Wet Saturday -

I wasn't going to post today as I had a lot to catch up with.

  I was so busy yesterday, starting PT for my right leg pain with a nice

 therapist named Kenny. . . . . . . .then a trip to the airport to pick up 

granddaughter Jasmin, and her boyfriend, who returned from a

 five day trip to Alaska for a friend's wedding! 

Jasmin was the photographer and I can't wait to see her photos.

From info gleaned from two very tired overnight travelers - with flights

 delayed several times, today's norm - the wedding took place

 outdoors, on a mountainside, in snow, rain and very cold temperatures!  

According to them it was a marvelous adventure . . . . . thoughts of

 'roughing it' like that made me feel really old!!!

 

Today long awaited rain here. Fortunately not too heavy which we hoped 

would be the case so it wouldn't wash away the newly sewn grass seed

 now germinating.

Our resident all grown up rabbit - no longer a baby bunny - was busy this

 morning. Luckily he chose a breakfast of tender new grass which was

 accidentally sewn beyond the lawn perimeter. . . . . . .which works out fine

 for him and us!

Chomp on bunny, it's yours for the nibbling, just stop this side of the bricks please!

Robert Louis Stevenson ~ 1850-1894

A Child's Garden of Verses

Raining all around. . . . . . . . . . .

We've had a lot of rain the past couple of days - not just showers either. 

Heavy rain, saturating the garden, running in a river down the driveway,

filling the bird baths and causing fountain effects as the rain toppled over

 the edges, bring down dead branches and the remaining crumpled

brown leaves from aging oaks around us.

If it had been cold it would have been a massive snowfall.

Despite the conditions, yesterday morning early, when the downpour 

had let up for a while, I hurried out into the garden, still in my night clothes

(older people do things like that), to scatter fertilizer on the many green tips of

 Spring bulbs now appearing everywhere. With rain expected all day I needed

to get going with feeding what hopefully will be a glorious display of blooms

 come March and April.

1975 publication of the enlarged version of Scottish poet

 Robert Louis Stevenson's 1896 edition of 

A Child's Garden of Verses

Magnificent illustrations by Charles Robinson ~ 1870-1937

This was the first full book he illustrated with over 100 pages of pen and ink

 drawings where a distinct beautiful Art Nouveau flavor is evident.

I found my lovely copy in a used book shop several years back and

look at it often. Old people in pajamas reading awesome books for children -

what is the world coming to? 

By the way, the sun is shining brightly this morning and there

 will be some drying out  - but colder days and nights are

 coming with a tiny chance of snowflakes next week. 

Keeping those warm pajamas handy. . . .along with more special books!