I'm Still Here

 

I'm still here.

Are YOU still here?

I sure hope so. 

Although I didn't miss you at all.

Nope.  Not at all.

Yea right.  Let's put it this way ...

I missed you so much.  I thought about you when my ADORABLE MOPS were here.  (They were SO cute and so appreciative and I wanted to adopt them all.)  I missed you when I was cleaning and watering and writing and planting and baking and traveling and yes - even when I was stuck in annoying traffic.  I missed you when the train went by.  I missed you when I saw a real live garden bunny.  I missed you with the sunrises and I missed you with the sunsets.  I missed you in the morning mist, but most of all I missed you in the daily bliss.

So yes dear friends - don't let me fool you. Gulp. I missed you VERY much.

Now, how are YOU?  What have you been up to?  Did you have a wonderful Easter?  Please share with me ...  what's new in your world?  Are you doing okay?

By the way, YOUR HEARTS FOR JACK will be featured here on my blog this Friday.  And then they will be on their way to Jack - where they belong. 

For now, here are some VERY random photos that I snapped while I was gone.  And I do mean random.  ;-)

Have you tried a squeeze of lime in your water or tea?  I prefer it to lemon!

Our blue office room - I know, I know, I really need to share the whole room with you.  I will.  I promise - I will. 
 
 

See?  My front porch flowers are still here too!  Yay!!

And my kitchen is still here!

 

 

Now lemons are beautiful.  Even if I do prefer limes in my beverages.  ;-)

A pot of pretty blooms for the laundry porch is making me happy ...

A view of our courtyard pergola ...  I found the white tablecloth at Goodwill the day before the MOPS came to visit.

New red impatients for the courtyard bathtub ...

A fern for the fireplace ...

My MOPS gave me these beautiful yellow tulips - which made my heart swoon!

And they are still alive too!  Even today!   ;-)

I showed my MOPS my new-to-me red $5 lamp from Goodwill.   Many of them said they were going shopping that afternoon after their visit to Daisy Cottage  ;-)

Even the pink hydrangeas are still here!

So, yes, I'm still here ...

And gosh I hope YOU are too.

Love,

Kim

*edited* this morning to add that I just received an email from our sweet blogging friend, Colleen, where she shared with me that another blogging friend of ours, Cindy, has suffered an aneurysm.  Cindy has been a loving member of our Daisy Cottage family and is a sweetheart.  Along with being a mother and the wife of a minister, she is also a school teacher.  I am so saddened to hear this and I pray that she will get better and better each day. IF you can, please visit her blog here and leave a note for her on her daughter's post where she shares about our Cindy.  I know it will mean the world to her.  Thank you so much Colleen for letting us know.

We love you Cindy.   

  

Comments

[Diane]

What does MOPS mean?

[Diane]

Found it.............am I showing my age? :)

[Julie]

I'm happy to see that you are back! I took a break from blogging for a few weeks but I'm also back.

Love all the pictures!

[Susan Ramey Cleveland]

Welcome back, Kim. I missed you a lot too. But, uh, what about Miss Maggie? Didn't she come back with you? I missed her too.

[Shelley G]

Another MOPS girl here, Shelley ( the one with the newborn). I cannot thank you enough for letting us into your home! It was such a beautiful morning. I keep wanting to just drive by your house and admire your flower table on the front porch. I have a table just like that and it inspired me to do the same thing eventually. And this post just makes me want to come to your house everyday it is SO welcoming. Thanks again, so very much, and I promise I wont drive by more than one time a day ;).

[Katie]

Oh, we've missed you, too! SO happy to see your beautiful pictures again!

And I prefer limes in my water, as well! Hope you have a happy week!

[Scribbler]

I am so glad you are back! I always miss you when you are "off", but we all need to live our lives, don't we?
Scribbler

[shannon linde]

Hello! I just found your blog on the day you were leaving us for a while! :) I have loved catching up and reading your past dates. Your music is beautiful and my husband likes it too! I look forward to following you here! I love the pictures of your baby in the garden! I have two bulldogs, who love to pretend like they don't here me too! But, if I ask them if they want a treat,they suddenly are all ears! :) And all they have to do is look up at me with their sweet little eyes and they pretty much have whatever they want! Take care! Glad you are back! Shannon

[Melinda]

I can't wait to see the hearts for Jack on Friday. I hope you got a lot of them to send him. I had fun making mine to send. Love & blessings from NC!

[Nancy Hutson Maisenbach]

MOPS: Mothers of Preschoolers

[Chris]

So glad you are back. I can't seem to start my day without you!!! So today is a good day.
Chrissie

[Shirttail]

So enjoy your blog....look forward to it every day as I am fairly new to this. Everything is so so beautiful.

[flowers canada]

That certainly puts a new meaning to flowers on the bathtub. The huge photos really make all the images even more stunning. Nice work. Also, that price tag on the banana should've been removed; it meddles with the photo.