Today started with a dentist appointment. Lots of meetings. Lots of new todos. Too many things to do in one day. Hard to keep up.
It didn’t stop me from taking a walk outside to watch the flowers grow, though.
“Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark, somber skies blanket our thoughts.” ~Dodinsky
One of the 4 red yuccas out back is going to bloom this year. Woot, woot!
I picked up this orchid at the store a couple of weeks ago. I’ve never had one before. It has about 8 blooms on it, and this is a new one that opened since I brought it home.
May the blessing of the rain be on you—
the soft sweet rain.
May it fall upon your spirit
so that all the little flowers may spring up,
and shed their sweetness on the air.
May the blessing of the great rains be on you,
may they beat upon your spirit
and wash it fair and clean,
and leave there many a shining pool
where the blue of heaven shines,
and sometimes a star.
— Irish blessing
It’s hard to believe we will ever have a nice lawn again. The weeds rule this spring.
Oh well, you know what they say:
If you can’t beat ’em….
Take a picture of ’em!
🙂
I’m enjoying this last weekend of winter. It’s in the 70’s… very humid, though, with rain in the forecast (yay!).
Yesterday afternoon we ran to the lake for a sail in nice winds for a couple of hours. Saw Kurt, Wally & Kevin as we were leaving the marina. We decided to head in early, and topped off a lovely St Patrick’s day with a beer and corned beef and cabbage at BB Rover’s. Slainte!
Don’t forget that daylight savings time begins today!
We’ve had a few days of slow, light rain, which is fantastic. We need lots more of it if the lake is going to recover. It’s at about 631.5′ – up less than a foot this weekend. About 50 more feet would be better.
I took a stroll around the yard after the dry line blew through this afternoon. The way-back has lots of this incredibly tiny pink flowers. I like this shot with a little bit of water droplet on the petal… and some bokeh effect.
Last weekend we spent all afternoon in the yard, weeding flower beds, trimming shrubs, and WEEDING the poor excuse of a lawn that we are left with after last year’s drought. Monte and I have divvied up the one bed along the fenceline that gets good sun all day. Monte plants basil, tomatoes, thyme, chives and zinnias in his half. In my half I plant flowers, many of which are perennials which come back every year. I fill in with other flowers each spring.
Sometimes I get “volunteers” that grow from seeds that make their way to my flower bed one way or the other. Two years ago, I had planted a really pretty red geranium in this same bed, but it kicked the bucket after the first year during the very cold winter we had in early 2011. As I was weeding last weekend, I saw this little guy. It’s actually not too little, it’s probably about 9 inches high. I think (hope) it is a volunteer geranium. I’m not sure though, could be a melon or veggie seedling. Last time I had a mystery volunteer, I nurtured it until it had grown into a good size shrub. Only to eventually find out that it was a poisonous weed called nightshade, which I quickly disposed of.
Between rain showers today, i went outside and snapped this picture, so that I could look at it as I compared it to geranium seedling images on the web, and this *could* be one. It has the fuzzy stalks and leaves that geraniums do, too. It has the big oval nurse leaves. I even tore a little bit of the leaf on the left off to smell it, to see if it had that pungent smell that geraniums do. But I couldn’t smell anything. Maybe it’s too little? Or maybe it’s not a geranium.
What do you think?
I’ll let you know when I find out, either way. 🙂
Busy day. Marty dropped this rose off with some other post-BVI-trip items the other day for us. It’s a very pretty color of pink. I don’t think this shot does it justice.
But there you have it.
We spent much of yesterday in the yard – weeding, whacking and watering. Our lawn is in bad shape (unless you count the johnson grass). But the shrubs and flowers are starting to pop.
I love this time of year.
I walked out back this afternoon and noticed a flowering snapdragon (I think) in one of the flower beds. It’s a volunteer. And the winter has been so mild, it is starting to bloom.
There was a vase of tulips on the table when I came back home the other day. So pretty! I couldn’t resist posting another obligatory tulip shot this morning.
Tonight Sue & I went to an art studio called Painting with a Twist. They hold a painting class every night where everyone in the studio paints the same picture. Oh, and you can bring your own wine and snacks to help get the creative juices flowing (that’s the twist part). You can choose which session you want to attend by checking out their calendar and signing up ahead of time. They have studios in many cities, check out their main website if you’re interested. Tonight’s piece is called Moonlit Cherry Blossoms.
I know friends that have tried it, but this was my first time. It was FUN! The pic above is one I took of my painting after I got it home. I look forward to trying this again.
Look out people, ARTIST COMIN’ THROUGH!! 😀
Today is Spa Day!!! I spent the day with some friends at Milk & Honey Spa getting rubbed, polished and pampered. Wow. I really needed that.
Afterwards, a friend invited all the spa-warriors over for a late lunch. She had a big vase of these white hydrangeas. So pretty. I feel as white and dainty as these look. We’ll see how long that lasts 🙂
For the last couple of weekends we have been tearing into the house – a bit like a top-to-bottom Spring Cleaning (only 6 months late). I’m topping it off this morning with a getting all the windows cleaned. Even if it only lasts for a few days, I love how clear the view is. The morning sunlight seems 10 times brighter now. I picked up these lovely lillies at the store this morning, to bask in the sunlight.
Monte’s neice, Amy Lee, is in Austin this weekend for an education session that is being held at the Capitol. She’s staying with us tonight, heading home tomorrow.
It’s nice to get to spend time with her. Hopefully next visit we’ll be able to catch up with her kiddos.
Sheila365 