Mommo Update

My Mom is home from the hospital and doing really good. Thanks to everyone for your prayers..they do help! My sister Midge is wonderful. She made some changes to her home office so Mom could spend her recovery on the first floor. She is the main "go to" person for Mom and with both arms in splints she needs help doing basic things. But Mom isn't a quitter! She is moving her fingers as much as possible and doing everything she can to rehab her hands. I think of her as the amazing bouncing octogenarian! My brothers and nieces and nephews are also on hand for anything that might need done.  I feel so bad  I don't live close. Having an amazing family is such a blessing. Mom made me laugh when she told me about the "talk" she gave to one of the nurses.  Now, I've been on the receiving end of a "talk" from Mom when I was young and I don't think she's lost her touch. The nurse had some questions she needed to ask and started out treating Mom like she had only one brain cell.  Mom was offended by the tone that was used and suggested that the nurse needed a different delivery.  Everything turned out OK and the nurse survived....Welcome home Mommo!  On a different note, here are a few scenes from the Pines as Spring winds down and Summer tries to make an appearance. The temps have been very chilly these past days, but sunshine abounds and the frost and freeze warnings are gone for now.  Before they are all just a pleasant memory...here are the flowers:

I call this my "snowball" bush.  I know it's a white hydrangea, or atleast in the hydrangea family.

The blooms remind me of those white coconut cakes from hostess!

Miss Azalea....you are a stunner in bright red!

This little lady is called "Miss Kim"...it's a dwarf lilac that always blooms later than ordinary lilacs.  It is soooo fragrant! I planted a few of these in our old house under the bedroom windows and loved the smell.  I planted this cutie under the window of the guestroom....and made myself a guest a few times just to enjoy it!

Rhododendron.  Blooms so huge and lovely. Unfortunately, they don't last very long. So I enjoy them while I can.

My roses are coming along nicely. My new one has bloomed already and the others are just about there. I do love my owl rocks I brought back from Chicago. (A Costco buy!)  Jack, ever the observer of the backs of people (A Chiropractic habit), claims they look like giant baked potatoes from the back....Hey, stick to humans and leave my owl rocks alone!

Group shot reminds me again that after the blooms are gone, some serious pruning will be done. Hey, I need to see the front of the house!

These two monsters are not "blooming" in the Pines, but I stopped over yesterday and they decided a trip for some frozen yogurt would hit the spot..and they were right! Anthony had yogurt too...he was just a much faster eater than little brother Cameron!

I'm not forgetting for a moment that this weekend is Memorial Day weekend.  Tomorrow we will have a
 parade and a ceremony at the cemetery to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to keep us a free nation.  Thanks to all who serve and to all who have served in the past. I don't like to call this day a "holiday"....just an "honor day". 

I've had this guy for about 20yrs....he comes out every Memorial day and stays all summer.  As a final Pines happening, I'll show a sunset from the other night. I love taking pics of the sunset as you can tell because I've shown quite a few...they may all look similar, but I love them anyway!

The End!