Living a Dream

Monday, May 11, 2015

In the Jungle

We are going green....

Our grass is green.

The pasture is green.

The trees are green.

I live in an area that isn't normally very green, and it is amazing to see how things look after almost a week of rain, on top of a rainy/snowy spring. Mr. Dreamy's new weather station indicates that we have had 2.5 inches of rain in May (all of 11 days), and 4.5 inches since it was installed some time after April 1. That's a lot of water for an area that normally gets 15.24 inches of precipitation a year!

Our grass is growing, and with the wet ground and water/snow falling from the sky we haven't been able to mow. It's a jungle out there!

Elephant exits grass jungle to cross glacial snow

left over from Mother's Day storm.

Notice the sad day lilies in the background.

Their height was somewhat compromised by our 9" of wet snow!

Things are growing so well that one community issued citations and threatened fines for not mowing lawns! The story is available on 9news.com: http://on9news.tv/1Pq0eYb.

Crazy weather...

Perhaps this week we will be able to take care of our own little jungle!

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Mother's Day and More

For many years Mother's Day was simply a smack in the face: a brazen reminder of my repeated failures to carry a child to term. Although the day presents us with the opportunity to reflect upon our own mothers, and to celebrate their love, it can also bring sadness for those of us who have lost our moms, and for those who yearn to be a mother but can not, and for those, perhaps, who become mothers under unfortunate circumstances.

After several years, failed attempts and medical intervention, I was finally able to have two wonderful boys.

They are the light of my life. I cherish all of the memories of their lives as my children and I am in awe of the wonderful men they have grown to be. Son #1 has married, and thus bestowed upon me the title of "Mother-in-Law", further enriching my role as a mother.

And Son #1 and DIL are soon going to have their own wee one...

and I will be a Grandmother!

Z's mom communicates with "The Little One"

Such blessings!

On another note....

It seems we have begun a new Mother's Day tradition here in Colorado.
Last year, we celebrated the day with snow.

This year we had a repeat performance.

This is what my tulip bed (featured in the previous post)

looks like this morning.

Oh - notice the beautiful fence Mr. Dreamy installed,

so we could enjoy the beauty without seeming to look

through a prison fence!

I hope this day brings good things your way.

Friday, April 17, 2015

More April Showers

Snow showers....

April 11

8:00 AM April 16

4:00 PM April 16

7:00 AM April 17

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Darn Tough

I love wool socks. But, I wear holes in them.

Very quickly.

Lucky for me, Darn Tough stands behind their product.

And they live up to their lifetime guarantee.

Hooray for a company with integrity!
It's wonderful to buy American.

This is my new pair of socks.

The socks were sent to me as a replacement

for the ~~holy~~ hole-y socks I sent to them.

How's that for customer service?!

Thank you, Darn Tough!

Saturday, April 11, 2015

April Showers Bring...

Saturday afternoon was just beautiful. I went out to weed, and transplant a few perennials, and was hijacked by a dwarf iris. My only purple iris (at least for now... stay tuned for an iris post later this spring!) was blooming.

It was lovely.

I took a few pictures of it, and Mr. Dreamy came out to take a few more pictures. I took pictures of a few tulips and daffodils.

They were all lovely.

I decided that I wanted to draw the iris, since that is one of the flowers that we drew in a recent online art class I've been taking. I've drawn iris from pictures, but never "in person". So, I gathered my paper and pencil and plopped myself down on the edge of the garden and began to sketch. Mr. Dreamy came out with my bag of colored pencils. I colored.

It was a lovely afternoon.