Roses From My Garden

G cut roses for me before he went to work today.  What a delightful sight when I walked into the house this evening.  I finally figured out the Portrait setting on the camera and the flowers came out nice and clear, even in twilight.  All sorts of pink roses and my favorite yellow.

Today at work I potted up a large, flat pot with pink lupine and yellow daylilies (the Stellas). There was a pink Gaura in the middle and I added a few pink and yellow pansies for an understory.  For a funeral.  I found just enough sheet moss to cover the soil.  Lots of ooh's and ah's as the pot was brought up front to the cash registers.  And later my boss asked me to "do up" a few more baskets "for sale".

A good day at work.  It was supposed to be hot, but there was a breeze and some cloud cover.

I lost FIVE pounds overnight.  Really.  All the water drinking must be working to flush fat out of my body. I wonder how much I will weigh tomorrow???  ROFLOL This is a semi-regular event.  Lose weight (on scale) and do happy dance and next day gain it all back plus more.  But when I do loose weight it always is lower than the last time.  This time it was a full pound less than the last "recorded loss".  And to be fair, if I subtract this morning's number from the starting number, it's a 13 pound difference (or more--I actually was heavier this Spring than the starting weight).  Which is about a 2 pound per week average.  Exactly like the 365 Day 1200 calories a day diet I did in 2007.  Only this time I am not always wanting to eat something and cheating every few days.  Instead of wanting to cheat, I put the "wrong" food items down the disposal.  It was the disposal or my hips.  I made the right choice.

The floor in front of the fridge is dry.  The repair to the water tubing must be working.  The ice cubes are still not completely solid but the ice maker IS 20 years old.  Can't expect perfection. We are just pleased to still be getting some ice.

Riley is sitting by the front door watching the street.  We have a glass storm door than goes almost to the floor, so he has a very good view while reclining.  Riley finally ate something when I got home from work.  His breakfast plus an additional cup of food.  I sprinkled the food with a tiny bit of water and shook the little biscuits around a bit and he came over and started eating.  Licked the bowl clean.  He actually prefers to eat tree limbs and is more than likely full of wood chips. I don't understand dogs.

I had my glasses adjusted this morning after we went to the bank and got me included on the safety deposit box.  Some crazy stuff in that box.  I brought some of it home to shred.  I plan to do some gardening tomorrow unless G wants to do something "special" together on our joint day off.  We'll see.