My Mom Is Amazing!!!

Good morning!   I have not had the opportunity to blog for a long time.  My daughter Erika, left a post on my Mom, so most of you know that she came through her surgery with no complications, and we got very good news after pathology came back on her lymph nodes.  I have to say, since the day I went with her for her colonoscopy, the news was not good.  But angels are watching over her!  My mother had prepared for the worst.  Which was so difficult to even think about.  But we remained hopeful.  And there were SO many praying for her.  She had a successful surgery.  They removed all of the tumor, along with about a foot of colon.  They removed 12 lymph nodes.  She stayed in the hospital for 4 days.  She had to wait til her last day at the hospital to find out that the lymph nodes results. They came back CLEAR!!!!  There was no sign of cancer in any of her other organs.  Hallelujah!!!  She was staged at a 2A.  The reason for the A, is that the tumor had grown to the outside of the colon.  So she will have to have some chemo, and possibly some radiation. This will be done as a preventative measure.  It will most likely be a light form of chemo.  Possibly even in pill form.  She sees the oncologist in about 8 weeks, after she has healed from her surgery.  So we will go from there.  She is resting and getting better each day.  Even going out to breakfast with me on Wednesday, only one week after her surgery.  She is doing remarkably well.  We could not be happier.  All of us, elated with the news that she will be okay.  So, as you can imagine, it has been a very busy week  and a half.  Not much else going on in my life around here.  I did take some photos of a bit of Spring around here at the homestead.  Again, thank  you for all of your prayers and good thoughts for my Mom.  It meant SO much!!!!
When Noah and I went to Mom's the other day to go to breakfast, we were driving through her neighborhood, and one of her neighbors had all of these eggs on her bushes out front.  I pulled up and took a closer look, as it was so cute!  They were just your every day plastic Easter eggs, the kind that snap together.  She had just taken each egg and snapped it around a leaf or two on the bush.  So simple, and so cute!  Noah and I got home and dug out our Easter eggs, and went to work.

That used to be a perfectly symmetrical bush.  But my husband had to work on the sprinklers that sit just below, and he got a bit carried away at clearing himself a space!!

If you have young kids, or grands, this is a great little project to do together.  Noah had a ball putting the eggs on the bush.  We even bought more eggs at Target yesterday to add to it.

This is really a fun time in the gardens.  Everything is coming to life.  Blooms, and more blooms!!

The roses are really putting on a show!

My purple iris are just beginning to show their unfurled buds.

My girlfriend Joycie, got me this Mandevilla in memory of my Nana after she passed.  It is blooming like crazy!

Geraniums, which bloom all year, are especially beautiful now, after our bit of cooler weather and a couple of rainy days.

My front doors have their Spring baskets hung to greet guests.

I need to add a few new flowers to freshen it up a bit, I think.

My girlfriend Pam, gave me this plant last March.  It is blooming again, and so pretty.

I love the little bird pick she put in the plant!  It sits on my bistro table on the front porch.
We have four of these azaleas planted in the front planter beneath the front bedroom windows.  Three were badly damaged when we had our house tented for termites a few years ago.  They are just now starting to come back.  This one being the healthiest.

On most afternoons, Noah likes to ride his bike or scooter out front.  It was so beautiful the other day, after the rain, that I had to get my camera and take some shots.  Cerulean blue skies, and big cotton candy puffy clouds.  My favorite kind of day.

Noah zoomed past me, back and forth, as I shot photo after photo.

Everywhere I looked, it was so pretty!

The giant sycamore trees in our front yard have almost fully leafed out now.  The birds are all looking for the  places to nest.  Something as simple as a giant fallen leaf in the bird bath, draws me in.

A concrete bunny statue, tucked in by the iris that are about to explode.

So much beauty in the simplest of things.
Before I go, a couple of sweet finds on a thrifting jaunt.  I have a soft spot for china.  Especially old china.  And hand painted china.  This sweet little pitcher with the hand painted yellow roses caught my eye.  I love it with some of my fragrant roses.

This pretty yellow gingham pillow, with the perfectly stitched daisies in a basket on the front.  Swoon!

It looks like it was made for the white wicker chair I refinished for my back patio.
The embroidery on this is so perfectly precise.

Even though I was not wild about the white lace that edges the pillow, I decided to leave it exactly as is.  What a sweet find this 2 dollar pillow was!!!!
Before I go, I have to show you this little surprise I got in the mail the other day from my sweet friend Holly.
She certainly knows me well.

This nice big Rooster mug!  I had my coffee in it that morning.  But then set my blooms inside on the little kitchen eating nook for this photo.  The beautiful red and yellow roses are clipped from the two rose bushes I removed from my parents backyard, and replanted in mine.  My Dad had just planted these, before he died.  I bring these pretty blooms to his resting place whenever I go.

Thank you Holly!  I love my new mug, and will think of you, my friend, whenever I use it!!!!
Go out and make it a great day!!!!!  Stop to smell the roses!  Open your car window, and let the fresh air blow in your face and mess up your hair!  Happy Spring!  And thank you Jesus, for the very best birthday gift I have ever received.......My Mom's health!!!!!!!
XOXO
Kris