Saying goodbye to May

Happy Sunday everyone! A little on the cool side for us today but we're enjoying the outdoors just the same. We had a friend over for lunch and ate outside. Last night, we had our first alfresco dinner of the season. It was nice.

It's hard to believe that the month of May is coming to an end. It's been a nice one though and fairly dry. Our garden is thriving. Last Thursday,  I added a few perennials to our back flower bed and "reorganized" the colour scheme. Our front beds are doing nicely, with the spring flowers in full bloom, such as the Jack Frost and the Creeping Phlox. The colour of blue and pink is beautiful. Despite all of our plants having survived the harsh Winter, our Maple tree and our Japanese Maple are a little on the slow side. They are alive and leaves are popping but it's taking a while. You can see the slow growth of the Japanese Maple in the photo below.

Yesterday, I bought a few strawberry plants and put them in a pot hanging over the rail of our deck. I can't wait to see how many strawberries we get. Our VegTrug is also doing good and we've already eaten quite a bit of lettuce. I use the fresh herbs all the time.

Last week was good, not too busy. I went to the gym four times.  I think I'm back on track. Having said this, it seems that my knees are giving me a bit of a problem. I hope it's not a sign of what turning sixty will feel like LOL! Russell is also back into the swing of things but his joint issues are still bothering him. Those aches and pains are not fun but it could be a whole lot worse.

Cooper and the Spice girl are doing fine. They are as happy as can be and have bonded so nicely. We have actually noticed how much closer they have become lately. They are almost always together. The only time that they seem to each want their own space is right after breakfast:  Spicy goes to the front room for her post breakie nap on the couch. Cooper stays in the kitchen for a while. Quite funny to watch their individual habits.

Not much else is going on with us. We're doing a bit of research for our upcoming trip to Italy in July. We've already had some good advice from many people, very grateful for that. Russell is getting his snow tires removed this week, the only appointment he could get since we've been back from Barbados.

I leave you with a few photos that Russell took of the garden, one of our pooches doing what they do best while we watch TV,  and one of me when I was a little baby. My parents had this framed photo hung above their bed forever, as well as one of my brother and sister. I thought I would include it in my blog just for old times' sake. I wish you all a great week!

The Creeping Phlox, a wonderful pink in full bloom
in the front bed.

The Jack Frost were the first to show color this Spring
in the front garden.

A more complete view of the front bed...the Japanese Maple
is a little thin on leaves but will fill in....everything
else is coming up nicely.

Nothing better than a full VegTrug...the lettuce is
wonderful fresh and the herbs are awesome.

Me, circa 1960, a cute baby. This photo hung
above my parents bed for many many years.

Cooper and Spicy snuggle during TV after dinner. They
know how to settle in for the evening.