Hi Everyone! I hope you all are doing well. I might as well start off with the news I received from my Oncologist. I had a CT Scan and it came back that one of my Lymph Nodes near my spine on the right side was enlarged. I have had B Cell Non-Hodgins Lymphoma for about 12 years. I had chemo about 3 years ago and I thought I was done with that. Today I had a PET Scan to find out whether I will have to have chemo again or if we are just going to watch it. I am hoping for the "just watch it" verdict!! Please keep me in your prayers and thoughts for great results!! I will keep you posted.
Now on to nicer things-Gardening!! Well this year is the year of the Fire Ant as far as my gardening has gone. I have been bit two times. The last one bit me 4 times. So I have been on an antibiotic twice and thank goodness the swelling went away. I have 2 small holes where they bit me. I won't be gardening as much because truthfully I can't take any more bites. I have the garden treated for them but I think they are getting immune to the granules, the powder and the spray!
I have had some really nice flowers this year though-check them out:
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| These are canna lilies that just came up by themselves. There was an old house here that was demolished and then my house was built. I think these are from the old house. |
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| Canna Lily flower |
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| This is my first dahlia of the season. I have never had dahlias bloom this early!! |
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| This is my gorgeous double begonia on my front porch. |
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| Foxglove blooming so beautiful! |
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| Gentle Gardner David Austin rose. I just planted this rose this Spring. Love the multi-petaled rose!! |
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| 2 new hosta plants I planted. Those are pansies in the container on the front porch. |
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| The peony I planted last Fall bloomed (4 blossoms) and the fragrance was so intoxicating!! Love the hydrangea bloom also. |
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This is the most gorgeous iris in my garden. It is called "I Pink I Can" and it must have had 15 blooms. Very happy with this beauty!!
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I had put together a raised bed on legs for my patio this year. I planted pumpkins, nasturtiums and basil. They are all doing wonderful! So excited about the pumpkins because they are what we call "milk" pumpkins. These are a squatter, light pumpkin which my family has made pumpkin pies out of for years.
Riley has been enjoying our visits out on the patio. He looks around, watches the birds, smells the air, and just plain enjoys sitting out there. I have enjoyed it also. Riley is very intrigued by the banana tree a friend gave me. It has added 2 new leaves recently and he keeps looking at it like, "wait a minute, what is going on here"! LOL
This year I worked in the floral department at work for Mother's Day. What fun!! Here are just a few of the arrangements I made:
All the flowers, plants, roses all sold out by 4:30 on Mother's Day! That was with the floral manager going to another store and getting more roses and flowers (alot of them). It was a huge success!!When we were all done for the day the floral manager, Josh (who is my work son) gave me this lovely bouquet for Mother's Day! He is so thoughtful and I really enjoy working along side him on these major flower days!!
So that is what I have been up to for the month of May so far. I just hope the results of my PET scan is positive and no chemo is required. I pray for that every day!! In the mean time I will be enjoying my patio, garden, flowers and my friends. Living alone really makes my friends all the more to me. I have some really wonderful friends who constantly cheer for me, pray for me and just plain are there for me! I make sure I tell them that, even though they know.Everyone take care and I'll see you all soon on here!
Sherri
