I'm On Vacation!

Mt. Hood from the plane

 Hubby and I took a much needed vacation and flew to Idaho to visit our second daughter and son-in-law. We flew out on a rainy 40* Monday morning from Portland and landed in a clear and balmy 10* Boise airport. Brrrr! They still had snow on the ground from Christmas that hadn't melted yet. We got to see their gorgeous new house and get reacquainted with the grand-pups. What a couple of characters! Their pets are lots of fun, too!

Me and the grand-pups

We spent a couple days just relaxing and enjoying the company, playing games, watching movies and watching Zoe' chase after her toys. Lots of energy in the tiny body. The toys are never far from her as you can see.

Breakfast!

It got warm enough to melt a lot of the snow and then on Saturday it snowed again.

It didn't put down much and it didn't hamper us from going to church and then to the airport on Sunday. Rats! I could've used another couple of weeks of vacation. Oh well. Back to reality.

It was a great time spent with them and we hope to visit again later on. We'll let it warm up a bit though.

Here goes nothing

Well, we finally bit the bullet and transplanted the lilac and yucca. I was beginning to doubt whether we should or not because it turned out to be a rather chilly day. Hubby reminded me that the plants have been living in large tubs for months now and would probably not even notice. Such a wise guy, er man.

It took several minutes to decide just where to put them. These things can't be rushed, much to hubby's chagrin. I don't want to have to move them again so where they get put they're staying.

Background- both yuccas            Foreground- lilac

 

We also planted a small fir tree our eldest daughter gave us and plotted out where some plants we ordered are going to with rocks marking their places. I got several questioning looks from hubby while doing that. Men just don't seem to realize how imaginative we women can be. (Sigh)

New buds on lilac bush!

The lilac seems to have wintered over very well and will hopefully love it's new home.
Being the imaginative woman I am I quickly made use of the empty tubs by adding dirt and daffodil and gladiolus bulbs and placing the filled tubs at the corner of the house.
 More looks from hubby as well as a few shakes of his head. Oh well. After 30+ years he should know me by now.