I got stuff (but it ain’t perfume)

Posse!!

It’s been a minute since I have been posting here – but I haz EXCUSES!

1. my skin – it’s been a slog… but MY SKIN IS NEARLY BACK TO NORMAL!  The allergist (female) said, after a lengthy meeting, ‘well – I can’t do everything at once.  So.  I can work on the allergy.  Or your sinus issues.  Or your skin.  I gave her SUCH a Look.  ‘okay!  Skin it is!’  My sister thought I should begin with the allergies.  My sister is a fiend.
2. However, in that Allergist Way she has pulled all scented products out of my rotation (she tried to get me to not wear eyeliner or mascara… lol!  Honey, I don’t get out of bed without those two.  Ditto lipliner.  Gal’s got to draw the line somewhere.  So…. it’ll be awhile before I can review anything perfumey – but y’all know I kinda suck at perfume reviews anyway, so feel free to heave a huge sigh of relief.
3. What is it with Vanicream?  Does every skin doctor have stock in that stuff?  Admittedly the ‘stuff’ works – I’m applying it after I put on the rash creams and omg… my skin feels AH-MAYYYY-zing!

But y’all know it’s… petroleum-based.  Huh.  No Shea Butter (for now) …but petroleum is okay.  Okay!  Just get my skin sorted, stat!

The scilla in all its Spring glory

We’ve been blessed with a cool Spring. It’s great for the Spring bulbs and ephemerals which cannot survive high 80s… in March, for snakes’ sakes.  So these 40-60F days are perfect.  I’m a particular fan of Scilla (aka Siberian Squill) and Pushkinia, which are slow to increase but omg! when they do?  ShaZAYum!  I took a walk (in the blustery bluster) to the Scilla patch – it’s about a block away, tucked under some trees between two old, ill-kept houses and Glory Hallelujah! for large, old, ill-kept houses!  Had this been a reno (for anyone but me) or a teardown, they probably would’ve ripped it out. Instead, this cool Spring brough a wave of sky blue beauty about 25’x 50’… and it is enchanting.  The cool Spring also keeps it blue – warmer weather tends to trend towards violet which is lovely.  But it’s not sky blue.  So yet another YAY! for a Cool Spring.  My daffodils are showing up – and showing OUT!  This is an amazing year for them – dunno if you remember last Autumn’s YUUUGE! bag of white varieties, which I had to find space for among my already jam-packed Spring borders.  Well..l I did (of course I did – and it’ll be a miracle if I don’t do that again.  sigh)… and they are slowly-but-surely making their debut.  Some of them are intensely fragrant – and hey!  Nothing I can do about that.  Gal’s got to cut a daff here and there, to stank up the house!

And… WINNERS! from the ‘Lowered Expectations’ post:  Kathleen and Dina C!

Gmail your evilauntieanitaAT and I’ll get some goodies out to you!