Pacific Rim

Is the name of my last daffodil variety to bloom in our garden.  My last bulb order was for Mt. Hood, a white one and this one.  But then all the white ones bloomed and no Pacific Rim and I thought the bulb company messed up the order.  But then.. poof.. these began appearing in amongst the whites.  I love them!

It really is amazing how many varieties of daffodil there are.

I need to bring a few of these inside to enjoy.

I spent time this weekend weaving in 30 ends on my Meadow blanket.  Not my favorite chore but once done I started crocheting my 4th round of 15 colors and once done, then blanket will be done and I will crochet the border Lucy designed.  :-)

Dayle and I made a key lime pie together, I worked on the graham cracker crust and he mixed up the filling.  

We used Nellie & Joe's Key Lime Juice and followed their recipe.  It's really easy, a can of sweetened condensed milk, 3 egg yolks and a half a cup of the lime juice.  

Here it is out of the oven.  I will serve it with whipped cream and grated lime peel on top.

I am taking this for a post-fully vaccinated luncheon at my sister Denise's home with our friend Shirley.  :-)  I'm home now!  We had to reschedule our Christmas luncheon and gift exchange so I gave Shirley 2 pairs of beeswax candles I rolled and a knitted cotton dishcloth you can see on the left.

Sister Denise made some cheesy polenta, roasted veggies and sauteed mushrooms and chicken.

The key lime pie was a hit, I cut and plated them then added some whipped cream and topped it off with fresh grated lime peel.

OK, that's it for now.  Have a great hump day!

((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

Change of Plans

Our dinner with our son and grandson and his GF had to be rescheduled to next weekend.  Michael was ill and Shawn let us know early so we could cancel so as not to expose us to something.  We did have our grandson Hayden with us for the weekend.  Our lilacs are advancing!  This is the white one.

Our peony is getting ready to bloom, too.

The corkscrew willow is leafing out.

Our son Travis came to pick up Hayden on Sunday and brought me something I'd found at Tractor Supply near their house.  Our boy is doing so well and has been back to work for a few weeks now.  His boss retired and handed over the leadership role to him and he's now the Engineering Department Chief.  :-)

Hayden holding Mocha before he heads home.

The daffodils are starting to wane but are still being enjoyed.

The two-tiered server I got to go with my jadeite.  :-)

Enjoying the tulips before they are done for.

Such pretty centers.

My daughter Amy took the girls for a spring break trip to Nashville.  Here they are taking in the sights.

When they got home Paige decided to get a short hairdo, I think she looks cute.

Well.. I must jet as I'm having a zoom meeting soon.  I need to put on my earrings!  LOL!  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

My dear husband went to Costco and surprised me with this lovely bouquet of mixed color tulips.  What a dear!  

I arranged the tightly closed buds in my favorite vase.  

The flowers are opening and this is how they look right now.  I'm happy that they are staying upright.. so many tulips flop down.  I have no idea why mine are staying erect.  I did cut all the stems when I arranged them.

Having these beauties just 2 feet from me is really joyful.

He also brought home this whirligig.  It's fun to see it spinning in the garden.  I was worried it would scare the birds away from the feeders but it doesn't appear so.  We had hoped it would scare the squirrels from robbing the feeders but that hasn't happened.  :-)

He also bought this hanging basket of tuberous begonias, I love the flame colors in this one.

We're being blessed with gorgeous weather and will be 57 deg F today.. but seems like it will be warmer from the looks of it.  We're having our older son, grandson and his girlfriend over for dinner tomorrow.  We've had to keep them distanced for the last year but now that we're both vaccinated we're celebrating and making one of his favorite meals - teriyaki chicken wings and fried rice.  We're looking forward to it.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

Daffodil Bonanza

More varieties of daffodils have bloomed.  I need to count how many different ones I have.  These have a pink hue.

I remember buying a package of pink ones, this is one that was in that group.  Reminds me of salmon.

And this one with the darker rimmed trumpet.

This one was also in the pink group, a doubled one.  I've decided I'm not a fan of the overly ruffled ones as they don't look like daffodils

I keep track of the lilacs, this is my white bush, the bloom will be soon!

And the dark purple one.

Our first tulip bloomed.. we actually don't have many of them, I might need to remedy that.

Here is our dining table with no holiday decorations on it.  LOL!  

Dayle brought home a potted lily before Easter and it just bloomed.  So pretty.

When my daughter moved to Ohio I adopted a couple plants, this Bird of Paradise did not thrive where I had it for years and was in very poor condition, so we put it out on the deck a few years ago to see if it would rally and that is just what it did.  When we brought it back in we put it in a sunny window and it has continued to flourish.

This is the newest leaf.  I would love it if it bloomed!

And here I am in my easy chair, blogging on my laptop and enjoying my view of the dining room.

That's my latest.. what's new with you?

((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

Hidden Treasures

Dayle mentioned that there was a big pot behind the garage filled with daffodils.  OH?  So he picked a bouquet and brought them in.  They are so frilly and pretty, 2 toned yellow.  So, I decided to arrange them in my lovebird vase.  It's quite low so I had to trim the stems very short and carefully arrange them but it turned out so pretty!

The dining table looked very festive for Easter yesterday.  Today I will stow away the decorations.

A close-up.

A peep pie?

Mocha hopped up on my lap so I snapped a close-up.  :-)

Our little precious girl.  

Dayle needed a shopping list so I got this notepad out of my rack on the wall next to my chair and used my fountain pen to start a list.  We had frozen steaks defrosting but needed baking potatoes and things for a salad for our Easter dinner.

Chef Dayle made theeeeee most delicious dinner!  Broiled beef tenderloins done to perfection, he sprinkles them with Worcestershire, garlic powder, salt and pepper and this time put a little Irish butter on top when it came out of the oven.  He baked the potatoes in the microwave and we added salt, pepper, butter, crumbled bacon and some Uncle Dan's ranch dressing which is garlicky and herby.  We usually have hot vegetables with our steak but this time he made salads of butter lettuce, tiny tomatoes, sliced fresh mushrooms, Uncle Dan's dressing and a topper of nuts, crumbled bacon and dried cranberries.  Yum! 

I told him we couldn't have had a better meal at a super fancy steak house!  :-)

A neat image I found on FB.  That is Mt. Hood.

Did you have a good weekend?  I hope so!  

((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

Trillium Time!

I've been keeping my eye out for the first bloom of Trilliums in our woods and yesterday spied the first one opening up.  So, my dear husband trekked up behind our creek and snapped a few photos for me.  Isn't this beautiful?  Now I know it's Springtime.  

The purple flowers are creeping myrtle and have spread all around our woods but it's pretty.

He snapped this of the Mt. Hood white daffodils that we planted in this pot in the autumn.

This is a different perspective of our creek and waterfalls that spill into the koi pond.  At the top a Chinese soldier stands guard.

He thought this lone daffodil next to the trunk of our Pin Oak was cute.

Then my dear husband picked me this bouquet of wild violets!  I put them in my vintage Devon Violet perfume bottle made of hand-thrown red clay.

 

This vase arrived today - let's call it my anniversary gift - that I got on eBay and Dayle did not know about.  :-D  I was drawn to it by the little love birds.  My sister that passed away summer before last was named Roberta, but I always called her "Bird".  So this is in her honor.  I can't wait to fill it with Lilacs, Roses and Dahlias.

Sweet little love birds.

Here is my intrepid husband nailing up the trellises that were dislodged when they put on the new metal roof.. they are straight now.  Good boy.

CJ wins the color of the chair contest!  She thought yellow, it's more of a gold but close enough to yellow.  I've always gone with the safe chair color of brown but they had it in this glorious gold that reminds me of a palomino or buckskin horse.  I was visiting my aunt and uncle that were managers of Roman Nose State Park in Oklahoma when I was 15 years old and my uncle asked me if I wanted to ride his horse around the park.  YES!!  So, he saddled it up with his black parade saddle with all kinds of silver on it and I spent a glorious day riding all around the huge park.  I even ended up on the top of a mesa!  I remember being scared of riding down the steep sides but the horse and I made it down safely.

Last but not least - we celebrated our 51st anniversary yesterday.  We did not do anything in the least exciting and we made egg  salad sandwiches for dinner.  We met when I was a 14 year old high school freshman and he was a 15 year old junior.  Here we are when we got married in Louisiana in 1970.  I couldn't have picked a better partner to spend my life with.  

This will be a different kind of Easter for us.  Our son and his family have chosen to spend the day with her sister.  We usually have a nice dinner and give the kids some Easter goodies.  Maybe next year.  Do you have any big plans?  Do share!  

((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

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