Pleasant Day

I got to my mom's early today so that I could facilitate a meeting...despite my many talents, I simply cannot do that while driving. She was very sleepy this morning, so it worked out well. A dear friend of mine who is a professional people photographer really wanted to come take birthday photos of me and mom. She'll be 94 on Friday. We had a lovely visit with my friend and she took lots of photos - I am sure she'll have some lovely ones. It's meant to be my birthday present for mom, so I'll give her a couple of framed prints for her birthday when us "kids" celebrate it with her on Saturday.

I stopped at the store to get potting soil on my way home and then spent the rest of the afternoon repotting various and sundry in the garden. It was a very pleasant 72F/22.2C degrees this afternoon. Back to rain tomorrow...another 1 1/2 inches over the next two or so days. Groan.

This columbine is just about to open - the leaves are chartreuse...really lovely. And the extra....Izzy the cat and I were putting stuff away in the potting shed, getting ready to head in, and this bird (is it a finch?) decided to come avail itself of the clean bird bath. They love this little one-bird bath and use it every day. I happened to have my camera in my hand and it didn't seem to mind me at all! You can actually see the columbine in the background...blurred, but evident!