Spring is surely here...............

 The lilacs are out!

 

Diane

All grown up....almost

 Back in 2010 we planted this Canadian Red Cherry tree.  It was to replace my beloved Red Flowering Crab which was very old when we lost it . 

 This year the cherry is beginning to look like a real tree..................

..........and I wish you could smell it!!                  Diane

Mother's Day

My heart is so full this Mother's Day.  I have been so blessed with love from my daughters and their children(fur children included), my step daughter, my grandmother who is in heaven and my mother who recently joined her.  For all the mothers who have gone before me to bring me where I am today, it's mind boggling.  Blessings to you this day.  Diane

Bighorns....................

I never miss a chance to capture the beautiful mountains that lie to the west of us.  In the center almost is Black Tooth peak and to the far left you will notice the back country completely covered with snow assuring us of water this summer (or flooding this spring if it warms up too fast.)       Diane

So Tiny...............

The tiniest of flowers peeking through the growth in my neighbor's yard.  How can your heart not be happier seeing such a wee thing looking for spring?              Diane

One More Thing..................

When we went to the garden store these birdhouses enchanted me.  I think I could make one, I have lots of "treasures" I've collected over the years, doorknobs, fancy pieces of wood, I even have a metal rose that I never knew what I was going to do with. Trying to get the yard ready for spring, running errands, housework........sure, I have lots of time!!  Like you, the day just shrinks and shrinks.  But a birdhouse like this is a challenge.                    Diane

A Lost Friend............

I just found out today that I lost a friend.  I'm sorry to say I didn't even know she was ill. Last summer her and I had a wonderful day going through my journals and talking and when she left she was excited to begin her own journaling. She once was our mail person when we had our store and we got to know each other then.    I thought she was still working so we only ran into each other now and then and talked like magpies.  Juli was a great person who loved the Lord and her family and I will miss her dearly.    Diane