Birthday Blooms

My garden greeted me with birthday blooms this morning -- everywhere I turned it seemed like their little heads and faces were turned towards me and were extra vibrant and strong -- I hope to absorb that feeling for my new year!

The day has barely started and I have already received so many birthday wishes -- thank you!  I feel so loved, and so uplifted -- I am a very lucky girl -- and am living a fabulous life.  I am grateful.

My Fabulous Spring Garden Plan

You'll recall that last night was garden planning night on my front porch.  A neighbor, some champagne, some big porch floor pillows, a slew of garden seed catalogs and my garden journal.  Ahhh, Spring.

Some of those things happened:

A neighbor - check
Floor pillows - check
Champagne - check
Fantastic weather - check
A pile of garden catalogs - check

Here's what also happened:

7 additional neighbors
A new job offer announcement (not me)
A second bottle of champagne
Support and validation
Snacks
Lap dogs
Laughing
Pronouncements of what a great street we live on
Story telling
Re-connection

It was a lovely evening.  No gardens were planned, but nobody cared.