A Few Days In Louisville Kentucky

Hello and happy Monday. Last Sunday I had to take a trip to Louisville Kentucky for a work meeting. I was meeting with the tourism group that my work is a part of. I will have a much more detailed post on each of the attractions that we visited. I had such a fun time.

As you may know. The Kentucky Derby was held on Saturday May 4th just four miles from the hotel we were staying in. We were going into the city on Sunday so most of the action had already calmed down before we got into town. I was traveling alone and I left out Sunday afternoon. It was about a five hour drive for me. Of course I put off packing until the last minute. I think if I felt better about how I look in my clothes it would be easier to prepare and know what to pack, but that is a story for another time.

I left out about 2:00 PM on Sunday and drove the entire drive with just a couple of quick stops. When I arrived the hotel was still decorated with hundreds of flowers from the Derby celebration.

We stayed downtown at The Embassy Suites on Fourth Street. It was so nice and the staff really had it going on in The hospitality department. Everyone at the hotel was so nice and helpful. Even though they had just dealt with hundreds of people staying at the hotel for the Derby. Our hotel was within walking distance of Museum Row, and the Muhammad Ali Center. And we were just four miles from Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby.

I had stopped for a quick bite on my way in so once I got to the hotel I just settled into my room. It was very nice. It was actually a suite.

And you know me. I brought a good book and some knitting. My meeting the following day didn’t start until noon so I slept in. Such decadence!!!! Only a meeting and dinner was scheduled for Monday.

Along with the meetings I knew a lot of fun had been planned as well. When we do these meetings we usually get to meet with several of their lead tourism people. On Tuesday we got a behind the scenes tour of Churchill Downs, Toured the Derby Museum, visited a Loom House and was able to do a little weaving, we had a bourbon tasting at the Frazier History Museum, and finished the day off at The Louisville Slugger Museum. What a fun and tiring day.

***Churchill Downs. It was hard to believe that only 48 hours earlier this track was full of the sound of thundering hooves.***

***The Little Loom House. One of my favorite stops.***

I can’t begin to tell you in one post about each of these wonderful places. I will put them in separate posts so that you can experience each place.

After a short meeting on Wednesday morning I started my long drive home. Unfortunately it rained most of the way home and took me even longer to get there.

I was so happy to get home even though I did have to go right back to work the next morning. I think the inside kitties missed me a lot. They both insisted on sleeping on the bed with me.

That is what I have been up to. Add in Playing catch up at work and it has made for a very busy week. I have missed all of you and I am happy to be back.

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!

Hello To May And Several New Orchids

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!!!

Wordless Wednesday 5-1-24

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!

Hello Monday

Hello and happy Monday. I have been struggling the past three weeks with a bad knee. I think I pulled something a few weeks ago when we were moving things out of my mother in law’s apartment at the Assisted Living Village.

Knee injuries are nothing new to me. I have had them on my right knee a couple of different times throughout the years. I hobbled around for a week or so. I decided to give myself two weeks and if it wasn’t better I would see an Orthapedic Doctor. It is better. I have been wearing a knee brace and it is much much better. Thank goodness.

The weather here has been really nice and we have had a lot of things blooming. We are currently experiencing a cold snap which I think may be whip-poor-will winter. Or maybe Locust Winter. I have been hearing the whip-poor-will calling in the woods at night and early morning.

I spent some time last weekend out on my deck. The weather was so nice. I read a lot of my book. I’ve trying to stay off of my devices when I am at home and just enjoy the things around me. Plus I couldn’t really do much around the house with my bum knee.

***My view from the deck. A lot of bugs flying around this time of year. I guess you just have to take the good with the bad.***

I couldn’t remember if I had introduced you to my latest orchid, Camilla, I bought her a couple of weeks ago. She is doing great!!! My niece rescued three orchids from a building that had housed a nursery. A lot of plants that were struggling were just left behind. She brought me three. I will let you know more about those later. I need to replant them and get them settled in.

I celebrated my Birthday and Wedding Anniversary this past week. My sister had a pizza party for me yesterday. We had such a great time. My coworkers had Birthday cake for me too. My husband had to work so we will be celebrating the Anniversary and Birthday later this week.