Yesterday was the Excellence in Business Dinner for Davenport University. Our dear friends, Sharon and John came in to town to attend with us. They boys looked great in their tuxedos! It was the best EIB ever, particulary with the announcement of the Gerald R. Ford memorial scholarship: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080509/clf047.html?.v=101We enjoyed the company of many friends, new and old as well as an entertaining monologue from Lou Holtz. I was surprised at the number of people who commented they read my blog (since only J and K make comments - but yes, several of you do email me)! I'm really glad to hear about those of you who have been reading and following along!
After arriving home quite late last night, Sharon and I made a snack run to Arby's and we all sat around chowing and chatting until 2am. We slept in, then enjoyed a great luncheon on the 3-season porch. Afterwards, Sharon and John left for home. The men here left for Detroit to attend the Red Wings game.
I then went outside to trim back dead sections of my roses. I have some in the English garden off the kitchen, and these pictured below in the front of the house. I can't wait for them to bloom this year!
These are moslty hybrid teas and include Rio Samba, Tropicana, Black Magic and others, as well as floribunda Honey Perfume. I am hoping for an explosion of color this summer! If so, I will certainly post photos! To look at any of the pictures close-up, just click on them and a larger version will appear!
This is sweet woodruff that is beautifully taking over the weed mess in our side yard. It's far more attractive than dandilions, goldenrod, picker-weeds, and other assorted nasty stuff! We planted a few flats a couple of years ago and this year, it has really taken hold well!
These are our fish! Sorry that due to the late afternoon sun, the shadows from the trees were so pronounced! However, I think you can still see some of the fish. Several really grew a lot this year and are about 7 or 8 inches in length. We have 9 koi and 2 fat, round goldfish. Clay is awaiting the arrival of a new BLUE koi this week!
Last, this is how I know spring has arrived and is here to stay! This is my seedless concord grape. It looks like a mess of dead twigs and never gets leaves until spring is solidly in place. Some years, it has had no leaves until June! Today I saw all the buds were opening to reveal the first pink-tipped leaves! Yahoo! No more cold!
2 comments:
Happy Mother's Day!!! I hope you had a lovely day (hope the weather was better than it was in Detroit, too!).
Gotta say I didn't know what you were showing in the pictures of the pond -- it certainly looks like some type of modern art (or an oil slick!) at first glance.
I loved the photo of Randy with President Ford in the paper. How cool is THAT?
You know what was even MORE cool when Ford visited? We brought the boys so they could see him and hear him speak; they were in the back of the room the event was held. Someone shared with Ford we had our kids there and he asked to meet them. Then he suggested photos AND offered to autograph them after they were developed and gave us his address! So, both of the boys have a picture with President Ford that is personally autographed to them. I was VERY impressed with this man, how down-to-earth he was and how much he truly enjoyed young people. Laura
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