Accomplishments And An Ambulance Ride

 It's been a month since I posted so thought I would catch you up on Life On Sprinkle

Grandchild #1 went to Iowa state in track and placed sixth in the state in girls 100m Hurdles.

She's totally pumped for next year since she is very young to have done this well.

Only a sophomore and rapidly moving up in the track world.

We are totally proud grandparents.

Woot Woot to Madeline!

Grandchild #2 took his very first trip to Washington D.C. after raising money to be able to to.

This is a huge step for him, and Anthony really enjoyed the trip.

We are soooo proud!

Another big woot woot!

Grandchild #3 played in his very first basketball tournament and took second place.

Check out that big bling bling medal hanging around his neck!

Go Drake!

You rock and Grandpa and I are totally proud of you.

That was woot woot number three!

 

 We ordered a very large cedar arbor for the backyard from Wayfair, but considering we want to plant a 'full sun' vine on it, we are instead installing it in the front yard.

 

 The arbor comes in nicely done pre-cut pieces, and then you build the arbor yourself.

Two sides with slats for the vine to grow on, and also a top piece to the arbor.

It didn't take my husband long to lay it all out and screw the pieces all together.

 It's all sitting on the front porch waiting for the cement footers (which he dug a few days ago before the RAIN fell, and fell and fell) to dry completely. 

 We decided on wisteria as our vine for this arbor.  They are so gorgeous in the spring with great looking lavender colored hanging blossoms.

 Needless to say, the front porch is a jungle at this time.... but a lovely one I must say.

Yesterday was my very fist experience with riding in an ambulance due to not knowing what the terrific pains I was having, along with heavy nausea and vomiting.

They arrived at the house and after I had settled into the ambulance administered pain and anti-nausea meds.

Four and a half hours later we were home from the hospital.

I slept a lot in the afternoon, feeling only tired and worn out.

A CAT scan determined that this was a single kidney stone and there are no others awaiting their turn to be born into this world.

What a pain and waste of an entire day.

So, today I spent the morning lounging on the porch, and then picked lettuce as well as the last of our asparagus from the garden, some of which I delivered to the neighbors.

I'll be grabbing a few groceries this afternoon, and hopefully discovering that my iPhone still works, the one that I rinsed in the colander along with the freshly picked lettuce.... my bad.

What's new with your world?

What To Pot This Year

First.... YES... we will be planting lettuce in the garden this spring....

 but when we were at the garden center over the week-end shopping for pansies, I spied some pretty mix of potted lettuce varieties and asked my husband if we should pot and grow some on the upper deck near the kitchen door.

 His first response was, "nah", which is a conditioned response in him I think.

To immediately say, "no", but as he walked about the nursery and thought about it he changed his mind, and I spied a few containers of lettuce in his cart.

HA!

I knew it!

 Sometimes it takes me planting the thought in his head.

He even bought his very own lettuce pot, a pretty dark red one.

 So, yesterday, Sunday, the rain began to fall and it's still falling as I type this on Monday morning.

 If the rain continues, we'll be picking lettuce very soon.

nom nom nom.

Kinda feeling a bit like a rabbit today.

XOX

Horn Of Plenty

The horn of plenty has arrived at our house.

 Green and Italian variations of lettuce, so much we cannot eat it all.

 Cucumbers and squash... quite large and oh so good.

 Even if you live in a home or apartment with very little outdoor space, you really should try container gardening.  Home grown is too good not to attempt it. AND of course then you can be assured that what you are eating is pesticide free.

If you can grow flowers in pots, you can also grow vegetables in a patio container. 

Just a part of last night's dinner.

Fresh from our garden, the squash were grilled with a dash of love by my husband.

Now, you all know that his cooking skills were one of many reasons I married this man.

Plus, he looks great wearing his apron.

Here are some container garden videos so you can start planning for next year's planting season.

Use your deck space and fill it with containers!

Happy Growing!

Lemony Scent

 When I chose the lemon branches to fill the vase in my dinette area, they just felt right, and they filled the space perfectly.

 I will always miss the fresh lemons from our tree in Arizona, not only because they tasted so wonderful, but they were also great eye candy in the yard and the lemony scent when I'd slice them was divine!

 I could have chosen grape vines or olive branches as the floral focus in my dinette area, but how can anyone pass up the look of a bright yellow lemon.

 Speaking of bright, the lettuce and radishes in our garden are in full swing right now and making great ingredients in our evening salads.

 Big, round, red, and delicious as well.

I can't tell you how sweet it is to finally have our own garden, even if it did take us eighteen years to get to this point.

It was simply the right circumstances of being retired and living on a property that would afford us what we consider to be a luxury... our own garden.

The growing season.

I am in love with it.

Do you have a garden of any type... even just a small one in pots, or planters?