Mural (052/365)

TIME: 2:13 pm

PLACE: Downtown
SUBJECT: Mural

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This picture is from yesterday.

This is another mural on a building in our downtown.

A sign of the spring to come.

We Drove 6 Hours for This? (286/366)

TIME: 12:19 pm
PLACE: Near Charity, MO
SUBJECT: Toilet Garden

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The husband passed this one day delivering brewer's grain to a farmer.

He drove me and a very grumpy, sulky teenager 3 hours so I could take a picture.

Then it was another 3 hour drive back.

I did take pictures of other things, but this was the main reason he wanted to take the trip. 

Thursday Bouquet (261/366)

TIME: 8:17 pm
PLACE: Kitchen
SUBJECT: Flowers

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A local florist has $10 bouquets on Thursdays.

I asked demanded that my husband go get one for me.

He did.

So basically, I can say he bought me flowers today.

Sometimes? You just gotta let the man know what you want.  

Supper in Sebastopol (252/366)

TIME: 4:18 pm
PLACE: Ramen Gaijin, Sebastopol
SUBJECT: Hitodama & Shiitake Miso Ramen

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We drove to Sebastopol to do some antique shopping. 

Then, since we were hungry and didn't eat lunch, we made an old person's 4:00 pm dinner reservation (when they opened) at Ramen Gaijin.

Good stuff.

SUBJECT: Hairy-footed flower bee

This gal sat next to me on the bench seating.

I'm not sure if it was because she liked me or just wanted the flowers that were in my drink - In either chase, I gave them to her anyway.

I also let go of my "Where's George" bill here as part of the tip - we'll see if anyone else logs him in.

 

A Triangle of Flowers (182/365)

TIME: 8:23 PM
PLACE: St. Louis – outside Fire Station 21
SUBJECT: Flowers.

The husband and I revisited Ikea this evening – this time to purchase a vanity and more window shades.

Fire Station 21 is right across the street from the evil place.

Nice flowers guys!

Dried Flowers (163/365)

TIME: 6:37 PM
PLACE: Kitchen
SUBJECT: Flowers

We gave Stella this bouquet for her 8th grade graduation. 

I think it’s time to dispose of the foliage.

Droopy (140/365)

TIME: 7:58 PM
PLACE: Front yard
SUBJECT: Peonies

This was not a good year for the peonies.

They barely got blooming and it rained.

They look how I feel.

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Happy birthday to Dad!

76 years young!

My Day (119/365)

TIME: 9:49 AM
PLACE: Panera
SUBJECT: Tracker

TIME: 4:30 PM
PLACE: Home
SUBJECT: Flowers

Claudia took me out to breakfast and Stella bought me flowers for my birthday.

Love my girls.

Finally Blossoming (113/365)

TIME: 7:24 PM
PLACE: Front yard
SUBJECT: Purple Sand Cherry flower

Spring just might be here.

Finally.

Violets (107/365)

TIME: 7:32 PM
PLACE: Front yard
SUBJECT: Violets

A little bit of spring has shown up.

Just a little.

Paperwhites (027/365)

TIME: 12:07 PM
PLACE: Kitchen
SUBJECT: Paperwhites (Narcissus papyraceus)

My seventy-five cent, on clearance, paperwhite bulb bloomed while we were out of town.

It looks pretty in the sunshine.

Looking Closer in the Landscape (159/365)

TIME:  6:55 PM
PLACE:  Medical Building
SUBJECT:  Landscaping & a bee

James had an appointment this evening for his yearly sports physical at 7pm.
Before we went into the medical building, I snapped some photos of the landscaping.
There were several bees being very busy in the sea of yellow flowers.

Objects Are Closer Then They Appear (148/365)

TIME: 8:07 PM

PLACE:  Front steps

SUBJECT:  Broken mirror

Just like Claudia, we bought James a car for his 16th birthday.

From the proverbial little old lady’s car who only drove it on Sunday.

Except we knew the little old lady.

The vehicle was well-maintained and the price was exactly what we had paid for Claudia’s car, so we jumped on it.

So far, so good.  Well, except for the passenger’s side mirror glass which fell off and broke.

Still, not a huge issue…we ordered a new one from eBay.

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Today would have been Mom’s 73rd birthday.

How I miss that woman.
❤

I See That It Is Mother’s Day (130/365)

TIME: 6:22 PM
PLACE: Front Porch
SUBJECT: Stella

It was a good Mother’s Day.
The kids made me breakfast.
I lazed around.


Claudia and I went to the cemeteries and left flowers for my mom, grandmothers, a great-grandmother and an Aunt.


And Stella blew bubbles that sat on the porch rug and looked like peppermints.

Greenhouse (116/365)

“Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.”
William Cowper (English Poet, 1731-1800)

TIME: 3:54 PM
PLACE:  Garden Center
SUBJECT:  Plumed Cockscomb

The husband and I made a visit to the garden center late this afternon.
I am ready to plant some flowers.

It’s Been One Week (100/365)

It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said I'm angry
Barenaked Ladies – “One Week” 1998, Stunt.

TIME: 6:07 PM
PLACE:  Backyard
SUBJECT: Crabapple blossoms

It’s amazing what a week of warm weather will do.
I’m not angry about the weather anymore.

Flowers

TIME:  8:38 PM
PLACE:  Around the yard
SUBJECT:  Flowers

HH planted the sunflowers.
The purple flowers are on a climbing vine that I planted.
I lost the tag that told me what kind of vine it is.
Google is no help.

Wildflowers

TIME:  8:39 PM
PLACE:  Backyard
SUBJECT:  Flowers

HH planted a wildflower mix earlier in the spring.
They are now blooming.

Botanical Garden (170/365)

TIME:  9:51 AM

The girls and I went to the Missouri Botanical Garden today.  (MB is at Boy Scout Camp this week)


TIME:  9:53 AM

We saw this gecko in the Cilmatron

TIME: 10:12 AM

Peeked into the Blanke Boxwood Garden.

TIME:  10:26AM

Fed the Koi in the Japanese Garden.


TIME:  10:35 AM

Posed for a photo.


TIME:  10:54 AM

Admired the colorful glass Walla Wallas (made by artist Dale Chihuly) floating in the water in the Milles Sculpture Garden.

TIME:  11:00 AM

Love these Shasta Daises (Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky')

It was a good day.

Mums (293/366)

“A chrysanthemum by any other name would be a lot easier to spell.”

― Robert C. Savage

TIME:  6:08 PM
PLACE:  Grade school
SUBJECT:  Mums at the Fall Festival

We had our Fall Festival at school this evening.  There were several games for the kids, a bounce house and inflatible obstical course, face painting and hair coloring stations.  To eat there was cotton candy, chili/hot dogs/hamburgers and for dessert, a bake sale.  The kids where able to redeem the tickets the won at the games for prizes.    HandsomeHusband donated the chrysanthemums and hay bales we used for decorations.