It Is All About Family

When I take time to step back and try to figure out where I got where I am today, the common thread is family. Spending time with my mom's side of the family this last week-end made that observation even clearer. Between blooming dogwood trees,

 visiting with cousins, a surprise anniversary celebration,

 a birthday celebration,

 a photo walk with my brother,

 quality time with my husband,

 gathering around the table to solve the problems of the world with family over coffee and leftover birthday cake,

 and a stop at a moving Memorial Day celebration at the cemetery reminded me... it is all about family.

Celebration Night!

I can't even begin to count all the students I have had in my career. Each group I have taught has had something unique they brought into my classroom. Tonight we honored our 8th grade class and I have so enjoyed teaching them for the last three years. Above are some images of the evening.

The Color Purple

As flowers bloom each week different colors emerge under the direction of Mother Nature. This week the prominent color is purple in many different shades and hues. Take a walk with me.

The Best Things in Life Are Nearest

 

"The best things in life are nearest:  Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you.  Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life."  ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Hello Hostas!

Hostas are funny plants to watch. One day in spring I look at the ground and there are tiny shoots popping up. Next time I go check about an inch of leaves have come out of each plant. This morning it was like they magically grew into full plants overnight! Perhaps I should call them my Exploding Hosta Plants.

Spring Migration from the Greenhouse

I am still watching the nighttime temperatures, but began the ritual of bringing the plants out of the greenhouse. They wintered over beautifully this last year. I love it when I turn a plant around from the back corner and find a bloom like this.

This is a Martha Washington geranium I propagated earlier in the spring.

The newly painted boxes are holding geraniums along the path. We grow these plants in five gallon buckets, then pull them out in the fall to put in the greenhouse, then bring them back out again in the spring.

The ivy geraniums are ready to brighten up the front walk. Tomorrow is another day and more plants will find their way outside!