Beneath the Wraps

I will now share some pictures of our gardens.  This first one was taken after some April winds knocked off the pedals from three of the tulips.  Today, only the stems can be seen on all four.  But look at how well our yellow flowers have done! On the side of the house we planted six beats and two rows of spinach seeds We still need to get rid of the trees  to the left.   I put the gloves on in the morning.  My fingers felt very cold beneath the glove Bonnie did not help with the gardening, but look how cute she is another view of the yellow flowers The missionaries helped Roland plant cucumber seeds and add dirt, mulching and such.  They also put up a fence to keep the chickens out - we hope This is one cucumber plant that we put above the cucumber seeds I noticed we have mountain daisies growing along the hill   This is two of six peppers.  You may wonder about the hay.  It was a suggestion given by Raney's in one of the "Homestea...

This post really has nothing to do with Earth Day . . . it just happened to take place last week: Thursday April 22nd.               I woke up early and thought I would surprise Roland by lowering my bed and snuggle with him.   However when I started scooting toward him, his side of the bed began to rise and then he told me he thought I was doing it.   I didn’t have his remote!   But neither did he.   We searched for it on top of the bed, removed the covers one at a time and looked beneath the bed.   I lowered my side and climbed on the bed to see if the remote had fallen between the crack that separates our mattresses. It had.   Only it hadn’t fallen as far as the floor but had somehow nestled itself under my mattress.   I had to use a long object in order to push it out.              I took Jenna to seminary so that Roland could go back to bed if he wante...

  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-11/-no- vacancy-signs-are-vanishing-from-america-s-highways              I may not remember every detail of every family vacation I took with my parents and sibs, but I do remember looking at hotel signs from the freeway and taking the ramp to find lodging.  We had not made reservations as there was a time it didn’t seem pertinent to do so.  We would look for signs that said “Vacancy” and preferred lodging with a pool and later cable seemed to be a priority.  I don’t recall having had any problems with finding lodging that way.  I suppose it is still possible to do it that way in some areas but have learned that as the decades pass and more apps and technology are introduced – a reservation will at least secure where you may want to go.   I still would rather throw caution to the wind and find something along the way instead of booking in an area I’m really not familiar w...

The desk in my room is currently on the cluttered side.  This is where I work unlike Jenna who has acted and is currently rehearsing at the Grand Victorian.   We both chose Bonnie as our pet subject - though the two I took both had a "green eye" instead of red-eye effect.  I tried cleaning it up, but it is obviously not natural. I love her picture of Bonnie.  And I love the caption she used. That's me and Roland She and her friend decided to camouflage themselves.  Silly girls. Here is the one she did not submit She decided to take a picture of Rip-Off-Rays and I took one of Grocery Outlet tree cropped off above photo Interestingly she took a picture of the mailbox with the flag down     while I did it with the flag up I had taken pictures of the fist thirteen on the list.  Only she was able to submit the last two.  

My favorite restaurant is currently receiving a new makeover.  I hope it reopens Jenna's favorite eating place is Subway hands down.  We also like Figaros which appears in the photo The web page appears differently on the phone (her screenshot) and the computer (mine) I drink something different every morning - sometimes a soda.  And lest us not forget this great photo here Jenna did not take a picture for the contest but used this one that she had saved to her phone.  She said the cup has orange juice in it.  I had learned that it was not even hers. It may have been sent in error. I hadn't even thought about it until just now.  I think she will be disqualified for that.  I made a correction and sent in the photo below to replace the Van Gogh cup above  Now for the plants around the house or yard.  There were more taken than submitted - and not just of our yard. my submission: snowball bush grows outside of Jenna's window same snowball bush t...