For the first time in several years we have an abundance of apricots! Of course the nicest ones are at the top of the tree... Everyone is getting their share, birds, squirrels, us and our neighbors (who took home 3 - 5gallon buckets) so it looks like time to make some apricot jam and apricot/pineapple jam. It always feels like a little bit of summer when I bite into a fresh, hot biscuit with real butter and homemade apricot jam. How can you beat that on a cold winter's day?

Lavender Lilly

What a lovely morning! I am so far behind in posting pictures on the garden but it will happen in due time. This morning wasn't perfect for a picture of the lilly but since we have had so many days of hard rain and hail I thought I'd better grab a shot while the blooms were pretty! It looks pink, in the photo, for some reason, but it is pale lavender. Now to sit back and enjoy my coffe before heading to work...