A few days ago it had been raining overnight and the day turned partly cloudy, which of course meant partly sunny. When it’s sunny all day, I have to water those tomato plants twice a day, that’s how thirsty they get, but I figured with the rain and the intermittent sun, they’d be all right for the day.

Still, I decided to check on them after lunch. It’s good that I did.

So I quickly watered them and for good measure spritzed them with water, and about 15 minutes later they had recovered. I was wishing I had left the camera on to photograph the recovery.

The tomato plants really are doing much better than I expected by this time. Every day they seem to have grown another inch or so.

There are even flowers and the beginnings of tiny little tomatoes appearing.

Meanwhile, my next door neighbor went to a Greek festival and brought me back a Baklava. I ate half of it, and it’s sweet and delicious.

I think it put back the inch on my waist that I’ve spent the last two months dieting to get rid of.