The Lantern

My Mother's Day gift was this solar lantern!

It has a stained-glass dragonfly. It has both a solar panel and a battery. And it even came with the long crook to hang it from outside.

Here it is when it is lit up for the night.

I had always wanted one of these outside solar lights, and was so surprised!

“Even the fireflies pause for a lantern.”

Mother's Day 2026

 Our son and granddaughters came over today. Here I am with Mike.

Here are our two youngest granddaughters.

They brought me this pretty bouquet of flowers.

And Jazz put together these Lego flowers for me.

But that's not all. They gave me an amazing gift. But I cannot post it until I charge it up. Stay tuned...

“Mothers turn ordinary days into home.”

Sunday Sunset

 

"I find it incredibly amazing how, at every sunset, the sky is a different shade. No cloud is ever in the same place. Each day is a new masterpiece. A new wonder. A new memory."

Sanober Khan

Peonies

 The Peonies at the house down the street have bloomed. they are beautiful.

These tiny flowers under them are apparently Columbine.

These are some other Peonies I saw awhile back. Different from the others, but just as pretty.

“A peony is a blossom dreaming in layers.”

The Iris

 I bought this Iris kit from Amazon. I thought it was so pretty, and our Jazz is very talented at making things. It is made from very thin sheets of wood.

You can imagine my surprise when we opened it and took a good look. Oy!

But she proceeded to build it, saying she had made things much harder. I was kind of amazed; I could never do it myself!

Amazon has a lot of different flowers like this,but I think this will be the only one I will buy. 

“Irises: little flags of magic. Petals shaped like quiet wings.”

Ancient Art

 Well, they sent me home without doing the medical procedure! Because a new rule says you cannot eat or drink before getting I.V. sedation. I had no idea, and I had a cup of coffee and a cookie before leaving! Well, they fit me in for next month.

Know what this is?

My best friend's sister went to New Zealand and brought her treasures hand carved by the Māori! This box has abalone eyes.

She also got this little totem pole. Kind of frightening. Also with abalone eyes.

“Where land and spirit walk together. Guided by ancestors, grounded in earth.”

In The Parking Lot

 I will not be doing blogs today because I have an out if town medical procedure.

The grocery store parking lot had some pretty things in it. It was all about flowers and butterflies. They had these pretty Pansies outside.

The car across from us had this pretty windshield protector with butterflies on it.

“Petunias: little cups of color.”