Cincuenta de Mayo
May. 5th, 2012 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
boxofdelightsToday is my husband's birthday. He invited me to have dinner with him and Mungo after Mungo's jazz concert, and said something about which restaurants would be busy on Cinco de Mayo, and then corrected himself to say, "This year it's Cincuenta de Mayo."
And I said "Huh?"
And he said "This year only. One time occasion. Cincuenta de Mayo."
And I still didn't get it.
So he said, "Am I not saying it right? What did I say?"
"You said May fiftieth. Oh my god, are you fifty? You are, you're fifty! Happy birthday!" He still cracks me up. And I never remember how old he's turning, because he's one year older than me, and I'm not 49 until October.
Today was also CSU Horticulture students' organic plant sale. I got six cauliflower seedlings, six broccoli, and eight onion for ten bucks. I think she liked me.
The lilacs are just about spent. Usually they are still in glorious bloom when I go to Wiscon, and they look like this when I get back. There are three white irises blooming in my front yard that smell like key lime pie.
And now a link, because this post argues that posting links on DW to good stuff you read helps build community here.
And I said "Huh?"
And he said "This year only. One time occasion. Cincuenta de Mayo."
And I still didn't get it.
So he said, "Am I not saying it right? What did I say?"
"You said May fiftieth. Oh my god, are you fifty? You are, you're fifty! Happy birthday!" He still cracks me up. And I never remember how old he's turning, because he's one year older than me, and I'm not 49 until October.
Today was also CSU Horticulture students' organic plant sale. I got six cauliflower seedlings, six broccoli, and eight onion for ten bucks. I think she liked me.
The lilacs are just about spent. Usually they are still in glorious bloom when I go to Wiscon, and they look like this when I get back. There are three white irises blooming in my front yard that smell like key lime pie.
And now a link, because this post argues that posting links on DW to good stuff you read helps build community here.
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Date: 2012-05-06 12:50 pm (UTC)I want irises too! Our lilacs are going fully and have been for over a week now.
(The poor Arboretum is having a crab-something blossom walk this weekend, w/lilacs scheduled for two-weeks-after-they'll-likely-be-done.)
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Date: 2012-05-06 06:32 pm (UTC)