Saturday, April 25, 2015

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Tonight's picture was taken in April of 2006. I took Mattie to the Reston Zoo and one of the many things he enjoyed doing there was riding the ponies. Mattie thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the Reston Zoo, mainly because it is a very hands on Zoo for children... from feeding the animals to being up close and personal with them.


Quote of the day: Planting a flower's like opening a book, because either way you're starting something. And your garden's your library. ~ Nora Roberts


I spent a good portion of the day staging and wrapping our raffle baskets for the Foundation Walk. We have nine baskets this year. I completed 7 of the 9 baskets today. The remaining two still have outstanding items that I am waiting to be delivered before I can complete the staging process. For a listing of our raffle items, how to purchase tickets, and the contributors to our raffle, please see the links below. 


Mattie Miracle Raffle:
http://www.mmcfwalk.myevent.com/3/miscellaneous2.htm

Contributors to the Raffle:
http://www.mmcfwalk.myevent.com/3/miscellaneous5.htm

Here are:

1. Apple iPad Air Basket
2. The Washington Nationals Basket
3.Washington Capitals Fan Pack Basket

Here are:

1. Wine of the Month
2. Dining around town
3. One of a kind t-shirt quilt
4. Money Tree

In between helping me wrap baskets, Peter was planting roses and tomato plants. He lost all of his beautiful roses this spring from the horrible winter we had. So today, he replanted! 

Our deck is coming along! It has been a slow clean out process from a horrible winter. Many of our plants are in now, though more needs to be done and I still need to paint the deck. I need a couple of elves or a fairy godmother. Either right now would be greatly appreciated.