Green Things

We sprang forward last night and the weather has been warm. I went to the Union Square Farmer's market yesterday with JK. The market was full of apples, onions, and root vegetables from last fall, tons of baked goods, several meat vendors and dairy purveyors. There were also hydroponic greens and tomatoes to be found. And flats of herb plants and spring flowers. It was nice to see so much color out of doors.

The trees are still bare and the sky cloudy and I find I'm yearning for green things.

A couple of years ago, I made up a list of yellow things for Kat Sharp, when she was missing the color and all its warm and bright connotations.

Here's my collection of green, because that is what I need today. Feel free to comment with any additions.

peas verdigris guacamole punk hair ivy

emeralds spinach spinach pasta malachite lizards

arsenic girl scout uniforms pot hazel eyes parrots

chromium oxide pistachios garter snakes tomatoes celadon glaze

grasshoppers olive oil stink bugs grapes mackerel babies

envy asparagus leaves limes go traffic lights

x-box game cases earth clover watermelons tree frogs

apples money slime uranium glass tea

vaseline glass kermit ferns unripe bananas wasabi

garden hosing absinthe peridot corn worms aphids

chilis chartreuse spring grass summer grass cucumbers

iceberg lettuce fireking dishes olives pine trees water reeds

space aliens moss algae pool tabletops brocolli

soccer fields arugula young wood jade youth


Today I made an Apple Pie using gree Granny Smith apples and a Herbed Pork Pie using green herbs. I hope they'll taste good. They look pretty.

Here's to budding trees!

Cat