Mother's Day 2011

Beautiful day to be celebrating Mother's Day. Sun shining and flowers blooming.
We lined up all the kids to have their picture taken with Great-grandmother. What a wonderful picture it is!

Hope all you Mother's out there had a Wonderful, Loving, Mother's Day, Too!

Mother's Nosegay

This first picture isn't a flower but I liked the way it blurred on the butterfly's glitter...
A nosegay is a small bunch of flowers, so I'm using the term loosely, having a small number of pictures of flowers. Below is the floral arrangement my brother sent my mother for Mother's day.

The next two roses are from mother's rose bushes.

No touching up was necessary on either shot.

This pink honeysuckle I bought for my mother several years ago for Mother's day.

I have fond childhood memories of sitting under a neighbor's honeysuckle vines and pulling "honey" from the flowers and eating it. Mmmmm...

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

Below is a picture of my mother this last Christmas, 2009. It's sometimes difficult to get a picture of mom because she's not one to just sit around. I thought I would find a picture of her at our last historical society meeting, but when I checked out the crowd shots, she was nowhere to be found. Know why? Because she was cleaning up in the kitchen.
And the picture above, click on it and you will see she is sitting next to my camcorder. I couldn't get around the room and get still shots of everybody AND man the camcorder so mom took it upon herself to sit there and direct the camera to points of interest.

That's just how mom is, always has been. When she goes to a gathering she doesn't just plop herself down and expect to be waited on. She finds out if there's anything she can to do help. If she sees a need then she's there to fill it. A lot of times these are just little menial tasks, off to the side, but essential to keeping things running smoothly.

Mom's also the one that sends everyone cards for all sorts of occasions and buys little gifts or makes cute crafts to cheer some one's day. Mom cares for people in many ways. There's a reason my mother took the career choice of becoming a nurse, it's in her caring nature.

Mom has taught me many things over the years, but it think this is probably one of the most important, to care for others. Thank You, Mom.

I LOVE YOU!

Happy Mother's Day, Mom!

Happy Mother's Day 2009

I hope all mothers out there had a wonderful Mother's Day. I spent the afternoon with my daughter helping my son's children make a tissue flower bouquet for their mother who was at work.
They also made cards...

...with stickers and colors.

The grandson made a couple flowers then decided to go play outside, the younger granddaughter stuck around a little while longer. The Princess did the most work on it from start to finish. The flowers have skewer stems wrapped in green tissue and the vase is two plastic cups papier mache tissue covered.

I had flowers delivered to MY mother before Mother's day and she took pictures of the bouquet so I could see it.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

This is my mom before she was any body's mother...
These are some of my favorite photo's of my mother...
My mother was also a Registered Nurse, she's retired now. Once when I was in high school a classmate that I didn't know real well came up to me and told me that she had recently been in the hospital and that my mother had taken care of her. She carried on and on about how she just loved my mother and that my mother was so sweet and kind. My mother took her career to heart, it was more than a job, it was a calling.
Here's my mother when I first met her, though I can't say that recall this meeting. I'm sure I should remember that wallpaper....

One of the things that mom participated in with me was Girl Scouts. She served as troop leader for several years, and summer camp was always a big deal.
Here are three generations of moms: me, my mom and my daughter. The baby in this picture just turned 15 years old and will be having his 8th grade promotion next weekend. They do grow sooo fast.
Another picture I have in my memory of my mom is her sitting in the rocking chair, late at night, reading. Mom likes her books, I guess she always has. She said that when she was younger she would rather be reading than out running around. Mom also writes real pen and paper letters and rarely forgets to get cards sent out for birthdays and other celebrations.
Mom's just a very thoughtful and caring person, I just thought I'd share a little about her with all my blogging friends and wish all of them and their mothers a "Happy Mother's Day" too!

I Love You, MOM!