Did someone say, “mimosa?”

Mimosa bloom.

Our mimosa tree out back is blooming.  It’s had a hard couple of years with freezes and droughts.  At one point we thought it was a goner.  It appeared to have a split in its trunk.  But, there’s still life in it.  The canopy is not covered with blooms this year, just a couple dozen.  I tried to capture one of the newer ones, here.

Street legal.


It’s usually the little things that matter most.  Monte may be retired, but he is not idle.  Today he signed up for car duty.  He took one of the cars to the shop to get new wheels, and some brake issue fixed.  Then he took that car to get inspected.  Then washed it.  THEN took my car to get inspected,  put the new license plates and reg sticker on, and washed IT as well.  I think the last time my car had current inspection AND registration stickers at the same time AND clean, too, was probably the day I bought it 15 years ago!

What a nice thing!  THANK YOU sweetie!  🙂