June Flowers in the Hospital Garden

I have been sick for most of the winter.  Right now I enjoy sitting outside in the hospital garden for bits of time. My son pushes me around some and then I give him my camera/phone and he runs around and takes photos of all the flowers for me. He has such a good eye! I like having a "flower album" on my phone. Gives me something pretty to look at!

Today is day #14 of this hospital visit, so we have seen some flowers come and go!

I especially like the roses!

I did not remember this yellow flower when I saw his photo. When I asked him about it, he came back with this itty bitty flower!

They all are beautiful! It is like looking at a gardening catalog in real life!

 The bees go right inside of the hostas.

The bees love the lavender too.

Happy bees all over!

I am 5' 8" tall. The lilies are taller than me!

My sister and niece mailed me a "Happy Camper" t-shirt from the USA. I was wearing it and sitting up in bed today when my surgeon came by to visit. He thinks I might be able to go home this weekend. Yeah! So please think happy, healing thoughts for me so I can get home quickly! Thank you!

May Vacation

 We usually take a short vacation in May because my son has a few 4 day weekends from school. It is a bit off season, so not so much traffic, not so many people (I hate crowds), and off-season rates. Um, not always the best weather, but my son and I actually don't mind too much and DH is generally happy as long as we are happy.

 This year we went to Croatia. I know that sounds exotic, but if you lived in Massachusetts, that would be similar to going to Rhode Island...less than 5 hours by car...but with border passport checks. We drove through Slovania to get there...as 3 country trip! It was after this trip that I realized my passport has room for only a few more stamps...so I have to take care of that soon. 

Husband just shook his head when my son and I kept screaming for him to stop so we could take photos of the road signs, etc.  But seriously...how do you think you say the name of this town? My son and I were howling with laughter at so many things we saw along the way. We really love a good road trip!  I am getting creative with those photos scrap books you can order and these fun little photos make great fillers.

My son played tennis every day... and I was happy to lounge and watch him have fun! I have been sick, so I especially planned this trip around him playing tennis so he would get lots of exercise and I would get lots of rest. The hotel even had a buffet breakfast and supper plan so I didn't even have to really cook, but we did have a kitchenette for snacks.  It was the perfect family get away.

Spring in Austria

We still have cooler days, but lately it has been in the low-mid 60s. The City of Graz has been busy planting annual flowers and the perinneals are blooming too.

My son loves going for walks with me. I really love that about him. Rain, snow, fog, sun...If I say I want to go for a walk,  he is ready.  We have so many good talks on these walks. I really believe you must listen and converse about the little things, so that when big things come along...you are used to talking with each other. So, we walk...and talk.  Even when I am tired, I try to get a walk into the schedule. The other day we went to the click tower...and usually we go up and down the stairs. But on this particular day, we paid a small fee to take the elevator up and then walked down.

We had fun checking out what flowers were in bloom and watching the salamanders scampering in the sun. I brought a different camera and practiced taking photos on the macro setting. Now I just have to figure out how to put them on my computer. The idea of a Web compatible camera is sounding pretty good to me.

The city looks pretty in Spring!