Special Day with Lilly

Lilly has been feeling left out lately, telling her mom that she never gets any special alone time with me.  Today was an early dismissal day so I picked her up at school and we spent the afternoon together. 

She ate Jelly Bellies.

She put google eyes on everything. No matter where you are in our yard, eyes are watching you.

She painted a princess picture.

She helped me bake bread.

We walked around the lake at Crowders Mtn. State Park.

We saw two turtles on a log.

She and Hannah posed for a picture.

She checked for trolls under this bridge.  There were no trolls, thank goodness.

I hope she had a special day.  I did.

March 1

The peas and onions are peeping out.  We still need to make several more raised beds. 

My dad made this hanger for the bird feeders years and years ago.  We moved it to the back yard so I can see it from the kitchen window.

Mom's tulip tree is starting to bloom.  I still think it looks like sticks with flowers glued to the ends. My mother-in-law had one and I told her that once.  She gave me one as a joke and it's huge now.  It's one of the few things I've successfully grown. It's probably covered with blooms, too.

Her spring flowers are blooming, too.  They are all over the place.  Mom loved flowers and she had quite a green thumb.  I wonder how long they'll survive with me.

It was warm enough today to enjoy reading on the front porch.  (Ignore the dead flower.  That's an example of what happens to plants when I get ahold of them.)

Mom's cat Puddin is enjoying the warm weather, too.