i'll be back soon...

i will be absent from the blogosphere for a while, as i will be traveling to Florida's Epcot Center for the garden show.


in the mean time, please enjoy some images i took this week, from one of the gardens i care for.

or as i like to say...

"where i go to play".

i'll be back soon...

oh fiddle dee dee

what a glorious and relaxing weekend.

that is, if your idea of relaxing is never sitting down...myself, well, i like to keep on moving.

relaxing, in the fact that i accomplished a huge amount of work on friday, and no longer feel overwhelmed.

the fiddleheads are gracefully unfurling themselves on the ferns.

a shot of a fiddlehead with unfocused kitty in background.

the same shot with grumpy pearl in focus instead.

two of my best girlfriends are named anna.

each anna has five cats.

i have two cats.

that should explain why the kitty's keep making appearances.

speaking of kitty's...

check out little miss daisy's

ear hairs!

seems they get longer every day. what's up with that?

i hope ya'll have a wonderful coming week and that you get the chance to

go outside and play.

and thanks so much for visiting my blog.

it means the world to me.

anyone have a recipe for fiddleheads?

screened in

feeling overwhelmed right now

lots of laborious work behind me and ahead of me

spring comes to all, at the same time

garden time

i'm the gardener...

i'd rather curl up

fetal position

on anna's

screened in porch.

right about now.

om.



no, i don't practice yoga (yet).

but right now, i bet it would help.

the perfect day and a close call

is there such a thing as the perfect day? with perfect easter weather, the likes of which we haven't seen since i remember. my children, son-in-law and son's girlfriend all here and doing so, so well in there lives. my son-in-law just graduated from air traffic control school, last week and he and my daughter moved to memphis for their new life and careers. my son has just moved to his own apartment (done with the whole room-mate thing) and has started taking a Filipino defense class. his girlfriend is doing well in nursing school and has one more year to go.

i tell you there is nothing better than knowing your children are doing well AND happy in their lives.

does a mother proud.

really proud.

i just love being surrounded by these great and fun people.

so, to celebrate family and easter, we set out to eat in the dining room. that room we never, hardly ever use. never... i gave it a fresh coat of paint this week.


rearranged some of my paintings...

the perfect breeze was whispering through the open windows.

little easter vignettes strewn around...

but ya know...

it was gorgeous outside...

i mean absatootly gorgeous.

so we moved the party outdoors!

so we could enjoy the perfect day looking at this.

and it was

perfect.

whoa...we almost used our dining room.

close call.

phew.

did you know, the easter bunny still delivers treats to 23-28 year olds! wonder when that is supposed to end?