Yesterday morning I went for a lengthy walk with a friend nearby that I hadn't seen in ages. It was a gorgeous morning and it was nice to hook up and catch up. And yesterday evening, we met up with some friends at a pub for a quick drink and to watch a band playing. We left from there after about an hour and headed to a restaurant for dinner. The weather was amazing, the food was great and the company was fabulous. All in all a wonderful day.
It's been all about gardening lately! I'm having a grand old time visiting garden centers and picking up baby plants. Our flower beds are filling up and we should be having an explosion of colour very soon. I'll take photos when that happens and share them. In the meantime, here are some very green plants.
My beautiful Hosta is so healthy and happy!
And...we are the proud parents of our first tree! It's just a baby but it will grow. We visited a family-owned garden center about twenty minutes from here on Friday and fell in love with a variegated maple. So we ordered it and asked for it to be delivered. We weren't expecting it for about a week to ten days, but the center must've had a lot of orders for our area and they dropped it off yesterday evening. While we were out at dinner! They placed it in our yard in a very secure spot. What a lovely surprise to come home to. The service at this garden center is outstanding. We'll be planting our baby tree later this morning and I'm so excited! We need to add two or three more to our property but at least we're getting started.
Now let's get to the funny stuff because right after I have breakfast I'm off to - you guessed it - the garden center! Enjoy and have an amazing week ahead.
Came home from work and felt sick after watching the last current episode of Stranger things. Paranoid mind goes to Covid-19 but all my symptoms aren't the same. My stepdaughter apparently woke up feeling similar which makes me feel like it's not as kids especially the young ones seem practically immune to it
ReplyDeleteTook the test, negative 😊
DeleteThat is fantastic, Adam! I bet that is quite a relief with your son arriving soon.
DeleteYour plants look amazing Martha. Planting trees is a good thing. Thanks for the funnies today, good ones.
ReplyDeleteTrees are beautiful, Christine. I look forward to adding more to our property!
DeleteHey, glad you got a new baby tree for the yard! And had a good laugh at your LOLs, especially the Etch-a-Sketch Art Gallery!
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck is going on with you, Debra! You keep ending up in my spam folder! HAHA I had to fish you out of there again. You up to no good or something? LOL
Deletei always love reading your blog posts. You remind me that it use to be good to have friends, lol...and go out and do such simple but nice things.... I would say my 50's to 60's were the best times for having nice meals out and stopping at nurseries and such - and keeping in touch with friends (most of mine have left the planet). Love all the funnies. And just the other day i did stop in at one of my favorite nurseries. have a good week in your garden and enjoy your new tree.
ReplyDeleteWe're trying to get out and enjoy ourselves as much as possible. The past couple of years were too isolating. And I enjoy being off the computer more these days. I love my online contacts but I need people in the real world! LOL I hope you are enjoying a wonderful week so far.
Deleteit's been a good week and i came back and how did I miss "ass fudge" .lololol oh my God...that's hilarious. I was probably too focused looking for cats.
DeleteCats rule, Sandy, so it's easy to miss everything else! LOL
DeleteMaybe I need a cat just to have a use for all the boxes.
ReplyDeleteHAHA! Yes, you do need one!
DeleteSo pleased you enjoyed time with friends.
ReplyDeleteIt is very enjoyable to visit garden centres and even more so when you find the plants/baby trees you want.
Happy growing, your green plants look great.
We had a fabulous weekend enjoying The Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.
Many thanks for the funnies, I just love the Amazon one.
All the best Jan
I watched some of the celebrations online! They looked wonderful. There must have been a lot of happy energy there and many wonderful gatherings! What fun!
DeleteCongrats on your first tree! That is exciting. The sitting down to watch a movie and having a pet vomit, was funny! It's funny because it's true! In our case, dogs and it's often they scratch to go out but same idea.
ReplyDeleteOHMYGOSH, I can't tell you how excited I am! I LOVE our new tree. We even gave it a name. We have a lot of rain this week but as soon as it clears, we're going to get two more. We're not waiting. We'll plant three right away and get started. And then I'll video tape all the work we've done in the yard and share that along with the names we're giving our new baby trees!
DeleteGiven some of the weirdos running amuck these days, I'm not sure you can assume that's short for "assorted".
ReplyDeleteThere's probably some municipal rule that they have to put out those cones for any obstruction in the street.
Hope the tree planting went well! Sounds like your garden is an ongoing art project which will soon be developing on its own.
HAHAHA! I agree. I'm not assuming that's what it's short for! Yup, the garden is an ongoing project, for sure.
DeleteVery pretty plants. I hope you will show us the tree once it is planted. Nice bunch of funnies. It wouldn't surprise me if that is how Amazon was invented. :) Have a great week. XO
ReplyDeleteI will definitely show the tree! We got it into the ground on Monday and I am so in love with it! Have a wonderful rest of the week. xo
DeleteI don't know what happened to my brain, Martha! I thought you weren't blogging. I've been enjoying your Instagram posts and your videos so much, and I forgot to double check your blog. I have funnies to catch up on. I love the funnies you find! good luck with your new tree!
ReplyDeleteI actually haven't been back for that long, Louise! But I missed my blogging pals and decided to return. I post once a week, which seems to be enough for now. I'm happy to see you here!
DeleteSomeone is having WAY too much fun in her garden!! The maple sounds perfect.
ReplyDeleteThe 'fridge' dilemma is SO spot on! lol
We are getting to know a bit about 'grasses'.....so many out there! But we are controlling ourselves as best we can.
WAY too much fun for me this year, Jim! LOL I don't know how many times I've been to the garden center. But it's a short season, so why not? I was actually thinking about you guys the other day because I ran across some grass plants. Some of them are really nice. I'll have to see if I have a spot for one.
DeleteSo what did you name the tree??
ReplyDeleteI'll be sharing it with everyone in tomorrow's Chuckles and Chortles post! :)
DeleteMy "bruh" moment is when I sit down to eat, one or both cats always decide to use the litter box. Man! I don't know how they know! lol Thanks for the great memes!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA! That is funny. My cats decide to throw up right as I'm about to get up. Talk about starting the day off on the wrong foot!
DeleteOh i am so happy that you have started to plant dear Martha :)
ReplyDeleteThe garden centre you mentioned sounds very reasonable. Your babies are growing awesomely wow !
I enjoyed the funnies as always.
Hugs and blessings
It is exciting, Baili! I'm happy to finally be working on the garden. It's been a long time. We were busy with other things in the past few years but now we are focusing on the outdoors. All these babies are growing and they are beautiful. Thank you! Hugs and blessings to you, as well.
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