Hello friends, I have been somewhat absent on my blog and behind on my blog reading. Work has been absolutely crazy. I work in tourism and we are gearing up for a busy summer.

April was a great and busy month. I did spend a lot of the month limping around with my knee. It really makes you appreciate walking with ease. my knee seems to be all better now. I wore a brace for a couple of weeks and it helped stabilize my knee and allowed it to heal or whatever it needed.

My Birthday and Anniversary were both in April so that was a lot of fun. Lots of things are blooming in my yard and everywhere, and the weather has been great. It has actually been hot!!! It almost feels like it has gone from winter straight into summer. But I know we still have one more little winter to go through. Blackberry Winter is usually around Mother’s Day. This is when the blackberries bloom out not when they are ripe to eat.

I have so many plants that need to be put into the ground. I didn’t want to use the shovel and dig while my knee was healing. I think it will be fine now.

I had to say goodbye to my two orchids that were doing so poorly, Zsa Zsa and Eva. They were very special to me. When my sister Pat died my work friends sent this huge orchid for the funeral. I named it Zsa Zsa because of a little thing my sister and I had going before she passed away. I was brushing her hair for her when she was in the hospital and I told her she looked beautiful like Zsa Zsa Gabor. She started calling me Eva, Zsa Zsa’s sister. So from then on whenever we would share a text or a phone call we would always end it with Zsa Zsa or Eva.

When I got the orchid I named it Zsa Zsa. After about a year and a half I noticed the orchid doing very badly. I decided to separate it because it appeared to be two orchids. I repotted both and promptly named the other orchid Eva.

I didn’t have a lot of hope for them. The roots were terrible. Almost no roots left at all. So, sadly they did not make it. I finally had to let them go.

On my Birthday my niece brought me three orchids she “rescued”. A friend of hers moved into a new office building. Previously the building had been a plant nursery. When they cleared the building they left several plants behind. Most of them were struggling and looked like they might not make it. my niece brought three of the orchids to me. I repotted two of them because they were in the tiniest containers I had ever seen.

These orchids are not really in that bad of shape. The bigger one I named Simon. Even though they look a little rough they have a great root system.

And now to add to the mix I have this beautiful little miniature orchid. My friend Lorie gave it to me for my Birthday. We had lunch today and she brought it to me. I’ve never had a mini orchid before. I love it!!!

So four new orchids added to the orchid family. I still have to name the other three. Any ideas?

I am looking forward to May even though it will be a busy month. I want to catch up on some outside work and get some more reading in. What are your plans for May?

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!