Always a silver lining.

Oh it's good to back writing on this blog again.

Everything went well and I feel awesome!

I slept pretty much the entire five days after the surgery, but everyday after
has gotten better and better. The past two weeks have
passed very quickly.

It seems like every cloud I've had in my life ends up having a silver lining.
I know this is true for almost everyone.
Mine was the fact that I have read more in the past two weeks than I have made
the time for in the past two years.
I also have caught up on some projects that I had sitting in the studio unfinished.
I have also been able to walk in the garden and enjoy
just looking at how things are growing and making a few notes on ways I can
tweak a few things out there.

Isn't it funny how life has a way of sending something our way that
has the power to slow us to a crawl so we can actually take in how great life really is.
Am I bummed that I haven't been able to work in the garden---yes!
Am I itching to get in and do some deep cleaning in my sorely neglected house---yes!
But I also want to read a little more.
Plan a little more.
and watch a few more movies.

So the garden is finally catching up to the calendar and things are now growing fast.

I thought today I would share some of the shots I have taken while walking through
the garden the past few days.    





 I also wanted to share a few of the pictures that I had taken before I took my blog break.
My little Lily of the Valley.

The Brandywine crabapple.

A few of the many lilacs here in the garden.

I will be back in a few days with pictures of some shopping for 'good goods' I

did at Rebecca's. (the little shop I go to every Fourth of July and Memorial Day.

I hope all of you in the US are enjoying your holiday weekend.