Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day. It started at 5:30 am. Caroline awoke at 5:32 am, so no time to even take the morning pee before Mom duties (no pun there) began. I could tell she would be feeling better today because of the early (normal) wake up time, so I was actually thankful for the early start. We were both showered, dressed and ready to go; Caroline to the in-laws for a little reprieve for Cheryl and me, and me for my morning out flower hunting, YIPEEEEE!!!!!! Cheryl arrived promptly at 7:20 and off we went, dropped the baby off, got a coffee at the Wagon and down the mountain. I hadn't been to Meadowview in 7 years so imagine my surprise at the vast rehab to the green houses and the expansion they have done. There were soooo many beautiful flowers to choose from, but I fortunately had brought a list and really stuck to it, except for the Mandavilla (I actually want the pink ones of which none were to be had). On the horizon are those lovely golden arches and I had to satisfy one of my many vises and get a breakfast bagel, another coffee, and of course the hashbrown. Yum Yum and I didn't have to share with Caroline. Tee Hee. I felt free although there was a niggling guilt, because she would have really enjoyed all the "bloooooms". Cheryl and I parted ways, I picked up Caroline on the way home, and we went to task. For 5 hours straight, she had me digging, pulling roots, putting in edging, and finally (to her joy) planting some flowers. She refused to nap, so when she fell head first out of her stroller she had been standing in cracking the whip, it was time to go in, grab something to eat, get a bath, and FINALLY get her cranky butt to bed. I CAN"T WAIT TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN TOMORROW - I really mean it; she is so interested I can't squelch that. Here are some of the before pictures Cheryl took this am.
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whooo hooo you had a busy day, I was tired just reading that. I on the other had was sitting at my desk with my slave driver boss cracking a whip at me, sweating in the office listening to Sirrius radio (the 70's oldies mix), I have had just about enough of that music, time to change the channel already. Any how tonight I have been loading up the tahoe to bring to the craft fair, if you and cheryl are out rummaging, stop by for a visit, I could use some smokin hot ladies to come visit!!
I'm so trying to not be petty and not give in to peony envy..but, really that is so not right!!! Gardener's Angst..a new topic....size doesn't matter..discuss....
Wait a minute..Kris, how do you have Sirius in the office? I couldn't receive it when I was there...did you get a hole drilled in the wall for the antennae? Or do you get it over the internet?
Hey, Mo-ster !!! You fink !!!! I saw a pic of you standing on the porch waving in front of a door with some fine blue trim -- then the screen went BLINK-BLINK and then there was no mo', er, Mo !!!!
Ain't fair .... that was a great pic - I vote for it to BLINK-BLINK return !!!!!
OK - it's back - all's well with the blog world .....
P.S. wha' happened ????
P.P.S. so those sprouts are not asparagus but really peonies???
Envy, envy - they are so beautiful but just don't make it down here ....
Yep Cheryl we got Sirius, Ed got sick of the radio, went out and bought the house model and we tried everything to get the darn thing to work and finally had to call Bob the wire guy to come and put the atenna on the outside of the building, it was a major project. I offered everyone my password to listen to it on the internet, of course that was not good enough.
And I have peony 's in my garden, they are very little, dinky to be precise. I transplanted them from NY a few years ago, it took two or three years to finally get flowers but they take so darn long to get going. then the ants come!
Good morning!!!!!!!
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