I've just now gotten the last of the peppers from the first plantings moved to "pots." I found another stash of cups from about four years ago this morning while cleaning up in the garage to get ready for Matt's arrival Tuesday. I'll use this as a segue from plants to British cars.

We're going to work on the MGAs this week -- with any luck, we'll get the brake, fuel, and clutch  lines buttoned up on his and we'll move it out of the shop under its own power. It could happen; really...

It's quite a bit farther along than it appears at first glance. Of course, having the complete sill and pillar assemblies to weld in means it'll move in the wrong direction for a while before we turn it around.

Usually when I root out parts, I stir up dust, but I've already been sneezing like crazy since I repotted the Caribbean Red peppers about an hour ago (segue number two...). While I was messing with them I thought I smelled the same kind of vaguely soapy thing that the Habaneros have going on, but I wasn't sure. Now that it's making me sneeze, I'm pretty certain it's the hottness that's doing it. I have the same sneezy response to curry paste in the wok; awesome. Here are the Caribbean Reds:

And, for good measure, a shot of the 117 plants that I've hauled up into the loft and put near a south window under lights. I think that there are 93 in the bathroom and 59 on the kitchen counter. That's 269 so far -- I'll probably plant the more ornamental eggplants, tomatoes, tomatillos, and a few more pepper varieties late this week. It would be nice if the weather would cooperate, but we'll have a few more days of killing frosts before the next warmup. I'll not be putting anything tender out until late in the second week of April. I'm betting the last frost will be the 13th this year, so I might wait until the 17th or so, just so I don't have to cover anything up.