Sunday, June 8, 2025

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2008. We took Mattie for a canoe ride on the Potomac River. Typically I did not go on these adventures. But that day, Mattie wanted me along. As you can see, no matter what we were doing, my camera was always with me. I loved photographing all these moments in time, not just special occasions. Thankfully I did, as it is hard to believe the photos are all I have left of my son and my marriage! 

Quote of the day: Trust is like a vase. Once it's broken, though you can fix it, the vase will never be same again. ~ Carol Brady

Sunday is the one day in the week, I can sleep past 6:30am. NOT this morning. At 6:20am, Indie was knocking her head and whole body against my bedroom door. She wanted me UP and to be fed. There was no stopping her, as I tried to ignore her, but after ten minutes of hearing her head against the door, I got out of bed to deal with her. Needless to say, going back and resting, is not how my body or mind works. Once my mind is activated, there isn't an off button. 

I decided to take a step back from the Foundation's video today.  I have been working on it all week. It is becoming a blur to me, which means I can't look at it for a day or so. I will go back to it this week and hopefully finish it. 

Despite it raining today, I was out in it and pulling weeds and trimming roses. When I tell you I could work in my garden daily, and there would still be more to do, I am NOT kidding! 

The roses you see here were planted by my husband for me. When we moved into this house in 2021, this particular area was a hodgepodge. Slowly but surely we have transformed the garden, and the man that I used to know was a real New Englander. Meaning he understood the value of hard work and had no problem getting dirty in the garden. In fact he loved it, and over our many years together, I grew to love it as well!

Last spring, I planted these roses and irises in this flower bed. Again, this area had NO rhyme or reason before. 

We planted these roses too! Get the gist.... I love roses and we loved roses together!

Do you notice how black the stone is on the patio? I had half of the patio power washed in March. Nate is coming back tomorrow to finish this half. I haven't seen the real color of this stone EVER! When we bought the house the stone was this dirty! However, Nate is showing me how to keep the stone clean and when he told me to get a spray bottle and fill it with some bleach and a lot of water, and spray the stone directly, I thought he was crazy. But it works like a charm without hurting any of my plants, as it is directly on the stone and isn't concentrated.

This area on my porch is a tribute to Mattie. This garden angel was given to me by my friend, Toni, shortly after Mattie died. Toni is Brandon's mom (Mattie's close buddy, who was diagnosed with cancer around the same time). This angel has been with me now for 16 years!