My birthday is on the 18Th and will be quietly celebrated. My friend won't be here; he's attending a prior engagement. Mom hasn't driven in a year and reminds me a few times a week that she hasn't. Alzheimer's! This morning she said, "I don't have anyway to get out and buy you something, not that I'd know what to get you anyway." My daughter, Corey, sent me a package via UPS so she and her family won't be here. And to be honest I'd just as well ignore the day of becoming another year older!My dad was alive when we celebrated Corey's 21st birthday; he passed away a few months after her marriage to a fabulous guy! Stacy still had thick brown hair; hair loss due to Renal Failure has robbed her of her gorgeous hair! It's much thinner now and she has grey streaks! Mom and I were both thin and much younger looking. Corey will be 37 this year! This is about the last year I allowed anyone to take photos of me and I now regret that! Photos are important.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Birthdays!
My birthday is on the 18Th and will be quietly celebrated. My friend won't be here; he's attending a prior engagement. Mom hasn't driven in a year and reminds me a few times a week that she hasn't. Alzheimer's! This morning she said, "I don't have anyway to get out and buy you something, not that I'd know what to get you anyway." My daughter, Corey, sent me a package via UPS so she and her family won't be here. And to be honest I'd just as well ignore the day of becoming another year older!My dad was alive when we celebrated Corey's 21st birthday; he passed away a few months after her marriage to a fabulous guy! Stacy still had thick brown hair; hair loss due to Renal Failure has robbed her of her gorgeous hair! It's much thinner now and she has grey streaks! Mom and I were both thin and much younger looking. Corey will be 37 this year! This is about the last year I allowed anyone to take photos of me and I now regret that! Photos are important.
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Garden Art!
Just when we thought we had enough garden art we stumbled (109 degrees and humid) into Rustic Pots and found 7 pots waiting for us! Yikes! These two are now situated in the backyard and look like they've always been there. We have been searching for a pot or two to place directly inside of the front gate and we now have them along with two matching pots on either side of the front door with philodendrons in them, a vase pot at the corner of the house waiting for a dried arrangement of some kind and the sculptural ones in this pic.
The garden doesn't have that raw-just-planted look that it had in June and even though we've lost more plants than I care to think about the yard is absolutely beautiful! And happily the HOA finally signed off on it! We had a difference of opinion about the drip system but once we met them half way things worked out! The customer service rep came out last week for our 11 month inspection and complimented on us our yard, "I can honestly say that I haven't seen a yard as creative or nicely planted as this one. Who was your landscaper?" We beamed!
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