Cruel and Unusual Punishment

GOOD NEWS:  WE HAVE PASSED $3,500 IN THE RED SCARF FUND FOR FOSTER YOUTH

More good news:  That means prizes will be awarded shortly.

More good news:  My darling Abigail is home for a visit for a few days. 

Some bad news:  Of course this means that my work has exploded again.

Some more GOOD news:  Abigail acted as my random number generator, and I asked her to "pick four numbers between 1 and 146" (the number of emails I have informing me of donations to The Fund).  "Four prizes for now is a good place to start, methinks!" exclaimed the Queen of This Blog.

The numbers Abigail chose are:  57, 97, 65, and 123.

More bad news:  I am so exhausted I am about to crash, and so I'm too tired to do the number-matching and prize-awarding tonight.

I am a cruel, heartless ruler, I know.  Sorry!  Soon, I promise.  I truly need to get some sleep before another grueling day at work.

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Maybe I can distract you with a post I wrote last weekend, and have had on hold, about Russian tomatoes?

My friend Kristen lived in Moscow for a good bit of time, and, knowing my gardening bent, she brought me back some Russian seeds.  Kristen, this is for you:

A celebration of Tomatoes "Moskvich" (Muskovite)

 

Comments

[Kristen]

"The Forbidden Objects!" she screeches. So obviously they produce well, but how do they taste?!

[Kathy]

OK, the tomatoes are gorgeous, but that blue server! Niiiice.

[MonicaPDX]

$3,500? Waytago!! And must agree with Kathy - tomatoes, yum; blue chalice (or whatever) on patterned blue plate, major credit card! [g]

[Manise]

Great news on the OFA front! I have grown Moskvitch before- small and they taste good! I got them from Seed Savers Exchange- that's in the day when I grew my own seedlings. Many of the "black" tomatoes come from Russia too btw and can also be found at SSE.

[Lucia]

Woo hoo! And I haven't even donated yet. (As soon as I get home and have more than two minutes at a time at the computer, promise.)

I'm also trying to come up with a crochet pattern or two...

[Carol]

Mmmm All you tomato are belong to me! Looks yummy! Ok, prizes here make me bounce in my seat like a restless 3 yr old, but I'll wait :) Hve fun with your "baby" :)

[Cookie]

You have her out back weeding, right?

Very pretty photos! I love the contrast.

[marianne]

Yay! on the $$! and those tomatoes? with the plate and glassware? what a visual treat but damn, those tomatoes look GOOD. They're just so very pretty.

[lisa]

Oooh, so ripe and red! We grew some black russian krim tomatoes last year...I think they were good, there were several kinds, I can't remember!

[Debi]

Gorgeous tomatoes! Thanks for the compliment on Bonita btw :)

I am so happy to see the total, those kids just capture my heart. You're very special Norma!

[Sue]

Congratulations to your prize winners! And more importantly, what a great accomplishment to have reached $3,500!

[lindar]

Okay, the tomatoes are great, but I love your Laura Ashley "Chintz" dishes. I have them, too. Maybe I'll get them out and use them again!!