I Had a Great Birthday - Flowers, Cards and a Trip to the Garden Center

Yesterday was a lovely day. We started the day out by going to the large garden center to buy plants. Of course, it being Mother's Day in the USA, everyone was out there as well, but we were plenty early and got a great parking spot. We even had open space for the first half-hour or so. But Mother's Day is their busiest day of the year, and this year was no exception. After filling our cart with multitudes of blooms, we headed for checkout and there were only two people ahead of us. Score! (They did have EVERY checkout station manned - they're not fools). 

This is one very small portion of Gerten's Garden Center. It's 
about a half-hour drive to get here, so we only come out once 
or twice a year. I was here to get a gift card for DH in December 
and was able to walk right in. Mother's Day, however, is a 
completely different story with hundreds of shoppers, all the parking 
lots filled, and the street parking also filled. I was glad we 
were there early. 

Too much money spent later, we had the plants in the back of my car and were heading back home to get everything into the garden. Now ... I've stated before that I am NOT a gardener. I appreciate the flowers and plants, but it's really not my thing. DH, on the other hand, loves to garden. His back, however, has been giving him a lot of trouble. So, instead of having both sides of the garden planted by the end of the day, he only had one side planted. The rest will have to be done tomorrow. The plants will be fine - he'll water everything as he always does every morning. But there's still a LOT of work that needs to be done - the second half of the actual garden and the many separate buckets and hangers for my tomatoes and herbs. 

Lantana flowers are my favorite flowers. I adore 
the colors and tiny blossoms they have, and they 
always brighten my day whenever I see them. 

Yesterday was also my birthday, and I received a beautiful card featuring a photo of lupine flowers from my dear friend Chickie Mama (Claire), and a much more light-hearted card from Chickie along with a Barnes & Noble gift card. They know me well - LOL. I also got a killer long-sleeved t-shirt from Sharon in Denver featuring an image of Titanic with the following words from the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown - "After being brined, salted, and pickled in mid ocean, I am now high and dry .... - Margaret Brown, 1912". I adore it!!! Molly Brown, of course, was a Colorado native and became, eventually, a renowned Denver socialite, but she always made her own rules and didn't tolerate fools. Her house is still standing in Denver and they offer tours. 

The Molly Brown House is still in Denver. It's a museum, and 
it's absolutely splendid. Look it up online to see interior 
photos. I thought about becoming one of their tour guides 
when I was in High School, but decided against it. Still, 
it's a great place and she was a truly strong woman. 

So, I'm off and running today. Mondays are always a bit hectic and I have to drop by the grocery store on my way in - I have NO lettuce! I need my nightly salad - it's an important part of my daily meals. I managed without yesterday (I made crockpot ribs for our dinner - no muss, no fuss), but I have no intention of going without salad two days in a row! LOL

Have an excellent Monday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini.