Shamrock Smoothie

Banana, kiwi, grapes......this Shamrock Smoothie from Midwest Living magazine sounds like a delicious healthy indulgence for St. Patrick's Day. I have those clear glass cups so I could make them look just like this. I won't be making them today, but I think they might be nice for a summer afternoon on the deck, so I am saving the recipe.

Except for a teeny tiny bite of corned beef at work, I did (and will do) nothing to celebrate today.  I had visions of making the famous red cake only using green food coloring (I even thawed out the left over Buttermilk I saved last month), but that never happened. I still think it would have been a great idea for a St. Patrick's Day dessert.  Maybe I will make it this weekend since I have to do something with the Buttermilk.

What about you? Did you do anything festive today?

On my way home from work, I stopped at the library to pick up another book. P.A. Smith's, Colors for the Garden.  I opened the book to glorious hot garden colors.....he is even using my favorite Tropicannas.

Oh, big black Elephant Ears in a hot color scheme....he's talking my kind of gardening! 

I was getting short of breath from the excitement of having nearly 200 pages of wonderful reading!

Then I got to page 98....what? The remainder of the book looked like this on every page from 98 - 185.

I really do not like to see pages of plant lists like this.  Show me the gorgeous pictures, then list the plants underneath.  I won't even bother reading any more of this one. Darn! I was so excited to think I finally found a really good gardening book.