May 10

Happy Mothers Day!
This is a flower arrangement which came from my daughter Laura who is a florist. I love that all the flowers are different shades of orange. I also love the stones in the bottom in the vase.
Hope you all had a wonderful day!

May 9

This is my weekend off and I was looking forward to sleeping a little late and having a leisurely morning today. Those plans came to an end when the phone rang at 5 am to ask me to come in to work because one of the nurses had called in.

It was raining quite hard as I was getting ready, but had slowed to an occasional sprinkle when I left the house at 6:30. The early morning lighting along with the stormy skies, encouraged me to stop and take a picture of this old barn before continuing on to work.

May 8

I took my walk early this morning and thought the sun shining through the trunks of the trees was pretty. I like the way the fallen trees show up so clearly in the morning sunshine.

May 7

We have a bleeding heart plant near our front entry that is loaded with flowers this year. I thought I would show you a close up of one of the stems.

May 6

It's getting green here! Some of the trees are full of leaves while others are rather bare, but they are budding. When I walked past this tree, I thought the new leaves looked almost like flowers.

May 5

My sister, daughter and I went to Holland today to enjoy Tulip Time. This is a festival that the city of Holland Michigan has hosted since 1927, which celebrates it's Dutch heritage. It lasts for over a week, and includes parades, Dutch dancers, shopping, food, concerts and lots of tulips! The streets are filled with beautiful plantings. There are people, both young and old in costumes which include wooden shoes.
This is the DeZwaan Windmill, which is the only authentic windmill that was ever exported to the United States. It is 245 years old and stands 12 stories high. About 55,000 people visit it each year.

May 4

I had the day off today and went for an early walk. As I was headed home, 5 deer crossed the street in front of me. As I was trying to get focused on them, the last two stood and watched me.
They are such beautiful creatures!

May 3

This is the sunrise I saw as I was driving to work this morning. I pulled off to take this picture and had a hard time not staying to take more!

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"This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

May 2

This little bluebird has been tormenting me. I've seen him several times as I was walking. When I had my camera, I couldn't get close enough to take the picture, but twice when I didn't have my camera I saw him sitting on a fence post and I could get quite close.

Today I saw him on this fence and finally got a picture, although not the best shot!

May 1

No rain today! It's still cool and not too sunny but good enough weather to be outside. Bob is working on a new flower bed on the other side of our front walk. It angles out near the driveway, which will give us a place to put up a flagpole. We currently have a flag hanging by our front door but have always wanted a pole. It'll look nice when he is done!