A few bright spots among the clouds

I took a longer break from blogging than I was planning to. My poor computer had a melt down and was invaded by some nasty evil virus's and some voracious worms that ate up everything. I wasn't able to save anything. The tech guys did save all of My Documents but they are of no use to anyone; you can't open them. The tech guys are still working on trying to find a way to open and save my pictures, but it doesn't look very promising. I was stupid and hadn't saved anything to disc since last December, so the only pictures that I have are those that have appeared on my blog. Thank heaven for my blog, but the majority were lost.

Between thunderstorms there have been some bright spots and sunny skies. My granddaughter Megan took a class in college and learned how to ride a motorcycle. She aced it of course and when you pass the course you pass your driving test and are entitled to your license. Way to go Megan!


Here's a picture of Megan taking her final exam. She didn't want any family around to watch her...she said it would make her nervous. So Jimmy & I hid behind a building, but we were spotted. It's hard to hide my big red trike and Jimmy's noisy pipes are a dead giveaway that we were near. All of her class mates wanted to know who we were and Megan said she didn't know, hehehe.
That's not quite true. Megan told her classmates that we were her grandparents and they thought it was neat that such old people could still ride.

Below are some flowers that are either blooming or starting to bloom in the yard. You know me and flower names, I don't know many, so you'll just have to look at the pretty pictures.

The untrimmed honeysuckle bush
next to the fountain.

(above)
These are cherries
and the trees are loaded this year.

Clematis

Honeysuckle Bush

Spiderwort (above & below)

Daisies

Sweet Williams

(above)
Our Rhodie is just beginning to bloom.

(above)
The neighbor's Rhodie.
Isn't it pretty?
Their bush always blooms
before ours.

These flowers are planted down one side
of our house. Most years the Daisies are
mixed in there with these, but I don't
think the Daisies liked all of the rain this year,
as I had very few and they don't even show up
in this picture.

I had a very nice Mother's Day weekend with the kids stopping by. We went out to eat at a Chinese Restaurant this year. I received some special gifts from the children and we had a good & relaxing couple of days celebrating. Among the gifts I received was a beautiful hummingbird feeder, a beautiful beaded hand carved cross necklace, a picture frame with three of my favorite pictures of the kids and a box of chocolates, yum. All in all, I had a WONDERFUL Mother's Day.

On a separate note....
Is anyone having as much trouble with ants as we are?