Random Pics from this week...

"Blazing Stars" from our yard. They are really tall and bloom from the top down...

This is a cool cactus that we got at Lowe's the other day. It's called "Eve's Noodles." No kidding!!

OUR RAIN 'CONTAINER'..... It's almost full right now thanks to the rain we got this afternoon..

The screen on top is too keep debris, animals and mosquitos out...

More Flowers from the yard...

These are Wes' Watermelon, Canteloupe and Lavender plants.... We'll have an abundance of melons soon...

Easter pics..

Today after I went to church (by myself! Darn airport!) I went for a bike ride. I went all the way to visit Mamaw's grave. It's a little over 6 miles from here. I was a little nervous about riding on HWY 39, but that was really nothing. I had to ride on North Hills Street for about a quarter of a mile and that was what I should have been nervous about! Whew... I came back the same way, and I let me tell you, they don't call it N. HILLS for nothing! It was brutal! I had to get off and walk. Anyway, when I came back, I took several pictures of the crosses at the churches. These first two are from Northcrest. I was going to take one while I was at church, but there were too many families around taking their own pictures. The other cross is the one in front of Poplar Springs UMC. I thought they were great!

After my ride, I sat outside and read my book for a good while. The breeze was great.... Here's a few from today of the rambling roses. They are blooming nicely. There's hundred of buds that haven't opened yet.

Nice and Thorny!!

Here's some new pics of my "flowers." They'll be Day Lillies one day...

Random Pics

Went for a bike ride today. I went around the country club twice. It was a bit chilly, but really nice. (My rear hurts already. I'll be sore tomorrow...) When I came home, I got my book and read outside on the porch. I'm reading my favorite author, Wally Lamb. His new book is called The hour I first Believed. Really good so far. It's about a couple going through tough times and then wamm... Columbine. They are both teachers there. (It's fiction.) I haven't gotten to that part yet. I'm still reading about their family histories. The main character in the book "grew up" with the main characters from Lamb's other book (my favorite), I Know this much is True. Phoebe sat "with" me, in the window. She was intensely watching a squirrel in the tree. Mom says she's fat. Okay, maybe a little.

No roses on the fence yet....

My "flowers."