Sunday, April 28, 2013

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2006, on Easter. We took Mattie to his favorite restaurant for brunch. None of us expected a greeting from the Easter bunny. Mattie was most definitely not prepared for this and when this giant bunny came over to us to shake his hand, Mattie practically jumped in my lap!!! I will never forget this encounter, yet as soon as Mattie assessed the situation, he eventually calmed down and even interacted with the bunny! I never liked dressed up characters as a kid, my whole family can attest to this, but then again I have to say I am not crazy about them as an adult either.


Quote of the day: I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy wants to harden us and our mission is never to let it. ~ Unknown

I never left our home today. Instead we worked on various projects and I have been trying to get rid of a horrible, horrible headache. Peter snapped some photos today of all the flowers that surround us. In our commons area is this glorious azalea. Blooming in April! As I would say to Mattie, "azaleas bloom in April to celebrate your birthday month."

To add color to our commons area, Peter planted tulip bulbs a couple of years ago. To me these are NO ordinary tulips, because they bloom a magnificent purple color. After a long winter, seeing Peter's tulips and daffodils (which are now past peak) are a wonderful greeting to spring.

A close up of one of these amazing purple numbers!

In addition to our garden of annuals, we have committed to developing a perennial garden as well. On the walls of our deck features our perennials!

More perennials! It seems to me that even the birds are happier now. They are out in our garden singing, flying by, stopping by, perching on plants, and truly calling us outside to stop and listen to them.