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Monday, May 13, 2013

Mother's Day 2013

"When you are a Mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." ~Sophia Loren


Happy Mother's Day!
 The local babies are growing like weeds! These are the babies I showed you a couple of posts ago. We call them the 'teenagers' now because they are nearly as big as their Mothers!!




It was a nice sunny weekend here and Lily enjoyed napping in the sun too! (as she does most mornings!)


Spring is definitely in full swing here! The hummingbirds are here!

I just did catch this guy...he flew as I snapped the pic!!
My gardens are blooming like crazy due to the many rainy days we've had!




Of Course you know I have to have hibiscus in honor of Florida!! They don't make it through the winter here so I plant new ones every year!!


Here is my mom enjoying lunch outside in the beautiful weather!

She lives in an assisted living facility here and made me this beautiful wreath which I have proudly displayed on my front door in honor of Mother's Day!

 Mom and I spent the weekend together, I cooked her some of her favorites!

Seared Scallops, Sauted Shrimp and roasted asparagus for lunch and Steaks on the grill for Dinner!!!
 Remember this pic? Pam from I love Shelling took this of us the day we closed on our house in Florida.  I framed it for Mom and added coquinas as butterflies since my Mom LOVES butterflies!! How many do you find?

I hope all you Mothers out there had a pretty spring day to celebrate!!

Next weekend our Baby Girl graduates from Virginia Tech Vet School!!!! I am so excited and so very proud of her! Bet you know what the next post will be!!!!

Dr. Jessica Kraft, DVM......it has such a great sound to it ...doesn't it?!!!!!

Hope you all had a great day!!

::Hugs::

Cheri


Friday, April 19, 2013

Blossoms and Babies of Spring!




I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. ~Ruth Stout


I love the spring!! So many things to see, and to photograph! Just take a few moments, sit on your porch and listen and watch as new life begins.  It truly touches my heart! If I could sit for hours and just watch life around me I would do that! Here are some pictures of what I am seeing....and we have new baby Canada Geese that arrived yesterday! 



A Beautiful Bluebird!
Hubby's favorite, a Goldfinch....getting brighter!
Creeping Phlox
Creeping Phlox
Verbena
House Finch...or Purple Finch
Of course Spring means Asparagus! Yum!! 
Baby Canada Goose...1 day out of the nest!
Another Baby Goose 
Super belles....or baby petunia, love these!! 
More Baby belles 
Baby Bells...Neon! 
Iris

6 of the eight Baby Geese born yesterday!


Happy Spring!

::Hugs::

Cheri

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Happy Easter!!

Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness.  ~Floyd W. Tomkins


It is that time of year to dust off the old, and begin again. For me, this means more this year than it ever has. I've weeded the gardens and made room for the new blooms to grow and flourish. Now we watch as life begins anew.








Happy Easter to all of you and your families!!


::Hugs::

Cheri

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Stopping and Smelling the Roses.....

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.  ~Etty Hillesum

There is a little garden on the property here where they have a shell cleaning station and a 'patio' of sorts that is named 'The Grove'.  They have made it a wonderful little place with many plants, and mini palm trees, tables, chairs, and grills.  Being a smoker, I go there often, and sometimes remember to take my camera....I have missed so many neat photo opportunities, by leaving the camera back at the condo!  

Today's lesson in relaxation is to stop and smell the roses....or whatever beautiful flowers are around you at the time!!






Very strange looking plant...looks kinda like asparagus with blooms!!







  Out there among all the pretty flowers, with the bees, butterflies and birds...are these guys!!





 We slept in a little again yesterday...(I guess relaxing makes us sleepy!) Waited until around noon to put out the umbrella, we found us a little spot and within an hour we thought we might be in for a thunderstorm, it boomed and rumbled, and we could see the dark clouds getting closer, so we packed up and headed to the condo....I should know better, no rain on Sanibel...at least when it's not convenient!! We didn't see a drop, so we went back out and stayed until around 4:00 and came in to go to Sanibel Grill for supper...I had a garlic shrimp salad and hubby had his favorite....fried oysters!! They were both wonderful!!  We came right back and went to our tidal pool at about 6:00.  Unfortunately the pool wasn't out yet, so we did a lot of walking around and got very little....looks like we will have to improvise tonight to find the shells! 






 I hope you all are able to relax a little reading this....it works for us!! :)

::Hugs::
Cheri