A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS.

UPDATE

Mega storm "Sandy" passed through our area with great devastation. My prayers are with those who received the brunt of it. People lost power and some areas are still without power, including my parents' home. Thank God I moved my parents to my house with the fear that their house might flood again. Counting my blessings the storm didn't directly hit either of  our houses. However, there has been great devastation in the shore areas and New York City. Right now there's a shortage of gas. We are only allowed to have gas on alternate days depending on our license plate numbers.  During the storm I kept praying that I would not have to go through another clean-up. My prayers are answered for now. I say "for now"  because apparently there is another storm coming our way next week. Let's hope that it it fizzles out.......

WHITE DEER CROSSING

 

As you all know I've been very preoccupied with my parents health and well being lately and haven't been able to document my cooking. Recently, however,  I was startled to see a  young white deer in my back yard. It had ghostly appearance. I quickly grabbed my camera and was able to take some pictures of it before it vanished into the nearby woods. I hope this is a good omen for many good things to come, because I have never before seen an albino/white deer.

THANK YOU FRIENDS

JUST STOPPING IN TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CARING AND FOR YOUR GOOD WISHES. MOM IS BACK AT HOME BUT NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. DAD IS STILL THE SAME, STRUGGLING WITH HIS PARKINSON'S DISEASE. THIS IS ALL TOO SAD TO SEE. BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL.

TAKING A BREAK

I haven't been able to write, cook or even take pictures in the past few weeks. My 82 year old mom fell down and broke her shoulder and while she was in the hospital she was diagnosed with double pneumonia. My 92 year old dad is at home with his aide and misses his wife very much. As you can see my time is divided between their home, visiting mom in the hospital, my work and my home.  Running errands and taking dad to his doctors are also part of my daily life. Sometimes there are not enough hours during the day. Today I gave my self a brief moment to go online just to get out of the monotony of my daily chores. I  wish everyone a very safe, happy and healthy summer. See you all soon..

FRESH BOUQUETS

Lavender from my garden

  Mixed flowers

HAVE A NICE WEEK-END EVERYONE

MORE FLOWERS ...

I'm so happy that this year we are able to enjoy our flowers. Last year groundhog and deer ate most of my flowers before they got a chance to blossom.  It was disheartening that we didn't get to see our efforts and labor. The critters are still here but I'm glad that they didn't bother with our garden this year (hopefully they found a better garden) but I have a feeling that my next door neighbor's cat who's been frequenting our back yard has something to do with it.

LAMB'S EAR

DAY LILY

                                                                   ECCHINACEA

ECCHINACEA

DAY LILIES, PRIM ROSE AND LAVENDER

                                                                  YELLOW  YARROW
                                                         

ASTILBE

PRIM ROSE

 WHITE YARROW AND COREOPSIS

BALLOON FLOWER

 COREOPSIS

                              (I don't know the name of this flower, but its abundant in the back yard)