Tomatoes!

I'm not a gardner of any sort! I hate planting and weeding, but I LOVE the flowers, fruits and veggies you get from a garden. I usually plant a few geraniums and petunias because I seem to do ok with those. But, I took on a new task for the summer. I'm nurturing along two tomato plants in containers and so far so good! Here is a close-up of the first ones! The smaller ones in front are only about 2-3" across with the larger one in back about 4-5" across. I can't wait until they are ripe for picking and we can have that wonderful fresh tomato flavor. My other tomato plant still doesn't have any tomatoes, but it's a later growing version. I wanted to extend the season of fresh tomatoes so I got two different varieties.

I'm already thinking what I should add next year! Maybe I better just slow down and see how the tomatoes go throughout the growing season.

Michelle

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I just had to share this picture of my granddaughter, Hazel. She's 8 months old today as well!

Michelle

Hooray! My granddaughter turned 1 month old recently and was able to go home from the hospital, too! She has grown SO much in her first month. The new family is happy to all be home together and settling into their new life.

Michelle

So pretty!

I am so excited about my hydrangea bush! We planted it a couple years ago and now it's big enough to be covered in blooms! This one is the most "blue" with the others in various stages of turning blue. I couldn't resist snipping this bloom and floating it in a bowl. Just a simple, feel good part of my day.

Spring Break!

Well I've been on Spring Break this week and it's going TOO FAST! We're in the middle of State testing at school and I think we all needed a break in routine. Once we start back to school next week we'll finish up with 4th and 5th grade testing and then it won't be long before the end of the school year activities begin. How does the time go so fast?

Right now the weather is beautiful! It will be in the 60's and the sun is actually shining! Spring officially starts tomorrow and of course that means.......a snowstorm! *L Yes.... we have a Winter Weather Advisory until Sunday afternoon. The bulk of the snow may be at the south end of our metro area and I hope they are right! I am NOT in the mood for more snow! I want sunshine and warm temps. If we don't get a lot of snow we have a shot at a day of 70 degrees later next week. Cross your fingers!

Snowfall

Valentine's Day Snowfall

I know around here we've all had enough winter already, but the snowfall on Valentine's Day was just so pretty! It was like being inside a snow globe!

Unfortunately, there was a downside to this very pretty snowfall. It went through our area quickly but in the process created some really nasty driving conditions. To the NW a bit was a huge 50 car pile-up on I-70. Shortly after that news we heard about a 50+ car pile-up just to the west of us. Then there was yet another large pile-up on I-35 and 87th. News photos of these accident scenes showed what looked like toy vehicles piled up all over each other. Reports said no lives were lost...thank goodness!