standards....

 I am enjoying the almost "spring" weather, well maybe not as much as I should.  It was a mighty long week, and I certainly did drive many miles, more than usual.  I met a few nice people.....

The garden has been growing in leaps and bounds, it makes me very happy to take pictures of everything....

The white crocuses are so very sweet, and for some reason this year they seem to touch me in a different way, like I am somehow seeing them with different eyes....

 They are hanging out all by themselves right now, waiting for the daffodils to pop.  You can see them barely peeking out, waiting.....

The other flowerbed had purple crocuses.  I see them and think of Gabriella, small and sweet.  They have spread this year, and hopefully more will pop up next year....

There are a few white ones too, but the purple ones I adore....

Mrs. Gallo is getting ready to bust too, I know she will bring a smile to Andrew's face.  I think that he worries that something will happen to her.  This year after she blooms, he has to trim her.  I know that he really does not want to do it, but she is out of control.  When I look at the buds, they make me think of my brother-in-law and his run-in with pussy willows.....

You can almost see the flowers coming out, almost.

The tulips grew so much also in a few short days. 

Next week I have to go to DMV to re-register the motorcycles.  I hope that they still have a late night.  I need to get my bike to the dealer for a new tire, I am sure that I can get an appointment right away.  Let's hope that the weather cooperates, I am truly looking forward to warmer weather, I hope that it doesn't go from freezing to blistering heat in a manner of a week.  That's not fun.  I love sweatshirt weather, and I want to wear my leather riding jacket more than once.

I am looking forward to riding in the mountains, there is nothing I love more than the twisties on my bike.....well there is.....

We will be where we are, and where we want to be.  You can't make someone stay if they don't want to, and it isn't right to try. 

I am who I am.  I have never wanted to be anyone else.  I have never wanted what was not mine.  I love who I love, and want to be where I am. 

peter cottontail......it's spring

I am cautiously optimistic.......

He said that it would never happen again, well what he did say was that it probably would never happen again, that the odds were too, too slim.  Ha, ha.....See what happens when something that you say a prayer for happens, even when you don't even really know that you want it, or if it's right to want, but this time it will be different....this time, after a long cold winter.....see what the spring brings....new joy, new hope, new life......

I am not going to think anything negative, I don't want to worry, that's not good for me, for him, and for us....for our family.

I am going to think about baby bunnies, chicks, magnolia flowers, pink tulips, blue bells, jellybeans,

and oh, yeah, chocolate, I love chocolate...

I am going to take it easy, I am going to relax, and I am going to be very happy and enjoy.....

I think that the rest of the family is going to be very happy for us....

a lovestruck juliet....

The weather gets better with every hour, well except for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  It is supposed to snow tomorrow, but Saturday it was beautiful and springlike.  There was such a difference in garden, I was in shock.....the amount of crocuses almost doubled.

I think that the lone purple one is most beautiful, it reminds me of Gabriella, our beauty.  There are others, I don't know what color they are yet. 

The daffodils are getting larger by the hour.....

On Friday there were no tulips, by Saturday afternoon, they were busting out of the ground.

I think that I should take pictures of them at least twice a day for the next two weeks.  Tulips are a sure sign that spring is here.  Hopefully, there will be no more snow.

Buddy was hanging outside, sitting by the fence watching Andrew work on his truck.  I think that he misses Skazi to run around with.  Chico is no fun, and they never really played together.  Now that Chico can't hear, smell, or see, and he really doesn't want to be outside at all.  Benny was out also, watching Andrew from across the street.  Andrew brought Buddy to Benny, and they had a play date.

They ran around the entire afternoon like lunatics.  I brought them water twice, and their tongues' were hanging on the ground.  They had a grand time.  They relaxed, barked at everything and everybody that passed, and watched Andrew.

I would like to say that I did everything that I was supposed to do, but I did not.  I will say that I did have a great day. 

When I spoke to Donna, she told me that Benny was exhausted Saturday night.  I was shocked to learn that she was able to talk on the phone for two hours without him barking in. 

I would have liked if the warm weather would have liked it to carry over to Sunday, but alas it did not.  I wanted it to stay warm but it dropped like twenty five degrees in one day. 

Yesterday we went to the store, and shopped for the stuff that we needed for the week.  I picked up some chicken thighs, I think that I see some Whiskey Chicken in the future.

I am hoping that next weekend we can work on the back splash in the kitchen.  We have the subway tiles and I think that we just need a couple of tiles for the ends.  I also ordered pencil tile in cobalt blue as an accent, I don't know if we are going to use it though.  I am thinking that if we use these pencil tiles, it could get kind of worrisome, and that there will be a lot of cutting necessary.  I don't want to make it any harder than it is.

All things being equal, life is good, life is very good.

You said I love you like the stars above, I'll love you till I die.