Mother’s Day, Roses, & Cupcake
Today is Mother’s Day. Because it’s been so wet (another inch of rain in this afternoon’s thunderstorm), I haven’t been to the graveyard to plant flowers for Mama. But her rose in my backyard bloomed.
This rose grew from a slip taken from one of the bushes in Mama’s yard on Floraland Drive in Roanoke. She’d had these roses in her yard as long as I can remember. Somewhere I have a color picture she took of me in front of a line of them when I was a teenager. I remember they bloomed profusely that year. They always bloomed on Mother's Day.
These irises originally came from Mama's yard, too:
Today is also Cupcake’s birthday. At 27, she’s my oldest critter—my oldest animal child. I remember the night she was born. I missed her birth but saw her take her first step.
Cupcake is growing old. My flower bed is, well, growing:
And storms, like the one we had today, keep things green.
As I post this entry, another storm is rolling in.
This rose grew from a slip taken from one of the bushes in Mama’s yard on Floraland Drive in Roanoke. She’d had these roses in her yard as long as I can remember. Somewhere I have a color picture she took of me in front of a line of them when I was a teenager. I remember they bloomed profusely that year. They always bloomed on Mother's Day.
These irises originally came from Mama's yard, too:
Today is also Cupcake’s birthday. At 27, she’s my oldest critter—my oldest animal child. I remember the night she was born. I missed her birth but saw her take her first step.
Cupcake is growing old. My flower bed is, well, growing:
And storms, like the one we had today, keep things green.
As I post this entry, another storm is rolling in.
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posted by Becky Mushko | 6:52 PM
4 Comments:
beautiful pictures...
Happy mothers day...
we are all earth mothers and mothers to something....happy birthday to cupcake and many more!
Having flowers in the yard is a good way to remember family members. I do that too. Have a good week.
I've enjoyed the rain - I hate to water plants and have planted sunflower seeds this year... we'll see what crops up - fingers crossed.
I have a few rose bushes here and John has kept them pruned - an unexpected surprise!
Hasn't this been the most strange month of May? I've lived here all my life, and I can't ever remember so much wind - and what's up with the tornadoes?
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