My Mother’s Day present

My husband has a full time job. On the weekends instead of relaxing, he & my son built these raised beds so that I can have veggies, fresh herbs and flowers. I am one happy woman. I forgot to put the hose back.

Its like eating one donut too many

So sweet. I brought my cellphone, with a pic of these flowers,to Leaf & Petal to ask anyone if they knew what the flower was called. Gerber Daisy? Two say. No, the flower is soft like a daisy, but smaller… The guy who would know just went to lunch. Go see if you can find…

this rose is from Saab Nursery

Which is why there are black at the edges. I figured out how to make red look natural. I have spent a lot of time dumping red flowers because I couldn’t make them look real. I guess I would figure it out on my own red roses. Ok, so I reduced saturation by almost 50%…

and all I had was my iPhone

I, being the perfect daughter (dripping sarcasm, i write), visited with my mother (i am blessed) on Mother’s day. No camera, only iPhone (Ggrrr). I should know by now that I should never go home…(oops) to my parent’s house, without my (damn) camera. My mom made this piece of art (that I left behind 😦…

Being a kid

might ease my furrowed brow. Or make my husband think I have too much time on my hands. 🙂 Weeeee!!!

so…as I was saying

I can hear his voice in my head, it would be very nasal & high pitched. Gosh, maybe, I’ve gone mad. Maybe this is my shrink & this is how I see him… 🙂

My flowers

I think that gardeners will not be impressed with anything I’m growing, thank goodness I garden for me. These little flower’s make me calm, take deeper breaths. And they make me happy. Happy is a butterfly that flickers through us, around us, maybe landing for a little while, but it never stays long. What is…

one fell out of the nest

this succulent, its name…., anyway, you can snap off a piece & stick it in the dirt & it will grow. Roots in the dirt & it will grow. A great plant to put in a place you want erosion to slow or stop. I LOVE it