Another Dahlia

What a murky day....although it cleared up for a few hours this afternoon, now back to the murk. Marine layer I suppose is the correct (murky) term. Humid and sort of cool. 

A day of catching up a bit, including a visit to my new dentist (this one is so much closer to where we live...10 minutes instead of the other side of the city). And then a well-deserved pedicure, much overdue, a bit of work, a bit of grocery shopping and now an early dinner since my husband leaves before the crack of dawn for a short trip to California. He likes to leave early (and I mean EARLY 4:00 am!) so he'll miss the traffic. It's useless to point out that it's Saturday and there won't be much. Long ago I gave up those early morning departures and started flying to meet him. But...I get to stay home and have alone time for a few days!

This rugged dahlia lives at the edge of my big front perennial garden and every year I think it's succumbed to the wet and cold and every year it comes back. It's always late and this is the first bloom. Sweet isn't it?

Happy Friday!