Youngest still smiling and loving

Its so great to see my youngest child still smiling and happy!! How easy it can be to laugh and love these littleun's as they have no problem at all enjoying life. Life happens wherever we are. My precious Buddhist friends have this one down. I so admire them all for being in the moment and seeing their own life continuum as simply another story. That way we can climb outside of ourselves long enough to have a view apart from our own story line. But I think we need to laugh alot more...life is definitely too short to not enjoy to the fullesst every moment we have here.

The kitten in boxwood plant

Well, good morning yet again. Our neighbors' cat is another confirmation that all is well. Even being in the bush can be enlightening. Her temporary residence is a beautiful boxwood in North Carolina, surrounded by gorgeous gladiolas (all sweet pink), by 30 year old yellow-spotted hostas, stargazer lilies, currant-colored hostas, and a huge bush of smooth, long, banana-type leaves with a flurry of unopened blossoms that upon a closer look, are really bursting to open and display their glory. And so the kitten is happy again..and all is as it should be....for the moment.

Jeremy's growing home and garden in North Carolina

The greenness and the humidity interplay to create a passion for gardening in Charlotte more so than I have ever seen. You can actually dig down here and in 18 inches you reach water, a feat one could never do in Boulder! Overnight we watched the Hibiscus make more blossoms and everyday we watch the Gladiolas grow taller. Being in this place feels safe and is a therapeutic playground for those in need of rest, mainly me! It is easy to love all the plants that give back so much after giving so little to put them in the ground. We even were able to pick up plants from one of Jeremy's friends who is moving, and transplant them here! A 35 yr old Rhododendron, Azaleas and Hostas! The climbing Rose we took has decided not to live here because it must miss it's elderly home too much. But Roses are fickle and one can never tell what makes them so. I'll be writing more in the days to come as I learn this new Program to make photo gathering easier for myself!

Jumping into Spring

Through the dry months of the winter in the Rockies, one waits impatiently for any color to peep through the snow. The final months of their appearance are celebratory, full of delight and a taste of things to come. It's always over too soon, but this weekend it is only just beginning. Yay for Spring!
Yellow crocuses push their way through the mulch and the long cold winter, including many layers of snow to greet us now. They love being the first colorful appearance of Spring..next are the daffodils and tulips which in some areas are waving hello already, such as in Broomfield in my daughter and son-in-law's multiplicity of gardens! Bright fuschia-colored tulips snuggling next to bright sun-yellowed jonquils. Thank you for the introduction to all that's to come in June!