Bambies and the Gardener Extraordinaire

This morning one of our resident does brought her twins

out to play by the pond. Its so much fun to watch them

frolicking around. They have pogo sticks for legs and

bounce all over the place. Its a peaceful feeling to look

out your front window and watch the wildlife.

Here's another strange but true story in my life. I like to

think of these events as messages for me. They don't

come as words, but the feelings I have when I discover

these things speak volumes. Life just feels better.

About ten years ago, my father passed away. He was the

gardener extraordinaire, everything he planted grew, and

he loved to plant roses. So that spring I thought I would

carry on the legacy and grow roses like my father. Me,

who up till that point hardly put anything in the ground.

For two years I planted rose bushes. I weeded, hoed,

watered, fertilized and for one year I got flowers. After

that first year everything went down hill...fast.

Finally I gave up and just left them alone...totally. The

grass that used to be pasture for my horses grew back

up and the roses disappeared. Or so I thought....

Yesterday Geary left this sweet little rose on the counter

for me. I asked him where he got it. "In your rose garden"

He said there were plants out there blooming. What?!?

Are you kidding?

So I grabbed the camera thinking this has got to be

documented if its true and marched outside to the

pasture. Sure enough, hidden in the grass were

blooming and growing rose bushes.

Hey Dad! Look at these will ya! I know they are

puny and need some help. So we'll see what happens from

here. Amazing!

What a Wonderful World

This is my sister Beverly's favorite song.
Everytime I hear it I think of her!
This little clip will make you feel all warm
and fuzzy too.

Spring's almost here...

Yep, spring is almost here, we can see the deer moving.

OK, that's not my joke someone sent it to me,

but it was kind of cute. Poor things, I really haven't been

seeing any critters lately. They seem to be hunkered down

for a while. I was thinking that Ground Hog Day is almost here.

I love that movie with Bill Murray, must have watched it

a dozen times.

Mom made it out to Arizona to see Dane and his parents

yesterday. I hope she's enjoying the warmth.

I know she's having fun with the baby.

I love this picture.

Pretty as a picture

This is the picture I get to see a lot of the time I look out my bedroom

window. Sometimes these girls are laying down with their heads

curled around their bodies, by their feet. I hope the winter won't

be too hard on them this year. Can't feed them, I believe that

nature should take its own course. OK, I take that back, once in a

while I throw apples out in the woods. Shhh...don't tell anybody.

Sometimes they feel so safe, they come into the backyard.

We're getting lots of snow today and its the last real day at work.

We're all off till the first of the year. 2009 who would have thought ...