I completely forgot about this calla lily when I planted my garden this spring. When I saw the leaves coming up a few weeks ago, I was amazed that I hadn’t unearthed it while planting a rose literally on top of it. And tonight I was even more amazed to see that it flowered. It’s only the second time ever that we got a flower from it. I almost missed it, too, because it’s practically buried in the rose that I planted there. What a nice surprise.
Tag: flower
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June 2
Christina started camp at the Y today. I wasn’t sure how she’d like it, but she came home excited that she was the gagaball queen. I’m so glad she enjoyed it. Now Robin needs something to do.
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June 1
Christina’s recital was a success. Rosina and Dion came bearing flowers, even for Robin, who they felt deserved them after surviving her long cheer season as well. That was so sweet of them. Now Christina can tear her ballet costume to shreds, and she probably will, too.
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May 31
Had a pretty productive day. Got in my run (even if it doesn’t count because I forgot to set my watch to track it), did laundry, went food shopping, made a nice dinner and ate it on the patio. In between all that, I managed to do some fun things – beat the first round of the Harry Potter expansion game we got for Christmas, did some knitting. Now watching the Yankees lose to the Dodgers (again). Think I’ll finish the day with a beer.
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May 30
My legs have been killing me since Tuesday’s leg workout, so I skipped this morning’s planned run and instead went for a three-mile walk around the neighborhood. Too many people walk around here. I kept having to say hi and good morning to everyone. Sheesh.
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May 23
I did a lot of knitting today. Pinot got a haircut. Christina got a special invitation to participate in a second dance team next season. We played Uno No Mercy after dinner. The Yankees lost to the worst team ever in MLB history (well, seems like it, anyway; tonight’s win was only their 9th of this whole season). I am ready for a long weekend.
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May 12
It’s so nice not having cheer practice. Got to take a shower, folded and put away laundry, cooked dinner, and got to eat it together with the family. As Christina would say, not too shabby.
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April 30
Robin had her Cobalt sendoff for Summit tonight. Expectations for this team are so low that when they hit their routine, everyone was over the moon excited. Robin even came home saying it made her want to do cheer again. We left excited for this weekend, and I’m glad.
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April 28
One of my new roses is blooming. The blossom doesn’t look as healthy as I was hoping it’d be, but maybe it just needs to establish itself a bit more first. The garden on the whole is doing pretty well. The plants are starting to fill in a little, and it looks more flush. Even the desert rose, which I thought for sure was a goner after last winter, is growing new leaves. I’m enjoying the garden this year.
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April 23
Spent a few minutes in the garden after work. One of the new roses has a bud on it. The impatiens was angry that I hadn’t watered it in a few days. This amaryllis is a late bloomer, but beautiful as can be. The weather was perfect and I was jealous of our neighbor, who was grilling hamburgers that smelled amazing. These are the nights to eat on the patio and we are spending them at dance and cheer and work and eating pizza out of a box. It could be worse, and a few minutes in the garden on a beautiful evening is better than nothing at all.
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April 13
Christina’s dance competition didn’t go as well today as yesterday. The team didn’t even place. It was fun watching her anyway. And, we have wisteria flowers for the first time since I planted it over ten years ago! So exciting.
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April 9
I finally had a minute to catch my breath today. Which isn’t to say it was an easy day, just that I had some time in between the madness to catch up on photos, look at my garden, look up some things on the internet that have been bugging me, work on the jigsaw puzzle… It was nice, but now I’m tired. I stay up too late, trying to get some time to myself. It never feels like enough.
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April 6
Robin had a marathon cheer practice today for 4+ hours, so Christina and I used the time to do some shopping. She bought herself some Judy Blume books and a Snoopy shirt at the mall, and I couldn’t resist buying myself a book, even though I’ve been reading Wicked for four months now and I’m still not done. Time just isn’t my friend. But, instead of reading Wicked today, I finished knitting a sweater that’s been sitting in a bag for more than a year. It was a challenging pattern, mostly because I had trouble understanding it. I was pleasantly surprised that I ended up with something that very clearly resembles a sweater that even fits me. I have to do the finishing (weaving in threads, blocking), but then it will finally be done. Just in time for summer. Today it was 91 degrees outside.
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April 4
Christina and I got to have dinner together in front of the TV, watching Jungle Cruise. It was another day of endless driving to activities for people other than me, but these little moments, even when we don’t talk to each other, mean so much to me. It makes it worth it.
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March 29
Every year I attempt to make this garden beautiful. I know I’ll never make it look as nice as my dad would, but I at least try to make it presentable without letting anything die. I know the pentas does ok, and heather has done well before, the roses seem to hold up… so I’m hoping we do ok. Impatiens are new this year, but I think they’ve done ok too in the past. Keeping my fingers crossed.
