Mother's Day

I've been ill all weekend with this cold, and I spent most of it resting or in bed. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, right? It's what my body needs, and there were moments when I was what I call "deliciously sick" -- those times when even though you're not up to snuff, you have the luxury of being able to leave the rest of the world to deal with itself and you can drift off to the la-la land of sleep!
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I got up out of bed Sunday for my Mother's Day dinner made by Adriana.
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We had fajitas with refried beans and this lovely spicy chicken & pepper mixture. It was delicious. Then we ate dark, rich chocolate cake (purchased at M&M Meat Shops). And I opened gifts.
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Adriana gave me this pretty glass, turtle pepper & salt shakers, necklace & bracelet from Mexico, and good quality chocolate!

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Libby gave me more good quality chocolate and a plant. She's the girl who not only knows nothing about plants but is not the least bit interested in knowing about them. But she did really well. She bought me a Turtlehead plant, one that was on my list of "plants to buy".*

And even though the weather was cold and damp, I also spent some time staring longingly out the window at my garden. I purchased lots of bags of topsoil and mulch last week.*

I couldn't resist buying a few plants throughout the week; I just considered them part of my Mother's Day gift to me.

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I have a foxglove, 4 new yellow day lilies and a bleeding heart (roadside buys)as well as 4 pansies, a dusty miller, 2 Maltese Crossand the sick little plants I saved: 2 Painted Daisies, a lamium and a Jacob's Ladder -- another plant on my list.

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Alas, I must spend the week recouperating and patiently wait until next weekend.

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I hope you had a great weekend!