Mother's Day 2024

Heard from my 3 sons, and 3 daughters in law, and one grandson. They all wished me happy Mother's Day. Long phone conversation with one son about his work.

Was I happy? I think so. I have a main sense of just total satisfaction at this time.

Gardening, listening to audio book (Outlander's latest one)...comfy clothes, great weather. No hoopla. I got a take out dinner broiled white fish, cold slaw, baked potato, hush puppies. My tapioca pudding desert had lots of pecans thrown on it. 

I worked on my potted plants for my porch garden. Saturday I got some little purple petunias, and a coleus, and some kind of purple leafed thing, "Persian Sheild." Oh and a new hefty lavender plant. I'm still nursing the one that is probably root bound. Maybe I'll have the energy to put it in a new pot with more soil. I've half a bag of potting soil left, and still 2 purple petunias and the Grosso lavender to plant.

It's 54 outside and partly cloudy. I hear some bird greeting the day, and a constant whir from cars on the two nearby highways. Rain my happen this evening. I'm living in my summer nest among the maple branches outside my second story window on the one side, and my front side of apartment now has pretty plants. Somehow I'm not drawn to bright flowers this year. The purples caught my eye and I went for it.

Today I'll go to the Senior lunch at Lake Tomahawk. I probably will walk down to the dam (1/4 mile) to see what's happening since I've been away. Then I'm meeting some friends who are doing their picnic lunches and walking at their paces. It's always ok for us to stop and rest on the benches along the way. I remember when I first started back, I could only make it to the first bench. Now I can get to the dam without stopping. Next when they open the walk over the dam, I'll try to do the whole half mile around! One of my younger friends can go all the way twice (or did before the dam construction started.)

Oh I almost forgot, there's the apple-mint plant also!

And I spent a little time in the studio yesterday also. Picked up these two new pots, the small one is degfinitely for an orchid to be repotted. I'm thinking larger for the Grosso Lavender. It will probably want to be big.

This is hanging over the balcony on the elevated side of the apartment. It may not get enough sun. We shall see.

Real life most often happens during the in-between times, when we are not celebrating a special occasion.