Please bear with me today......
I can not lie and say everyday is a good day for me. I try to be optimistic and live happy as My Denny told me to do. So many days I just tear up or do cry... sometimes it is over absolutely nothing or yes, a thought, a song or something I see. The post today that I thought I would write is on hold.
This morning when I went out to clean the pond and sweep the garden I saw this .....
and sat down to cry. This is the Lantana that My Denny lectured me everyday that he was in the hospital to take care of. This is the plant that just about died several times. I moved it to this spot a few months after he passed and told Don that this was it. If it did not make it would have to go. I did not need a plant stressing me out. Slowly it began to look better and even got leaves and then it even turned green! It made it! Today it is in full bloom to my surprise. I needed this today.....yesterday I returned to the jeweler to pick up my bracelets.
You may remember them, I bought them after My Denny passed in his memory. One says Live a Happy Life...words he spoke to me and the other a lighthouse in support of Lymphoma from which he died. I decided to have the dates engraved on the back side
5-24-17 for the day he said those words and 6-21-17 the day he passed. Very emotional morning yesterday when I got them back. You see I am a tough cookie to some (on the outside) but I really am a very sensitive gal. It is tiring to put on the happy face all the time.
Not to end on a heavy note, also in the garden is my Plumeria plant from Hawaii that Dianna brought for me last October.
It is getting ready to bloom...well not for some time, but it survived the winter and the planting. Dianna tells me that now I must mist it and water it daily. Once it is established better I will need to correct the growth as it is tilting for some reason. A lovely day all around the garden.
I still have to climb to adjust the lanai lights, still have to get the bedroom rug and get to Jo-Ann's for the fabric, but today is take a break day as my hand is once again swollen from yesterday chores. Oh and the Cox guy arrived right on time. My TV was set incorrectly!? Have not a clue as to how that happened. And to my surprise, he was making adjustments without the control. I asked him how he was doing that and he showed me....there are controls along the edge of the TV! He laughed at my total surprise especially since I told him, no...the TV was not new but instead a few years old. He checked the other set and even my computer and now all is well. Never mind a physical rest for me I need a mental one today! It seems to me that this afternoon will be a glass of wine day! How about Arizona weather? Yesterday tied the temp for the day with 98 then almost as fast hit 100. The first triple digit day of the year. HOT indeed and today will be 99. So, inside with the air and that glass of wine.
If you are still reading this, thank you for being here ..thank you for the kind words and all the caring words this past year and most of all your friendship. It truly has helped me get though many days.
I can not lie and say everyday is a good day for me. I try to be optimistic and live happy as My Denny told me to do. So many days I just tear up or do cry... sometimes it is over absolutely nothing or yes, a thought, a song or something I see. The post today that I thought I would write is on hold.
This morning when I went out to clean the pond and sweep the garden I saw this .....
Not to end on a heavy note, also in the garden is my Plumeria plant from Hawaii that Dianna brought for me last October.
It is getting ready to bloom...well not for some time, but it survived the winter and the planting. Dianna tells me that now I must mist it and water it daily. Once it is established better I will need to correct the growth as it is tilting for some reason. A lovely day all around the garden.
I still have to climb to adjust the lanai lights, still have to get the bedroom rug and get to Jo-Ann's for the fabric, but today is take a break day as my hand is once again swollen from yesterday chores. Oh and the Cox guy arrived right on time. My TV was set incorrectly!? Have not a clue as to how that happened. And to my surprise, he was making adjustments without the control. I asked him how he was doing that and he showed me....there are controls along the edge of the TV! He laughed at my total surprise especially since I told him, no...the TV was not new but instead a few years old. He checked the other set and even my computer and now all is well. Never mind a physical rest for me I need a mental one today! It seems to me that this afternoon will be a glass of wine day! How about Arizona weather? Yesterday tied the temp for the day with 98 then almost as fast hit 100. The first triple digit day of the year. HOT indeed and today will be 99. So, inside with the air and that glass of wine.
If you are still reading this, thank you for being here ..thank you for the kind words and all the caring words this past year and most of all your friendship. It truly has helped me get though many days.
