for them ever since.  yesterday, i noticed my radishes have begun to sprout!  so i thought i would document the lives of my plants on my blog!  well that's not the only thing, but radishes first.  

week 1: radishes

i also planted peas, tomatoes, and cilantro.  those three have been showing no signs of life as of yet.  but it hasn't even been a week yet, so i still have faith!  they all have to sit on my windows to get sun during the day, but with this beautiful minnesota weather, terribly cold drafts have been escaping into our apartment.  so i move them away from the windows at night.  i really do want them to grow strong and healthy!

week 1: cilantro and tomatoes

what a thrilling entry to the blog!  i hope you will follow the life of my plants with the same enthusiasm i have caring for them!  

adios!