30 Day Challenge~~Thanksgiving~~Day 22...

Cat, at The Whimsical Gardener, has challenged us to a 30 Day Challenge of Thanksgiving.
A post a day, for 30 days, to celebrate the things we are thankful for, in our lives.

~~Day 22~~


Today, I'm thankful for my yard swing.

It was a surprise for me, back in the spring.

It's a nice quiet place to sit....to start the day, with a cup of coffee...
or to end the day, with a glass of wine.

Sit, and swing, and think....

We have several places to sit and enjoy this place.
Each gives a different viewpoint.
There're all good views to us.

~~Linda~~

Twice is Nice.....

It rained....again!

Two days in a row!

This time it rained hard.  Enough to run into the stone drain....

And down the Rio.  That IS what it's for....to manage the water flow.

It won't be a drought breaker.  Only .63 inches. 

But...we'll take whatever we can get.

Guess we won't be sitting in the swing tonight.

That's ok.  We'll take the rain, instead.

Stay cool.

Happy Gardening...

~~Linda~~

The Best Laid Plans....

Sometimes, no matter how carefully you plan, things just don't work out.

I worked really hard in the garden, the week before Mother's Day.  I laid LOTS of mulch, and did some more planting.  I wanted it all done that week.

I had plans...

That Friday evening, I was really feeling tired...and not so good.  But, after all..I'd worked really hard.

On Saturday, not feeling much better.  But, I had plans. 

We had tickets for the

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Gardens on Tour.

I'm a bit hard headed...can't let a little feeling bad get in the way.

We enjoyed the many landscaped gardens.  Loved the hardscaping.

Our final stop was the Wildflower Center.  The baby owls enjoyed watching us, as much as we enjoyed them.

The Wildflower Center was it's beautiful self and we...my daughter-in-law, two granddaughters and I...had a great time.

I was dragging by evening. 

Next day, still feeling under par... but went to our son's for a nice Mother's Day dinner.

After a pretty bad night of feeling bad, I awoke with no fever and feeling good enough to travel.  I was headed for the annual 'girls' trip.  We were going to a Florida beach.

I had plans.  And, being hard headed...I wasn't going to let a little feeling bad to get in the way.

Our house was right on the beach.  This porch looked like the perfect place to rest and recuperate.

We even got in our annual group picture.  This is right before they took me back to the airport.

Back home...a trip to the doctor...some imaging and diagnosing..

Seems I have pneumonia!

One minute, I'm spreading mulch..the next minute, sick!  No fair warning!!

And, I had plans.  The Travis County Master Gardeners Inside Austin Garden Tour was coming up.

I hope those same gardens are on tour again sometime.

Because, no amount of hard headedness was going to let me go to that.

There won't be much gardening going on here for a while.  Mr P is taking good care of things.  Even if I felt up to working...and, this stuff knocks you down... Mr P would kill me. 

I might have to tone down some hard headed ways.   Hard lessons are the ones we learn the best.

Hope all your plans are working out.

Happy Gardening...

~~Linda~~