Wayne's Wedding

We went to Wayne and Amber Simmons' wedding in Mansfield Texas on May 3,  2014. 

It was a beautiful wedding and we are delighted to see Wayne happy. We enjoyed seeing brother Tom and his wife Brenda as well as our good friend Penny and her husband Roger. 

Brian and I

Wayne and Amber Married

Wayne, Amber, Tom, Brenda, Lyle and Dawn 

Lyle, Lindsay and Wayne

Penny and Roger

Unknown Plant (Identified as Arum italicum 'Pictum')

I have a plant in the yard I can't identify. It stayed green all winter even with snow on the ground and the clumps are growing taller and wider now. 

Love these plants. They look so much like caladiums but the bulbs are very different. 

It has started putting up blooms much like the Peace Lilly and several other plants. 

This is what the bulbs look like. 

This was taken in March. 

These were taken in April when it started putting out a lot of new growth. 

This was taken the first of May

Taken today may 16, 2014

Our Beloved Gypsy

We lost our German Shepard Gypsy on April 7, 2014. She has been a major part of our lives for many years. We got her around 2002 from our daughter and she was our family member. 

Things will go on without her but I miss her every day. I hear a dog bark outside and look for her to make sure she is ok. I finish a steak or something at a restaurant and think of taking her the leftovers. I don't know how long she will be right there in the front of my mind this way but I think I will always miss her. 

We knew it was coming and we know it was the right thing to do but it's still painful. 

In memory of her we planted a tree on her grave in the backyard. This is the progress of the tree since April 7, 2014. 

April 7, 2014

April 20, 2014

Around the first of May. 

May 16, 2014

The garden is growing.

Second week of April 2014

Last Week of April 2014

16 May 2014

We started putting the garden during the first of April. The bottom picture was taken today 16 May 2014. 

It's always been fascinating to watch a plant grow from seed, to seedlings, flower, and then produce. It doesn't matter if it is an ornamental or eatable plant. 

I started the seeds for the garden in February and they have come a long way. 

I ended up buying some of the plants since I wasn't sure when I started the seeds how far we would get with the little garden. 

Still have a ways to go but it's coming along. 

The hostas and ferns are peaking through the earth and the new bed is looking great.

This bed is new and it's so exciting to see all the plants that were planted while dormant waking up. I love the new Japanese maple and I'm keeping annuals planted in the front of the bed so I can add seasonal color. 

The Iris's have finished blooming and summer is on the way.

The iris's are finished blooming and  summer is on its way. 

Spring is my favorite time of the year as everything wakes up from dormancy and lives again. 

We have so much work to do on the land since the place has been neglected for so long but it's great to see the iris's we do have. 

I do miss all the iris's we left behind when we moved from Texas in November of last year.