Mother's Day -

MOTHER'S DAY 2022

Wishing you a lovely day. . . . . . . . and recalling

 with love mothers no longer here to be celebrated in

 person, but always remembered, such as my own.

Pretty in Pink + Wildlife!

This has been another crazy, far too busy week. 

The garden took up a lot of time.

Household things went wrong and kept us on our toes.

Appointments had to be kept.

Hair cut - shorter as weather heating up.

Purchased an iPhone 13 Pro Max, love it.

Food shopping and cooking for company.

Cat sitting again for my neighbor.

I'm hoping for a weekend where I can just sit a while, gather my senses

 and make plans for what looks like an even more hectic week ahead as we

will be taking a little trip.

I'm going to Van Gogh The Immersive Experience on

 Mother's Day with granddaughter Jasmin.

We love Van Gogh's work and I visited his last home in Auvers-sur-Oise

 at the Auberge Ravoux (click to read and view photos from that visit.)

 Also took Jasmin to Arles, Provence several years ago where we visited

 his yellow house, climbed the stairs to his bedroom, and other locations

 where he painted his remarkable canvasses.

"Glance up at the glimmering heavens of The Starry 

Night, admire the Almond Blossoms bursting into flower. 

Take a step into the world of Van Gogh's most iconic

 works of art and experience what it is to be inside a painting!"

Beside the pink roses, the pink peonies have also bloomed this week and

 many other plants and shrubs are filling out with lush leaves and buds.

Our weather has been fine with hot days reaching almost 90F but low humidity, 

and no mosquitoes yet which was great for working outside.  This will change

 soon of course and later today bad weather is expected with possible severe storms . . . . . .

. . . . . . .hopefully not upsetting my little baby bunny.

I prepared him for rain yesterday by accidentally watering him with

the garden hose!

Speaking of arriving wildlife. . . . . I also have Charlie gecko

 back on the front porch which makes me think he hibernated 

nearby all winter.

He was bright green before jumping on my new chair cushion where

he immediately changed to brown to blend in, wonderful camouflage!

Yes, all is very green here. This week I also cleaned out the potting shed

 with a little help.  As mentioned before, April and May are beautiful months

 in this part of America and gardening keeps us so busy.

Enjoy your Mother's Day weekend.

Beautiful May morning -

I don't know why Blogger plays around with us just when all is

 running smoothly.

I haven't been able post here for a week and quite honestly,

 thought my poor little blog had died and gone wherever old blogs go!

Now it's back, I'm able to post, however commenting formats on

 other blogs seems to have changed and I'm not certain if 

comments I've left have ever published.

So, if you're wondering where I've been here's at least a few pix 

showing I'm mostly at home, working nonstop on house and garden

stuff. . . . . . always so much to do once Spring arrives and Nature goes

 berserk in the garden.

 In between I've been my daughter's taxi service several times a week

 for a month to get her to PT and doctor appts. Following a big shoulder

 surgery she was unable to drive, thankfully she now is permitted to

 get behind the wheel again.

The garden is looking awesome and we are getting kind compliments 

from passersby and neighbors.

Above is the back where roses, jasmine, honeysuckle are vigorously 

clambering and blooming. . . . . . . the evening perfume is especially 

lovely. 

Mowing days come around quickly now!

Peonies already budding - hoping to have showtime soon!

Snippets from the garden.

New cushions for the porch chairs - all got a good wash 

this weekend when I removed everything to the lawn and got busy

 with the garden hose.  The pollen is just about over at long last.

Gentle rain last night washed everything else - a clean start to another

 busy week. April and May are the loveliest, and busiest, months

 for gardening here in the southeast US. . . . before the intense heat 

and humidity hit and things start to require constant watering to

 keep growing and remain green.

Hope your week will be great.