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| Weekend Coffee Share |
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| I came up with the birthday card idea, Sister put it into action. Aunt is very loved by so many. There was a big turnout of family & friends to celebrate her birthday. She received lots of cards & pots of flowers. Happy 90th Birthday to Aunt Velva. |
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| I saved room for a piece of the delicious birthday cake made by Cousin, the same one that made the cake for Grand's wedding. Cousin is a wonderful & true cake artist. |
* Since I made a countdown of my last days of work, my mind wants to put off doing anything & everything till after I retire. They'll be plenty of time to do it then, I'm thinking. The overflowing dirty clothes hamper along with the small mound of dirty clothes beside it & the dirty dishes stacked in the sink told me otherwise, so there was laundry done this week & the dishes washed as usual. I started a 31-day walking challenge for May. I need to get some weight off & also eat less portions & have less to none sweets for my health to try to get those glucose & cholesterol numbers down or else... So far, I'm rocking it & have walked the 1st 3 days of May. I've been walking 1st thing in the morning after coffee time, of course.
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| Some have asked if I was counting down the days to retirement. I am now, 29 more to go. |
* We hadn't been on a jeep ride in a while. Nature did not disappoint with all it's beauty. There were lots of blooms, these were some of the best pictures I took.
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| Asters |
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| Yellow Flowers, Maybe Ragwort The poison oak does not bother me. Kevin steered clear of it. |
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| Lady Slipper |
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| May Apple |
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| Wild Iris |
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| Fern |
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| Wild Azalea |
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| We went through several fords in the creek. |
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| Lunch, using the new lunch box Daughter gave us for Christmas. |
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| It's me, sitting on the creek bank taking a moment to admire the beauty, sounds & smells. |
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| Cucumber Tree |
These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been.
Here in our part of Iowa we have finally had some old fashioned soaking rains. About 5” total so some did run off into the ponds and creeks but with little soil erosion. Some field crops are in, and the pasture and hay fields look nicer than they have for years. In some other locations storms with hail and tornados caused much damage. Right close here we’ve been protected from them.
ReplyDeleteYour Lady Slippers are so pretty! You have lots of blooms, yeah on the retirement at the end of the month:)
ReplyDeleteBeen away from blogging and blog reading for a bit but trying to catch up and reconnect with all my buddies this month. What a delightful picnic you guys enjoyed. Love all the pretty little flowers coming up volunteer in your area.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on having less than a month before you retire. Yes, leave all of the things until you finish up work this month. You will be glad to have things to do when you are no longer going to work. I was lost for a long time because I had loved my job and had spent much of my free time working on my job from home, writing lesson plans, making displays for the library, etc. Allow yourself time to just get adjusted, it is a whole new ballgame.
Such beautiful blooms! I bet you cannot wait for the end of may and your last day of work.
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