AM and PM

The usual timekeeping conventions of AM and PM stand for different things at our house. PM means pre-Maryland and AM means after-Maryland. AM time is much more expansive than PM time; it moves slower and lasts longer.

A big thing on the AM list is garden, which means lots of things, but yesterday meant this:

I did not take a before photo. (I do have SOME pride.) But I will show you some of our peonies, most especially my favorite pink peony. The peonies (emphasis on the second syllable, pe-O-nies in our neck of the woods) really took a hit this year with a late major freeze, but the reds and pinks bloom later and so were not as affected.Satisfying, yes?