What Color Is This Rose?

Mummy P. decided that her automatic watering system was broken, because it seemed to her that it would go on but not shut off. So she futzed with it until it wouldn't go on any more. As a result, her beautiful lawn and flowers are dry and getting brown. (Luckily it's only May 1, not July or August.) So Plotnik re-futzed with the controls and got the system re-programmed. But it certainly didn't hurt that gorgeously perfect rose.

Plottie and Ducknik's neighbor is in Paris, so she needed to offload her Easter bouquet which included this beautiful tulip.



But the most beautiful picture is of the mango, ginger, turmeric, garlic and chilies which make up this year's entry for Mango Season: Bengali Mango Ginger Chutney.



It's almost the same as last year's chutney, only this year Plottie sauteed some Bengali spices (the mixture is called panchpuran and has a lot of onion seeds in it) in oil first, then tossed it into the mango and ginger mixture. It's so good he's going to have to make more.

Incidentally, no one can decide what color that rose is. It's not red, nor coral, nor orange, nor pink -- what is it?