Summer Break -- A Few Days at Home!

I came home from the lake for a week or so for a couple of reasons -- some appointments, a lovely dinner with friends, and my birthday! Rick made a lemon tart from his new Loganberry Italian cookbooks. (I helped!) And we also went to the Flint Institute of Arts for a terrific exhibit -- but that's for another day. There's lots to process for that one!

When I was home one thing that had to be tackled a bit was my garden. It's so overgrown and the blooms so heavy no one has been able to get to the back yard to mow it! Yes, there is a path there. Good luck getting through it!

But I have to say, this is the view when I open my back door every day.

Just being greeted by that burst of color is enough to start any day off well!

Sometimes I don't know what half of these are. But I really don't care! I just like them!

My white hydrangeas have gone green and I confess, I like them even better green!

And these are always pretty. Stock maybe?

What's not to love with something so cheery!

And speaking of cheery, when Rick had to bail on dinner with me because he forgot to mention he'd accepted an invitation for us (and dinner was was already going and not the kind that served up well as leftovers, there was no stopping it), I called in reinforcements!

And then we celebrated a special occasion!

Just the second day in a great birthday weekend with more to come!