 Rockport Garden Club members gathered to meet with new members. The winner of the plant was a recent person to win the decorative green in a lovely basket.  A slide show of our club enjoying last year's successful fund raiser was shared. We are doing it once again this August which will be open to the public.  I adored the table cloth! What a delight to experience flowers while dining on the delicious sweets. It happened to be one beneficial meeting for all who attended. Think about joining the Rockport Garden Club and meeting up with fun time people that share gardening with each other and have fun events on top of that. I am not a gardener but have learned ways to make our yard flourish with ideas I have gained from the club.
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 Mom left this world in December 2015 - eleven years ago - and it seems like just yesterday we were laughing together in Iowa or in Dallas or in Maine. Whenever I see something she wrote or catch a reminder of her talents as a party person I start to relive times together. Mom existed as one of a kind person always giving and making your day extra special in some way.  At her memorial we passed out that luscious candy that she made over many years. She taught Leon how to master the talent of making that peanut brittle which we all enjoy around the holidays. Happy Mother's Day, Mom. You certainly are missed.
 Tuesday we began planting the flower garden with Michelle's help!  I planted this row of gorgeous yellow Biden's "Golden Empire"plantings. Can't wait to see them all blooming.  Of course, Spencer must sit by watching us work and guard the huge blue tub of unneeded plant pots. He happened to be there all day relaxing!  This morning, after a rainy yesterday afternoon, I walked around the garden to see how it looked. Finding dead leaves and our first flower peeking out.  The first garden is almost finished. We know putting these flowers in the ground should not be done til May gets started, but freezing time is over and we are ready!  Looking across the lawn and there sits the second creation, not yet started. There are many Perennials waiting to pop up, so this garden is not being put together just yet. However, this year we are placing another Fuchsia. So we sit and wait. It's my favorite part of spring - 50 degrees and the arrival of new plantings.  Now we are just about ready to put this magical piece that Nan made into the right place. It will add a bit of magic to the whole garden. Making a new and different outdoor scene is the intent with surprising colors and adorable additions each year. I can't wait to observe the monthly growth as the garden becomes in full bloom.
 Kay is moving so Linda wanted to take us to lunch at the Samoset. It's open on SUNDAY! Wonder when that started.  I want to tell you, I have not been to that bar for lunch in over a year. But, I would certainly return after having this delicious chicken sandwich and sweet potato fries! They were the best ever. I brought half of that sandwich home to Leon because it was really for him that Linda purchased those good eatings!  It was raining and the golf course showed that green grass along with fog over the water. It happened to be one fabulous gathering. It shows what true friendship looks like.
Thanks, Linda!  I have one great family that visits every spring and a week goes by so fast. We are at Waterworks with Jeff and Michelle (our adopted family!!!) celebrating Leon's 88th birthday.  Michelle made Leon a Mocha Ice Box Cake that was simply out of this world.  Plus a very exciting birthday card. I've never heard of a "puzzle of the month club"! What a great idea for jigsaw puzzle loving family?  In fact, the Bausch house worked every day completing four 1000 piece puzzles during their visit. A gathering time where thoughts are shared and love of family being together is felt.  All the guests got up early on the day to leave. Hugs and kisses were shared the night before. I miss my family and only wished we lived closer together.  The refrigerator was full of left overs so Leon and I had a weekend of tastings that were shared while company landed in Maine. It happened to be one scrumptious visit all the way around.  Next gathering together is Kamryn's graduation!
 Morning coffee, Poland Springs sparkling water and SUDUKO! That's how the morning began at 8:00 a.m. We call it RELAXING! Since it was misting raindrops the whole family worked on puzzles. This is what we got done - two 1000 piece challenges!  Late afternoon, beginning evening, Kristi, Leon and Katie headed to our favorite Thai food place and came home with dinner! I wanted them to meet our buddy at SPICE Pizzeria - 1.3 miles away! We had one fabulous meal to end the day. Tomorrow brings more adventures as we meet Jeff and Michelle for dinner and possibly getting another puzzle put together. I love having my family here!
 IOWA visitors have arrived - my cousin, my niece and my sister! YEAH. This morning we headed into Camden at the Villager Cafe for a taste of breakfast. Oh, my, was that ever good! We each sampled all the tastings and left there STUFFED!  Made a dog park visit so the family could see where Spencer spends every day - having a ball with his friends!  While shopping at T.J. Maxx Kristi got some headphones.  I ended up walking away with a new summer handbag. Not sure I'm keeping it, but at least giving a try. May not be big enough to hold all my junk!!  The afternoon ended with us coming home putting supper together for tonight. Of course, Spencer wanted to be in the picture with Mary and I! It happened to be one delightful day with no coats on, clear sky and lots of sun.
 Spring is here and it's my least favorite season. Dead grasses behind a pile of rocks show up. The garden begins to appear. It looks just pitiful.  Just more of the same - EVERYWHERE! If we could just skip this happening and had green all around. Buds begin to appear with bare branches all over the place!  The winter freeze chipped off spots on the big flower pots. A painting job is in order. The great part about this whole scene is the green grass.  Off to Home Depot getting hopefully the same color to paint over those spots. We'll see how that works out. Just part of getting summer ready to appear.
 I love flower buying every spring. We try to pick out different ones year after year, but some we insist on repeating.  Moose Crossing has the most beautiful flowers... that it became very hard to choose what our flower gardens would like this year. As you notice I tend to choose the RED ones!  I never noticed this kind of plant before. A Black-eyed Susan? I wonder what that would add to our plantings.  I loved browsing through the planters, pots and decorative garden pieces. I had so many ideas on where to put those summer decorative flower holders.  Which plant is mine and which is Leon's?
We're off to another nursery to check things out!  "As a child, Phoebe Manigault developed the gift of premonition after she was struck by lightning in the creeks near her Charleston home. Plagued throughout her life by mysterious dreams, and always living in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Addie, Phoebe eventually moves to the West Coast, as far from her family as possible. Now, years later, she is summoned back to South Carolina, to help Addie care for their ailing mother. As Phoebe’s return lures her back into deep-rooted tensions and conflicts, she is drawn toward Celeste, whose granddaughter went missing years ago. Their connection, woven through shared losses and hope, brings comfort to Phoebe, while Celeste’s adult grandson Liam resurrects complicated emotions tied to Phoebe’s past. But the longer Phoebe spends in her childhood home, the more her recurring nightmares intensify—bringing her closer to the shocking truth that will irrevocably change everything. Unfolding against the lush backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry, That Last Carolina Summer is an unforgettable family drama and mystery about the unbreakable bonds of family and the gift of second chances". I must write one my favorite paragraphs: "The scratches and whirs of the marsh night's busy orchestra drifted through the screen along with the pungent scent of of the plum mud, taking me back to time before the nightmares started..." (Simply beautiful!) This was a great read with each chapter providing interesting facts about birds and how they relate to human behavior. The story has many themes throughout: mystery, family secrets, reconciling the past and the gift of second chances. This author, Karen White, has a real writing talent. This certainly was a story that takes in the gift of the written word. I highly recommend this read!
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