surprise!

got a message last night from my buddy who does the plants on the highway...

she said my flowers were in...

so I got these, too...

2 packs of tomatoes and I went with beef master...

1 pack of green peppers...

that will be more than enough for us...

look at the vinca...

no white center...

so cool...

and then there is a pink/purple rose moss...

I am thinking I will need more of that...

a pink pink impatient...

and I grabbed a pack of violets...

look at the intense color...

my pink begonias were a little too red for me...

so I traded for white this year...

I stick these little guys in everywhere...

so now that my whites will be these...

I'm rethinking my design here...

I need snap dragons and marigolds and salvia if I can find the blue...

but for now, they are safe in the cold frames...

until it dries up and the danger of frost is past...

and most of them are going in here...

took a photo while I was there of some of the bloomers they got in...

there's a salmon pink petunia, but I'm holding out for the wave ones...

clematis...

I hope no one takes it out again this year...

would really love to see it grow up...

so that's my big surprise...

bedding plants and veggies!

I brought the little violets in with me...

so they can keep me smiling until we get to planting...

have a fun day...

even if it is raining again...

the rest of yesterday...

boy, time sure gets away from me anymore...

but I am not complaining about it for one minute...

keeping busy and getting to do things myself...

is so much better than sitting here at the computer waiting for another day to pass...

trying not do something that would make things worse or set me back...

and I am not on here very much at all it seems...

between moving and thunderstorms and DH and his fantasy baseball league...

I am not getting a lot of computer time...

but I am sure not complaining!

not one bit!

I love being outside or washing dishes...

I have even vaccumed!

it hurt a little bit...

but I'm not complaining!

I AM BETTER!

not cured...

but having good days...

really good days...

I have been so blessed...

walked a little farther tonight...

maybe a full block now...

thanks for hanging in there with me!

your encouragement helps so much!

I have a surprise for you...

you are going to love it!

Happy White Wednesday !

here it is...

another week...

and more whites...

found this today and put it out...

a tea cup bird feeder...

it stands on a copper stake...

I bought this off of a friend...

I couldn't have drilled a hole in such a pretty cup...

but since it was already done...

I grabbed it!

and after supper...

DH and I sat outside and watched the clouds go by...

we are under a tornado watch until 9pm tonight...

we also have a flash flood warning...

some of the clouds were moving north...

and some were moving west...

but they were beautiful...

and I have some red tulips with white stripes this year...

and our baby, Bebe...

he's white, mostly...

9 years old now and he is starting to darken...

join Faded Charm for more whites...

have a blessed week in your own little world...

we're a tad soggy here...

the skies are gray...

the south part of the yard has had too much to drink...

as Craig and I drove around town this morning...

we found more water...

Reel Street floods a lot...

notice the bricks...

one of our town parks...

Craig's favorite thing...

he grew up going down that slide...

the dam at the lake...

we have white water...

and on the other side of the bridge...

there is foam...

and on the other side of town...

just past the golf course...

this little creek is out of it banks...

and creeping beyond where it's supposed to be...

and it's pretty safe to say that there will be no baseball games for a day or two...

and a little corner lake in the field at the south end of our road...

been cleaning and putting up the Easter stuff...

dragging other stuff out to take it's place...

cleaned up the kitchen from last night...

we had some thunderstorms move through and lasted all evening...

stayed off of the computer and didn't play in the sinks...

it's almost time for lunch...

I'm thinking tomato soup...

then 2 loads of laundry to fold and put away...

need to do another walk and pt...

and if there's time...

a nap!

Have a super day!

The rest of our Newman road trip...

after we took photos of the tornado damage yesterday...

we headed for the square...

this building has not been in use for years....

I think it would make a cool antique shop...

or even a cooler home...

and on around the square...

the old dime store that I used to shop in has been closed a good 10 years or better...

there is now a fence around the outside...

DH said the building's roof may fall...

the old Presbyterian Church of the towns early years is no longer in use and sits empty...

where DH works...

this is the bean elevator...

we didn't go past the corn elevator...

not on his day off!

LOL

cars waiting to be loaded at the bean side...

and back to the square again...

next time we go up, we will pick a sunny day...

and I will show you some of the old victorian homes...

which are wonderful...

who have owners who have restored them or in the process of restoring them to their original beauty...

we are soggy here this morning with water standing in the side yard...

pics later after it lightens up a bit...

too dark yet for photos...

partly cloudy today with more rain tonight and tomorrow...

have a great day!