Thursday, April 28, 2011

it can't make up it's mind!

it rains, then the sun comes out, then it rains, then the sun comes out...
but when the sun is out the birds are singing...
there is a well hidden nest up there just above the x...
the skies have been different all day long...
thought we were going to be able to sit outside this morning...
but at 47, I decided to wait...
we have got a balmy 58 now...
but that chilly wind is back again...
more bedding plants...
Craig loves these and they do nothing for me...
but this is mine...
decided to do the pink petunias anyway...
and I decided to give this a go again...
haven't used dusty miller in years!
but it will give the pots a different hue and texture...
and I got more of the rose moss in the purple pink color...
I think a hanging basket with them will be awesome!

mower guy called and will be here this afternoon to mow what he can...
the death toll in the south is over 250 now and still climbing...
I walked around outside and it is just so hard to imagine digging for people on a day like this...
trying to find your family, friends or neighbors...
sorting through broken pieces for all the little things that cannot be replaced...
starting over...

I just spent the morning with both of my boys...
just talking, walking and eating lunch together...
like when they were little...
getting an update on the death toll every now and then...
but other than that...
we were just together...
and I know we were all thinking the same thing...
we were grateful we were spared...
that it wasn't us...
and that the best place to be today...
was together...
who ever you have around you today...
hug 'em...
you may not get another chance...

waterfront property...

this is what we woke to this morning...
standing water from all the rain...
we got another 2 inches yesterday...
but nowhere close to what others are dealing with...
the death toll raises every half hour...
for those caught in the paths of over a hundred tornadoes that ripped through the south...
I don't think we need an ark...
yet...
but a pontoon boat would be nice...
probably need a dock, too...
I spent my childhood summers on the water...
there's just something peaceful about the sun dancing on the surface...
as long as it doesn't creep any farther...
I'm going to sit on the deck and pretend I'm back home...
on the lake...

and pray for...
the ones lost...
the ones left behind...
the homeless...
the rescue workers...
the clean up crews...
the newly jobless...
the injured...
the medical staff working double shifts...
 the under takers...
and last, but certainly not least...
our blogging friends who may be anyone of those right now...
Lord, send them what they need, who they need and when they need it...
Amen