Barbara + 9 days or 54 hours = RETIREMENT!

FTA Union Dinner Party to celebrate the 100+ teachers retiring this year. I calculated somewhere between 4000 and 5000 years of experience being lost to the district this year. Each retiree got a certificate and an engraved glass apple. We "borrowed" one of the table decorations as they said they should go home. Nice party with several teachers from her school.

Go Celtics!

Grandpa and his favorite Celtics loving grandson Bennie. Check out Bennie's retro Celtics t-shirt. I am so jealous. The Celtics - too old, too slow, too crippled, etc. Everyone but Bennie and I had them through for the year. Now we are two games from facing each other in the Championship series. Of course then .....
Bennie and I will become mortal enemies as our two favorite teams (Celtics for Grandpa and the Lakers for Bennie) will face off. At least one of us remain standing and happy in the end.
GO CELTICS ALL THE WAY!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day Barb - a little slow in posting but I did remember in time. A quiet Mother's Day morning. Not quite breakfast in bed but.....
I loved these Corral colored roses. But then we love all roses.

Spring in Full Bloom

Here are some shots of the yard as the flowers are in bloom.

Spring is the prettiest time of the year.

Spring is Coming - Rose Time

The flowers are blooming - now the daffodils are starting. One of my Tulip trees is about to bloom too.Then there are the roses to tend to. Spent most of Friday finishing up the weeding, the trenching, fertilizing, spreading bark and watering my front rose garden. It will be beautiful soon - had to get this started as the roses were beginning to bud out!
That is a good example of why I smply had to get to work on this today. Nature waits for no man. (Those weeds are on the neighbors side of the flower bed!

The Little Princess

Jillian fits into the family just fine - all the girls like to play dress up at that age!

Starry Starry Night - Can't get it out of my brain

It started last night when I went out to put out some trash and looked up at the sky and the stars were shining brilliantly and the song Starry Starry Night came into my head.
I love that ballad - probably from the 1960's - all the best music was then you know! Anyway I decided I wanted to hear it on my computer and came across the strangest thing. This pop ballad was written as a depiction of the life of Vincent Van Gogh. You can go to the following web page:
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starrynightlyrics.html
to see the whole story or just click on the link below to play the music with accompanying pictures painted by Van Gogh.