Snail Spirals

Well, here I am, back at work at 8:30 pm. I have to make some agar plates, and it seems like lately the only chunk of time that I have that's big enough is after Emma goes to bed. The autoclave takes 2 hours and 15 minutes to cycle, then I have to pour the agar into the petri dishes, so a 3-liter batch of agar takes about three hours. I have to make two of these batches tonight. Urg.

Anyhoo, since I'm just waiting around for the autoclave to cycle, I thought I'd put up the pictures of the flower boxes Emma and I planted today. Last year we had petunias and verbena, but they took a long time to get big and full. We have the open house on Thursday, so I opted for geraniums that were already in bloom. Plus they didn't have any petunias yet. Emma picked out the pansies (that girl does love her purple flowers!!) and I picked out the geraniums. By the time the pansies stop blooming, the geraniums should have totally filled the boxes. That's the plan, anyway.



Pretty.....



More pretty...



And more pretty! I'll admit it- I like purple flowers, too!