It looks like we're in for a beautiful sunny day here. I need to make a couple of phone calls related to health stuff and then I need to get outside for a while. It may be a good day to take Mom shopping for flowers and plants to put in our whiskey barrel planters (Mother's Day gift).I need to get s...

We had quit planting flowers for a few years when we downsized from a ranch style house to a double wide mobile home in Illinois, but when we moved here we planted some annuals last year (petunias, geraniums, pansies and daisies). They were in the front yard and didn't like the full sun or clay-rock...

Have you planted, or do you plan to plant flowers? When do you plant them and what are you planting?

Nada here

It's just Mike, Mom and me today. Nothing special planned here, other than maybe picking up Dairy Queen later for a treat. Mom and I both have received gifts from a couple of the kids, and I'm going to pick up some kind of planter with flowers/grasses to put either on the front porch or back patio. ...

[center]Happy Mother's Day! [/center]

Are you doing anything special today?

Yes, I've made her three or four mini books. I also have made a couple of altered mini chalkboards for her.

I rely on a sketch as the start of almost all my layouts. Often there's also a challenge involved, too.

I wanted to be a ballerina or a teacher. Oh, and a mommy

When you were a grade-school age kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?