A Walk Through Mom's Garden

Daffodils.....

...grape hyacinths...

...dogwood buds....(edited to add that this is actually a red bud. My mistake! Sorry;)

....tulips......

....and this little johnny-jump-up, who is bravely growing in the thick grass outside of the garden.

Who Knew

.........that an old dress would make such a spiffy pillow cover? I had been planning on giving the dress to a thrift shop, when I suddenly realized it was the exact color I wanted in a pillow for my living room. (~I had been putting off buying new pillows for the couch, because they are so expensive!) And I remembered that there was a bag of old pillows from my grandma down in the basement. Perfect!

The bodice of the dress had some lovely bead work that I just couldn't let go to waste, so I cut it into strips, and fashioned it into roses. And you know the best part? It all cost me absolutely nothing..........except the time to put it together, which wasn't much! The dress was given to me several years ago in a bag of clothes, and as I said above, the pillow was from my grandmother. Isn't it great when being thrifty works out so nicely?

Tiny Tomato Plant

At least I think it is a tiny tomato plant. Boots has played musical popsicle sticks, and Big Brother musical peat pots so often that I can't exactly be 100% sure. I guess we will just have to wait and see......

Still no signs of life from the okra section, but I think I might have a few green beans.........

Patience, right?

The Good News

.........is that it is all clean.

And now the question:

Is it possible to get it all folded and put away before dinner?

I guess there's only one way to find out............

Goodbye, Flannel Sheets!

~Hello, crisp cotton line-dried sheets!!!

Easter Basket Hunt

Ah! It is found!!!

Boots and his basket. Not very sucessful at opening his eggs at first....

But once the eggs are open, well that is the best part in Big Brother's opinion!

Hope you all had a very blessed Easter!!!!

From Easter Morning

I was so glad that I remembered to set the table before Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday night. It was one less thing I had to do in the morning. Just a quick trip to the garden to pick the bouquet of daffodils and everything was ready.




I blew the insides out of these eggs ( a very first for me!) and then the kids helped me paint them and decorate them with glitter. It was really a lot of fun! We painted them red in honor of the legend of St. Mary Magdalene, and Saturday night I used them to decorate the dining room wreath.

For breakfast we had boiled eggs, sausage, and these delicious hot cross buns. I didn't quite make them in the traditional manner.........I stuffed them with walnuts and cinnamon-sugar. Then I cut a cross in the top of each and placed them upside down in a pan of home made caramel sauce. They rose in this overnight in the fridge. Then all I had to do was pop them in the oven on Easter morning, and then turn them out on a nice big plate. Mmmmmmm!!!! They are especially tasty with coffee!