the bloomers today...

I am getting so sore and tired...

purple columbine...

we planted and planted and planted today...

clematis...

and there are still flowers left to plant...

iris...

the rain has moved on out of here and we missed all the bad stuff and didn't flood!

iris...

and there is corn coming up in the field behind us...

iris and peonies...

I can't wait to be hemmed in!

old fashioned columbine...

it has cooled down and was 52 this morning when Craig and I headed outside...

columbine and spider wart...

tank top, long john shirt and a sweat shirt weather...

dwarf lilac in full bloom and iris...

its been pretty cloudy most of the day, but this evening, the clouds are gone and the skies are blue...

in the 40s tonight...

we have the furnace back on...

Bonnie and Clyde have coccidia...

a parasite in the intestines...

kenneled now and on meds...

not happy about it at all...

got 21 days now before we can even think about them going out of here...

everyone else is doing ok...

the new babies have their eyes open, but still sleeping when they aren't eating...

hope your week is going good so far...

I get a break tomorrow with both guys working, so am planning of resting up a bit...

got an alone day the next day, too...

might take 2 this time...

;0)

blessings to you...

Happy Mother's Day...

Craig got this for me last night...

I love it!

he also got these...

DH got me 2 new lilies...

we headed for Paris last night when Craig got home from work...

the iris are beginning to open out front, but not here, yet...

DH and I spent the afternoon out here planting all the new things...

and we moved the fairy to the island...

I found something to put in the south bed, but that's another post...

DH also got her for me for mother's day...

our 2 new lilies...

we did just a bit of shopping last night...

just about all of it was gardening stuff...

we grabbed some fast food from a couple of places and ate supper in the parking lot of Kroger's...

we got home just moments before dark and in between the rains...

got it all unloaded before the hard rain came...

we has rain last night and this morning...

cleared off the rest of today but it's coming back in tonight and tomorrow...

the stuff coming at us is the cells that have had so many tornadoes popping out of it...

not real exciting about starting the tornado season...

hope you all had good mother's days...

whether the human or furry kind of kids..

;0)

a photo shoot this week...

a local man called me last month after seeing some of my photos on facebook...

could I take pics of him and his daughter?

she was coming up from Texas to visit the first week of May...

I said sure...

call me when she gets here...

I got the call the first of the week and we made arrangements to meet uptown...

didn't take long at all...

not like photographing small children...

all the photos came out really good...

and as we walked from one place to the next, I snapped some extra of the place we were shooting at...

his daughter is really good at editing, so she wanted the originals...

so I edited my version and let the originals intact for her...

made 2 discs for them and handed them off last night...

I am so happy that they were thrilled with them...

and I made some extra money for all those things that I run across and can't live without...

or so I think...

;0)

he posted one of the photos last night on facebook and there has been such nice comments on the photos...

maybe there is a future in this for me...

got rain on and off here all weekend...

not sure what's going to happen...

will let you know later!

hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!

;)

rummage sale find make over...

Craig found this last Saturday at the city wide rummage sale...

we have one in the spring and one in the fall...

the four candle holders have little spikes on them to keep the candles in place...

just a perfect fit for a clay pot with a hole in the bottom...

2 are filled with pink waxed begonias...

and 2 are filled with white ones...

I placed old ceiling fan glass shades in the pots upside down to give them something extra...

the only thing I could find wrong with the piece is that one of the leaf thingys is gone from the center...

didn't even notice, did you?

I love it...

well, here we are again...

another weekend coming up so fast...

this week has really flown by...

and DH is much better...

van is fixed and back home...

rain coming this weekend, so will get some inside stuff done...

I am feeling much better now, just a bit sore from all the yard work...

but so different that the last couple of months...

praying I have kicked whatever it was and that it doesn't come back!

praying for those who are dealing with a loss this week...

blessings to you and enjoy this warm weather!

an experiment in container gardening...

as most of you know, I am very limited on movement and what I can do...

we have talked about doing this for several years now...

and this year, we are going for it...

green pepper, cabbage and watermelon in one large pot...

3 super sonic tomato plants here...

the only thing actually in the ground, except for some cabbage plants that are in the flower beds...

a small patch of coleus and celosia are in the ground in the corner here...

hoping for some bright colors to bring the bees in to pollinate...

this is where the fun starts...

we moved the old loungers in here, which have seen their better days...

and used them to elevate the pots...

I planted green beans, contender, in all of them...

and there is the same number of pots on the other side...

and I have a lot more seed, so when these are spent, I am planting again...

the goal is to get at least 2 plantings, maybe three in the growing season...

I need 3 more tomato plants to put on the other side and trying to decide which ones to go with...

someone gave us all these pots and planters last year...

so we are going for it...

we can sit down and plant, weed and pick...

I will post photos as it comes along and let you know how this works...

the first clematis of the season opened yesterday morning...

I got this planted on Sunday...

in grandma's old wash tub...

a bumble bee with a bad wing...

it was crawling along the grass, unable to fly...

and the fun project of the day was this...

wait until you see how it came out!

this old card table is coming in handy for getting everything painted...

I had a so so kind of day...

not as much energy and get up and go as the day before...

but, I did ok...

DH went to the funeral and so glad he left me behind...

his cousin, Billy, came in from Topeka...

and they were both pall bearers...

DH rode with him to the cemetery...

Billy dropped him off at the funeral home when it was all finished...

but, thankfully, when he saw that the van didn't start, he turned around and went back to help...

after having the battery checked, they decided it was the starter...

DH called me, I called the mechanic...

and Billy brought him home...

had a nice visit with him before he left...

it could have been a real mess if I had been with him...

and trying to get the can towed and looked at...

thankfully, it hadn't done this on one of our shopping trips with the van loaded with groceries or on one of our drives out in the middle of no where...

;)

waiting for the mechanic to call and let me know what's going on and how long its going to take...

got a photo shoot today...

a man and his daughter who is in town to see him...

;)

will let you know how that goes, too...

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