Discovering Lilacs and a Tribute to Betty
Hello everyone! This past week brought lovely weather to the Seattle area, and even though I still confess to loving the rain, there's just something about the sunshine here that's so wonderful this time of year! It's so much fun being outside, working in your garden, seeing your neighbors out and about, sharing seeds, ideas, flowers, and maybe a "happy hour" on the deck, in the sunshine admiring our days work. :-) (my first little garden...lettuce, sweet pea, basil, onion, and cumber) Just two doors down is a lovely and heavily blossomed Lilac tree, belonging to Bob & Betty. (Sadly, Betty passed away last year, but always loved to share her lilac blossoms.) My neighbor asked if I wanted to walk down there with her and cut a handful of "Betty's flowers." Talk about one of life's simple pleasures! There I was, strolling down the ally in