Mother's Day 2009

On the Saturday before Mother's Day, Philip, Abby, Heather & I went to downtown Pasadena for the afternoon! We walked among the shops on Colorado Blvd (We followed the line for the Rose Parade floats for a few miles looking for the best place to park).

We stopped and had delicious Gelato in an alley plaza. Then we went to Bird Pick, which is a tea store. There are huge glass jars of many types of tea. You can get a sample to taste. The teas range in price from $5.00 for 4 oz. to $11.00 for 4 oz! I got a yummy Hibiscus iced tea.
Thank you kids for the lovely afternoon. :-)

Heather bought me this cute flower arrangement at a shop where Christian college age students were selling handmade gifts to fund a mission trip this summer in Thailand.

On Mother's Day we all brought items for a hamburger BBQ at Mom & Dad's
Kirk got Mom these flowers.

We visited until the sun went down.

We ate, read our cards, laughed and had a wonderful time!

Granada's Garden Tour

We all met at GHFC and listened to the expert talk about planting succulents. His cute assistant kept the photo slides going on the screen. Phillip answered questions, was funny and remembered people's names. :-)

Then Abby and Philip put together 3 pots of succulents to give away as door prizes.

My friends, Mary & Pati, whom I teach with, went together with me from house to house visiting gardens and being inspired. Look at the cool baskets in this yard! The homeowner has a garden business called "The Blessed Gardener." She sells these and puts flowers in for people with black thumbs. We also dropped in on Mary Taylor. She graciously showed us around her lovely home and beautiful backyard. After visiting yards, we had a delicious lunch at The California Grill.

Here are P & A in their little oasis they've created in the backyard next door to Robin & David's house. It's full of potted succulents, bamboo, ferns & other lush plants.

This is the wall next to the bathroom wall. The large pot is a fountain to help drown out the traffic noises. Haven't they done a wonderful job?