TRIP WAS WONDERFUL

I had a wonderful time on my trip... Driving over the passes were white knuckle on the way there... I have not seen them that bad in many years... Fourth of July was worse than Look-Out, I have never seen this before... the weather so much more severe there, never thought I would see that in my life time... On the way back both passes were dry, easy sailing...

The flight there and back, wonderful... I did take a few photos from inside the plane... I did catch some kind of bug on the plane going there as evidenced by the cold I had two days after being home, I just hope I didn't catch a bug on the way back, I don't want to go from this cold to that cold... some of the shots I took from the Plane are of Phoenix, Montana, Idaho, Part of the Grand Canyon, The Columbia River, Colorado, Clouds, Spokane

The highlight of the trip for me was the Botanical Garden, I was not able to see it all, so next time there we will go again... The Bamboo grove truly impressed me...

Was able to get a shot of a Mocking Bird... They are about the size of a Steller Jay... Trash birds are everywhere there, need to find it's real name... Mourning doves are everywhere, but unlike here they seem to enjoy human company... Turtles everywhere as well as the Chameleon...
Here is a photo of a Lily I took, they seem to be everywhere in the ditches...
Spending time and bonding with my grand-children was a dream... Heather won't be able to come out this Summer due to her new Job, so I will try to get back there this late Autumn...
We took a few country side drives to see the Texas Blue Bonnets, they were not out in full force, I didn't have my photo taken in the mist of them, may-be next time... though I did take photos of them... as well as a few shots of their Indian blanket... Beautiful color
I did not go to the rodeo, nor to see Alan Jackson... my choice, I wanted to spend as much time with the children as I could... The two little ones took to me as if I were in their life daily... How wonderful this made me feel...

Not sure when I will return to work, but think Mid May... I was going to start back up the first of April... but not a lot to be done so I opted to let someone else return first... I just love my time, and am thinking of leaving the work force in the next year or two... we will see, as I always say, money is not everything, but it's a good thing...

I can't seem to pass up a plant, this might explain why I have 15 or more Coneflowers, at least 6 different sedums, the list goes on...more to be purchased this year... This season I plan to add the first of many white plants with a splash of green here and there for what will become the Moon lite garden... I am thinking of adding either the Echinacea 'Pink Double Delight' Or the 'Knee High' to go with my collection of coneflowers, I think either will fit in very well... Last year I added a few of the more Exotic cultivars, 'Green Envy', 'Fatal Attraction' and 'Jade' to name a few... ..

I picked up some Trileleia bulbs 'Queen Fabiola' ... These bulbs are hardy to zone 7, I want to try them out in containers and see what happens... If they give me a show I will dig them out of their containers come Autumn and try them again next season... I also picked up a few 'White Tiger Lilies'... these grow to 40 inches in height, I will place them in the Moon lite garden...

Seeds I have been taking care of in the well house are as follows... Zinnia 'Chippendale Daisy' heirloom, this Zinnia is bi-colored has a red flower head and yellow petal and is edible I can't find a photo of this one so we will have to wait till it blooms/Zinnia 'Envy' heirloom, this Zinnia is Chartreuse in color/Lavender 'Munstead'/Sweet Pepper 'Chinese Giant' heirloom/Tomato 'Brandywine pink' heirloom/Jalapeno, 'Jalapeno Early' heirloom/Chinese Lanterns, heirloom/Watermelon 'Moon and Stars' heirloom/ Hollyhock 'Black' heirloom, an old fashioned single bloom... I have already planted my sweet Peas 'Old Spice' mixed colors, another heirloom...Still to plant when the time arrives are my Nasturtiums, heirloom/Zucchini 'Black Beauty' heirloom/Garden Bean 'Dragon Tongue' heirloom, this plant is good for both fresh and their dried beans/Snow peas, heirloom... I have more seeds on the way but can't remember what they are... Heather sent me a packet of 'Texas Blue Bonnets' I will plant these in the next day or two and bring them up to the well house...

The song birds are many out there these days... I think this snow has thrown them for a loop... We keep them fed, so the feeders are full is seems from dawn to dusk... I hear a song I have never heard before, I have tried to find the bird with no luck, I do hope it sticks around until I am able to meet him/her...

Last week I was out playing with Stella all day long... the next day I woke up to four inches of snow... The snow was melted off in two days, then it started to snow again... Today we are to get three to six inches here in the Blackfoot... it is to snow up until the week-end, then our Spring weather is to return they inform us... I do hope so.. This is what it looked like when I was out there working, and the next morning...

I was just thinking... I know scary... The worst job for the demarcates must be cleaning up after the elephants... cracking up here... sorry my Republican friends, I can't help myself, and yes... I continue to think I am funny...

I took a few silly photos, just love running into things I can add to 'The things we see' album... I think that Dumass taco's is funny enough, but "You too can be a Dumass customer" is even funnier...

Want some Chewy Balls? Free Smells, it's a candy store... gotta love the things we see...

The Blues Brothers ... I believe this was taken in the small town of Tomball Texas...

Remember it's almost time to get those hands dirty... Hug those you love, and remember no matter where they live we can hug them in our hearts and minds

Until next time

Nothing but love Lina