A lovely Mother's Day present from Christine and Bob.
The Cape Primrose is a relative of African Violets. This plant has a number of small stalks with buds nestled down in the plant. They will be beautiful when they bloom!
The irises are outdoing themselves this year. John's spiraea is in the midst of them. 
Along with the marigolds are the beginnings, I hope, of coneflowers. Supposedly, they are indigenous to this area. 
Marigolds in a basket.
A good rainy day project...John took his trailer apart, repainted the steel supports, replaced the bottom, cut six inches off the bottom of the side boards before replacing them and painted the boards. Voila! Good as new.
Mother's Day weekend is traditionally TOSRV, Tour of the Scioto River Valley, weekend - a bicycle ride from Columbus to Portsmouth on Saturday, then back to Columbus on Sunday; for a total of 210 miles. Cincinnati bicyclists, not to be outdone, make this a four day event by riding 100 miles from Monroe to Columbus on Friday; then making the return trip to Monroe on Monday for a total of 400 some miles. We have had traditional weather to accompany the ride: drizzle with temperatures in the upper 40's and low 50's.
Happy Mother's Day!
# posted by Martha @ 12:23 PM
