Yesterday, Sunday, was a wonderful day. We ate outside for both meals and some enjoyed a glass of wine as we caught up on the week's activities. Andy has made one or two trips a day to various plant places and we are a-bloom every where you look. I just hope there is no more bad weather or windy weather ahead. I'd hate to lose 45 geraniums which love to grow here at Many Branches. The clay pots are marching up the steps of the guest apartment as they do every year. The red blooms can be seen from the road and add a nice touch. The road is busy at rush hour and the people have written to me saying they enjoy the road so much because people keep there properties so nice and for Christmas they like seeing our decorations. As they start and stop at lights on their way to and from work they like what they see and it gives them a nice ride to work or home. We are set up on a hill, so the traffic does not bother us. It was once a country road but progress has turned it into something a bit busier. We have three acres, so there is plenty of planting room and room for many family members and guests.
Nate went to Oakland Nursery yesterday and bought four healthy blueberry bushes and I planted them today. Normally I do not enjoy gardening, just the results, but I was eager to get these babies in the ground for some reason. Nate buys unusual plants. He reads up on the subject and runs to buy and then plant them so there are surprises popping up in unusual places all around the property. It is such a blessing to have Mike and Beth and Nate here with us and Matt comes nearly every Saturday to hang out or to work around the place. We are going on thirty years living here and we all love the place so much. Time has flown from the minute we moved in things started clicking and we have been on the move in many directions since then...not that we weren't before, but time is getting away and we have to make it count.
Andy is finishing up an on line OSU class and has signed up for the next semester. He really enjoys learning and OSU is his favorite place to study. He is 80, healthy, and on foot and enjoys the action of the classroom more than on line because he joins right in with all that goes on and the young people accept him with pleasure it seems. He especially likes it when the athletes are in his classes. He likes watching their games so much more now that he knows a few of the players, some of whom are trying out for the Olympics. He has received the OSU football tickets so people will have to figure out who gets which games. When over one hundred thousand people go to a spring game you know football is important if you live in Columbus.
Beth and the Cincinnati Lechler women as well as our favorite, Pam Taylor, leave for Paris and Italy in June. I know they will have so much fun. They asked me to go, but I am done with Paris. I thought about Italy because I've never been there, but I have grown into a home body. I am always eager to get home and I don't like leaving, so I said I would stay home and blog about their adventures. There will be six ladies all booked and all planned and all eager to go. Life is good.
