Hi, don't know about you folks but I've been so busy lately. Must be the time of the year, ay?
Spent the long Canadian Victoria Day weekend (4 days)at the cottage with the family and had a great time.
Sunning, almost swimming (the water is still pretty cold!), boating, pontooning, reading & visiting - good times, good times! Oh! and eating - of course!
It felt good coming home again too.
I couldn't believe how much the gardens and grass had grown in just 4 days!
I've been cutting grass and planting annuals in planters & I bought a few hanging baskets to put out the front & back of the house - nice!
Expecting some rain this afternoon so I'll put off weeding & thinning the perennials until tomorrow.

I'm feeling exceptionally "light" these days.
In six weeks, I've unloaded 15lbs off of this meat suit of mine - very proud of myself!
I have 5lbs more to go to reach my goal.
I tried on a bathing suit back in March and said 'no way will I be caught dead looking like this on the beach!'
I'm so vain . . .
But I have to report that I'm feeling so much better - I feel like I'm flying up the stairs these days and I don't get winded when I walk up the church hill to the library.
Plus, my blood pressure is the best it's been in awhile.
I keep envisioning 15lbs of butter or lard on the kitchen table or a 10lb bag of potatoes and 5lbs of butter . . . that's a lot to carry!!
Anyway, I've lost the bulk of the weight but I'm determined to lose another 5lbs then see what I look like.
If a "woddle" starts happening under the old chin, I'll know it's time to stop!
Enough of that.

Here are a few shots I took this morning of things blooming/flowering - the first two taken at the cottage, the rest around the house.
If you know the names of them, good for you.
Shine on xxx



Lady's slipper


Columbine (?)


Bleeding heart (?)


I don't know - what is it?


Viola


Locust bean (filled with bees right now!)


(blurry) Lily-of-the-Valley


Trillium


Spirea - Bridal wreath (do I get a gold star for that?)


Bearded iris


Pretty blue flowers