Just when I have to leave again, somehow the plants get really happy. Maybe they just don't need me after all.

These tomatoes, the first six that didn't get stolen by pigeons or rot while I was on the road are actually really good considering the spanish harlem pollution!

And these big ones are actually coming along. Sauce, anyone?

My jasmine, two plants that have somehow survived my ignorance and neglect for three years now? happy and blooming, and the scent of the flowers - INTOXICATING.

It's dog days, right on schedule. So, I'm outta here again. I get to see lovely Hamburg for the first time in a while, and Copenhagen, (always romantic, as that's where my husband proposed.) Bremen is on the list too. LOVE theBremen radio show, and I'm looking forward to seeing Arnie and Volker. It's been way too long.

See you there!