Ketch-Up Day

 

What's going on in your neck of the woods?

Same ole, same ole here. Take care of critters. Write. Garden. Repeat.  

And speaking of 

The Garden:

My special needs Irises:) See how low to the ground some of them are blooming?

 

The fairy was from the Easter Bunny:)

 

The Critter

And last but not least

From Colorado

Thanks, Julie.

YOU, have a grand one.

Ketch-Up Day

 

How are you?

As you can see, it's another 'not-much-going-on-here week.' 

It rained all day Saturday. It makes the flowers happy so I don't complain...until I have to mow:)

My amaryllis:

The HH gave me a grapevine for an early Mother's Day. It was bare roots, which I'm not a huge fan of. But this guy seems to be doing well.

 Last year he gave me a blackberry bush.

Do you have blackberry bushes or grapevines?

AND

May calendar pics.

AND

From California

Thanks, Denise

That's all for today.

It's Ketch-Up Day

 

Did the moms and caregivers out there have a wonderful weekend? I sure hope so.

The HH and I went to Shelton Vineyards for dinner. They had a special Mother's Day Selection.  It started with either a salad, soup, or another selection they had listed. Fried Tortellini, maybe? I chose the salad. The croutons were hands down the best I've ever had.

For the main course I went with the vegetarian option and the HH got Mai Mai. And yes I did end up bringing a box home, since my plate was overflowing;)

And.....I brought most of my dessert home too:) The HH had half of his cheesecake finished before I managed to snap a pic of it:)

And on our way out the door, the ladies were given a rose and a little box of macarons. 

This is a picture of the vineyards. There's a rose bush at the beginning of each row.  The roses are blooming and are so pretty.

AND

I saw this hydrangea at Home Depot. You can't really tell from my picture but the flower is huge. It's the biggest hydrangea that I've ever seen. It was probably three times larger than my hand and I don't have small hands.

AND

The Amaryllis is blooming.

  AND last but not least, if you have an opportunity check out this trailer. It is just amazing. It's about a wild fish and the unusual friend he made.

https://youtu.be/11-sX57Gv34

 

So what did you do this weekend? Ever seen a huge hydrangea? A friendly bass?

It's Ketch-up Day

 How was your Easter, Blogger Buds?

The eggs in my basket were hard as rocks. Ha! Yes, they now reside in the garden.

 

Oh my goodness. Lookee. Lookee. Last fall I moved my Christmas amaryllis outside and it's trying to bloom. Who'd a thought?

  More garden pics. Surprise. Surprise. Surprise.

The little lilac bushes are blooming.

How's your garden? And if you aren't gardening, what are you doing for fun?

Tuesday

Tuesday greetings.
The roses are blooming.

The amaryllis has completely opened.

AND...

He looks so innocent when he sleeps doesn't he?

AND...

Another picture from the bro's hospital room.  He had to go back in for a brief stent but he is out and doing fine. Beautiful, huh?

AND...
The HH got me a windspinner. Have you seen them or have them?  They're fascinating to watch.

Got masks? 

I was surprised at the number of people that weren't wearing masks when we made a run to one of the 'essential stores' this weekend. Including the clerks.

AND...
For the frontliners, the stay-at-homers and maskwearers, here's a freebie (where offered).

BLACK OPAL

Thanks to Stacy at Magic Love Crow for hosting me.

This and That

THIS:
My daughter gave me a potted Amaryllis bulb for Christmas. It's been fascinating to watch as nearly every day the stalk shot up higher than the day before.  It took about two weeks to bloom but the end result was well worth the wait. Have you ever 'raised' an Amaryllis bulb?

THAT:
The border we put up in the laundry room:)

AND....
Among the lovely gifts I got from the fam were these bowls.  I thought the cat people out there would appreciate them.

Yup, cats, flowers and books (reading or writing them) pretty much sums up my world:)

AND....
Last year the HH ordered a chocolate on chocolate bday cake for me, got it home and found out it was white with chocolate icing.
This year he ordered a chocolate on chocolate bday cake, and they made a chocolate with white icing.
He told me that they always take great pains to write down the order correctly. Now if they'd just take as much time to actually read it.... Heh.