Progress

The small garden in the drive is looking better ~ it now looks like this. To see how it looked before go to the March 14, 2007 post to view the photos.

We will be putting the new plants in this weekend as well as some other decorative pieces...I can't wait! Hopefully it will end up looking the way that I have it planned in my head.

Snow? What Snow?

We have had next to ZERO snow this entire winter and what happens 3 days before the official start of Spring? Yep, you guessed it we had snow. Yesterday morning for about 20 minutes it actually snowed! It did not amount to much but Maggie still had a great time {notice the not so appropriate cold weather clothing she has on}

Millie wasn't quite sure what to think about what was going on around her.

What Are You Doing October 16, 2007??

I know what I will be doing............seeing the POLICE on tour!! Yes, you read that correct we are going to see Sting et all LIVE in concert. Tim and I will be taking the boys to see this musical event. I am SO excited I cannot contain myself. {what a great mother's day gift}

Mothering Sunday

Yep, it is Mother's Day here! Mothering Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Lent. Although it's often called Mothers' Day it has no connection with the American holiday of the same name. Most Sundays in the year churchgoers in England worship at their nearest parish or 'daughter church'. Centuries ago it was considered important for people to return to their home or 'mother' church once a year. So each year in the middle of Lent, everyone would visit their 'mother' church - the main church or Cathedral of the area.

Inevitably the return to the 'mother' church became an occasion for family reunions when children who were working away returned home. (It was quite common in those days for children to leave home for work once they were ten years old.) Today it is a day when children give presents, flowers, and home-made cards to their mothers. {similar to the US}

The food item specially associated with Mothering Sunday is the Simnel cake. A Simnel cake is a fruit cake with two layers of almond paste, one on top and one in the middle. The cake is made with 11 balls of marzipan icing on top representing the 11 disciples. {Judas is not included.} Traditionally, sugar violets would also be added.

1 Down 1 To Go ~

Christopher decided it was time to get his hair cut short again. Tim will be SO pleased when he gets home tonight! I will admit I do prefer his hair shorter...isn't he handsome??
Now if Andrew would only do the same :-)

Work in Progress ~

When you come into the drive we have this overgrown area of stuff. It has annoyed me for almost two years and late last week finally decided to get rid of it! We all know that I am not a master gardener by any means but ANYTHING is better than THIS.........I thought I'd share are a few shots of this work in progress. I hope to have it all cleared and ready to re-planted by April 1 {if all goes as planned and the weather cooperates}.



This is how the area looks today ~ getting better but a lot of work still needs to be done! Tim and the boys removed the wood from the brick on the garage.

Beauty

Nothing new to report about today so here are a few photos I took this afternoon.