Forget-Me-Not

Yesterday would have been my Mom's 93rd birthday. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day here--spring flowers bursting forth--she would have loved it! Traditionally I would always give her a huge bouquet of daffodils picked from our backyard.

They are super abundant this year!

Here they are, captured!

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Curiously, my Mom never knew for sure what her actual birthday was... she was born near midnight at home. Only two clocks were present--the doctor's and the one hanging on the wall. One of them said before midnight, and one of them said after--nobody knew which was right! So...they decided upon April 11th because her sister's birthday was January 11th. Maybe it was the 10th or maybe it was the 12th?

It was a busy day yesterday; I didn't dwell on missing my Mom. We got a lot accomplished in the garden. So many, many leaves and plant effluvia to be raked up--what's literally left of all of last year's beauty. At the end of the day, I was trying to decide where I would plant a new hosta: shade considerations seem to change year by year, etc. etc. Then I saw them.... my clump of Forget-Me-Nots was in full bloom! How could I have missed them the day before?!

They were my Mom's most favorite flower of all.

I'm pretty sure she was born on the 11th!

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"May you live all the days of your life."

--Jonathan Swift

Home again, home again...

Got back from Mexico earlier this week and was amazed, pleased, incredulous, happy, and satisfied to experience 80 degree temps upon our arrival! Friends of ours were gracious enough to give us credit for bringing all this nice weather up north with us. The daffodils in our backyard, in a show of perfect timing, popped out into full blooms the next morning.

Spring is here!

Busy, busy week....after a month of pretty much pure relaxation, the pace of life in our little village seems so hectic! Sounds funny, but it's true! Once again I have to make decisions like what to eat for dinner (as opposed to where to go for dinner!)....dishes need to be washed (well, ok, put into a brand, spankin' new dishwasher!) by somebody in this household as, unfortunately, no maid service exists, (try as I might, I cannot convince my daughter that this would be a worthwhile contribution to the general happiness of her parental units!); and finally, laundry has to be done and folded by me....and not that nice Lorena at the lavendaria! *Sigh*

I took about a squillion pictures, but haven't even had a chance to connect my camera to the computer to get a good look at them. It's become a bit of joke that I enthusiastically take photos every year....of pretty much the very same scenes that I took the year before! Ah well, fun to look back over the years and notice the subtle changes. (Thank heaven they are not many--I like Mexico just as it is!) I will share some of them in the near future.

Happy Easter! We will celebrate by seeing the girl child off to the airport where she begins a 23 hour flight ordeal, eventually landing in Okinawa, Japan. Hubby will be waiting, open-armed!

xoxo

¡Hola amigos!

Second row down....third one from the left! If only you could really zoom in, you´d probably see a woman holding a vodka tonic in her hands, with a smile on her face! That´s because, besides the obvious v&t, she´s had another relaxing day and she´s thinking about where to have dinner that night. Life is good south of the border!

¡Adios!...for now....