My Mother's Day fun

I was going to post last night, but for some reason couldn't get my memory card to download! All is well today because I got it to work. There are over 1000 pictures on it, and I am sure half is of my 15 year old son who seems to have an obsession with taking pictures of himself!

My sons honored me with a card for Mother's Day and some chocolate. Reese's is on of my favorites! As you can see, there were only two left. Out of a package of 8, I had only had two, so I guess that means that the gifters got into my candy stash! The card was cute. My son wrote that it was the least thoughtful card for a very thoughtful mother. Too sweet! I didn't have the heart to tell them that Mom Mom is a term for grandmother. I am not ready to be one of those yet!

We traveled to my daughter's home for a little while. I had a present for her. She isn't a mother, but really wants to be. She had been wanting clothes for the goose she had "inherited" from her home's prior owner. She was so excited! I also wanted to give her these cute little colander tealight holders, but I didn't get a chance to pick them up from my friend's house. They will match the yellow colander I gave her at Easter as an Easter basket. She wants to use the big colander as a planter, so I also got her florist's foam and some spanish moss. Just so I don't violate any copyright laws, the picture below is from the PartyLite catalog.

When I came home from work last night, my son had sloppy joes and a can of baked beans cooking! He wanted to surprise me since he couldn't do that on Mother's Day due to having visitation with his dad. He did a great job!

Yesterday evening my son and I went outside in the yard and while I was checking the little garden, I noticed that a stalk of asparagus had found a small opening in the garden edging! Isn't it odd that plants know just where to grow?

I noticed that the rhubarb is really growing too! We've had a lot of rain and just enough sunny days.
I don't know how to tell if rhubarb is ripe enough to harvest. It's starting to get a beautiful red to the stalks. Do I need to wait a little bit longer?
The sun started going down, so we decided to go to the store. My son had been working on setting up a small aquarium and it was time to go find a fish. He decided on a pretty beta fish.
I love the colors! He said that it matched some of the red color in a dracaena plant he got for his bedroom. When I looked in on the fish last night, it seemed very happy in its new home!

Hope everyone else is happy in their homes and staying healthy!

Spring has sprung!

Welcome to my blog! I'm inspired by so many of the Rate My Space ladies who have begun blogging. I can't wait to get started on this space and join the fun. Hope you share my joy of living in my most favorite home yet!

I'm so happy that it's finally spring! After a long, harsh winter, I find the warmth and sunshine practically intoxicating! I'm so fortunate to have moved into a home where the previous owner was a gardener. Though I am queen of the brown thumb, the former lady of the house was so wise to have planted perennials that bloom at all different times of the spring and summer.It was just two months ago that we had our last significant snowfall. Hard to believe!



Makes me shiver just to think of how cold it was then! Look at what spring has brought to my gardens though! It just warms my heart and delights my eyes!

I have to confess that the little red shed isn't mine. It belongs to a neighbor, but I just loved the bright colors and the rugged fence. Everything is so colorful!

Have a great day! I'll post again soon.