Pics to share

Just a sample of some of the back flower garden. It has exploded w/all the wonderful rain. Check out the second pic of the parsley---it is covered (7 or 8) swallow tail larvae---they are devouring the plant. I plant a couple of pots each year---just for these little fellows.

Mass this am, ran an errand, home to pick up, ride the stationary bike, and enjoy a wonderful day out of doors. Busy week ahead--"boys" to groomer, PT/MD appts., starting another 30 day monitor session, daily Mass, volunteering a rectory/school...

Have a great weekend. Stay safe, healthy, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

Remembering...

Remembering

Mass offered this AM at St. Patrick's for the special intentions of our family. Have had a Mass  offered for each of your birthdays. Kind of becoming a tradition---nice. Gives all of us a special time to remember our family.

Have been going to daily Mass, volunteering at rectory and school. Have a  lot of (school) weekend projects to complete. Nice to be able to complete volunteer things at home---and also getting back to getting out of the house.

Still raining here, river/ditch banks are full, "boys" are fluff balls, everything is growing wonderfully and green, green, green...

Recovering nicely from knee surgery. Began PT yesterday and am conferring w/another therapist to do some cold laser therapy. Should hear about it on Monday. It works well for the "boys"---thinking it will also work well on this old dog.

Have a great weekend, stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Mom

I'd like to order this for Spencer.  Can you send me his measurements?

Kat

More Lilies...

They have survived hot, windy days and are still intact. Think I want to be a Lily. Really need to clean out some flower beds. A lot of them are over grown and need to be thinned out.

Saw a rabbit in the flowers this AM. Also, have a mole invasion. Not going to have any of that going on. Really miss Buster and Rowdy---they were my mole/rabbit  trappers/chasers. The two living here now are slugs---I would have to catch the rabbits/moles, skin, gut, clean, cook them and serve them on a platter to get them interested in the unwelcome creatures. I do have a neighbor Jack Russell who is a great "moler"---unfortunately only in his yard. The neighbors have agreed to bring him over for a hunt.

Going to a movie this afternoon to see the Internship. The trailer looks funny. Mass last night, out to eat and home to read.

Stay healthy/safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Ma

Told Ya There Would Be More Flowers

The lilies are blooming. Took these pics this AM. They get better each year---have done especially well this year w/all the moisture.

Mass this AM, ran an errand, home to eat breakfast, let the "boys" out, and then off again to pick up some things on my west side list. Quiet time this last week (torqued my right knee last Sat.),  snuggled w/"boys", read, napped, weeded...Appt. w/the heart MD and am now off Coumadin---Yea!!! Knee is better (heat/rest), better in general since off the Coumadin.

Take care, stay healthy/safe and keep in touch.

Love, Ma

More Plant Pics--Thanks Keith...

Taking pics again since I can download them into retrievable file---thanks Keith. My IT guy has done such a great job---thanks Keith. The pics are all worth a double click. Has been sunny, "windless", and more enjoyable to work in the flowers. Less time spent on the heating pad. No more 6 hour sessions of weed pulling, rock/pot moving...really was a 10 day bummer following that day. I can now stand upright and walk straight. Nice.

Mass this AM, volunteered at rectory, picked up around the house, and then to the store to get some groceries (and dog food for the "boys"). The doggies really enjoy playing, snuggling, and competing for attention. Hard to believe Hans is "new"---he has moved right in and is such a sweet little guy. It is so much fun to watch them rip and roar around the house. Spence is getting quite svelte from all the extra exercise.

Planning on volunteering one day/week beginning Monday after Mass. Will do filing, paperwork, and get started on the Fall enrollment papers/files. We have only one school secretary. She has been there 20+ years and is a delight to work with. She is like a fine tuned machine. She has everything ready---just tells me what has to be done. Luv it. Saves her a lot of busy work.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Ma

Summer is here...no, windy is here...no, cloudy/overcast is here...

                    (Clematis, white columbine, variegated native grass, autumn clematis on fence)

So we missed Spring---now trying to move directly into summer. Cannot open patio umbrella for fear it will become air borne or do the Mary Poppin's thing. Humidity is in the 70's. Thinking of opening an outdoor sauna on the deck. Not really complaining----just amazed as to what each day will bring.

Mass this AM. Going to the rectory to celebrate a secretary's birthday at 1:00pm, mow this afternoon, and eat out this evening.

Stay healthy, safe, and keep in touch.

Love, Ma