Birthday flowers

Yesterday was my birthday and Chris bought me these beautiful tulips. Thought I'd share their beauty with you today.

Slow Monday....

Kind of a slow morning after a good and busy weekend. We hung out with old friends and made new ones. Listened to life stories and spoke life giving words. Love when we get to play...
Stopped into my mom's yesterday and ended up having an impromptu family gathering celebrating my sister and her husbands birthdays. Forgot my camera at home but used mom's to take pictures in her garden. Enjoy them while I tackle the pile that has accumulated on my desk.

The week in pictures...

Been a busy week and I didn't take the time to post something everyday this week, so here's a visual log of the week:
Monday I was running into town, as I came down the hill I saw this quaint scene, turned home for my camera and pulled off to take the picture... and backed into a ditch. I couldn't get out by myself so I called Chris and then shot more floral pictures as I waited for my knight in shining armor. Forgot to get the car in the ditch though... Driving into town I enjoyed the American flags that the local Grange decorated the town with and the flowers in bloom in the medians. Took pictures of the flowers but not the flags. Came home and enjoyed the sun on the deck, and a bowl of cherries. For dinner I cooked Buttermilk brined pork chops. Chris said he preferred my regular pork chops. The recipe said to toss the rest of the brine but it looked like a gravy to me so I made gravy with it. Very good but waaaay too much salt. Not sure that I'll make them again, but I'll remember I can use buttermilk to make a gravy...

Tuesday I got together with my Friend Valerie. As I was leaving she toured me through her garden. Got lots of beautiful pictures and was inspired to plant a vegetable garden this year... not sure yet if I'll take the plunge... This is flower caught my eye while we visited.
Dinner Wednesday was another new recipe; Lemon and garlic chicken. Not only did it sound good, but there was also a recipe for any extra chicken, Lemon and cream pasta. The Lemon and garlic recipe lived up to expectations, I will make this one again! Tonight I'll try the pasta recipe.
Wednesday I mixed up a batch of overnight bread dough, today I made biscuits and scrambled eggs for Chris and an egg cup for me. To make the egg cup I cut a piece of dough, pressed it into a muffin pan, added spinach, bacon bits, cheese and cracked an egg into it. It came out pretty good. Need to find a deeper or wider cup... Chris preferred the biscuit with strawberry jam. I formed the rest of the dough into balls and froze them to be used as needed. Not a bad dough, kinda yeasty and sweet. The jam definitely made them.
So that's the week, so far, in pictures. Now I'm off to the deck, the sun and reading I've been putting off to long...

A little bit of Spring for you...

A few weeks ago I went up to the Roozengaarde display gardens, it was an incredibly beautifully day. My zoom function was broken on the macro view so I had to get creative with my framing and selection of what I took pictures of.

Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment:

Back in the saddle

Finally recovering from a cold that took me down Friday.
Wednesday and Thursday I had meetings but managed to take a few pictures of Spring, and one of Shamoo and her best friend Moose wanting me to play with them. I've added them for your enjoyment, and now, I need to get to all the business related reading I didn't have the brain for the past few days. Enjoy...

From my mom's rockery:


Cherry blossoms:


Shamoo (aka Moo) and Moose