Saturday Slight

 

First columbine bloom for the year. 

They are all about to burst open, and it will be so pretty with the pinks, ambers, purples and whites. 

They are such artistic blooms.  The architect of all flowers does a magnificent job, and columbine blooms are among the best. 

The "beaut-y" goes on with new flowers coming alive each day and putting on a show. 

This morning I'll pick up my deck flower baskets.  This year I decided to purchase them from the Gold n Grouse 4-H Club so they may be a bit different from past years. 

Can't wait to pick them up and hang them up. 

Left to right:  Will Love, Debbie Love, Marianne Love, Bill Love, Cindy Wooden, Marcia Pilgeram and Chris Moon. 

The Friday-night dinner plan started with just one friend joining us, but then I got to thinking and decided that two other friends needed to meet this one friend and vice versa. 

So, Cindy Wooden, recently retired from her Papal journalistic adventures; Marcia Pilgeram, local food columnist and travel consultant; and Chris Moon, retired Pacific Lutheran professor, all joined us four Love's for dinner last night. 

It soon became evident that they knew people who knew people, so they connected quickly and the evening featured a lively potpourri of story-telling and sharing some of the highlights of each others' lives.

I loved it all as three women friends whom I really admire and enjoy are now friends with each other. 

Such gatherings are among the truly fun benefits of living in one's hometown. 

No introduction was necessary as Marcia and Cindy met for the first time.  

Marcia's daughter Ryanne and Cindy's niece Francie grew up together in Sandpoint and are still friends, living in the Moscow area. 

So, the Marcia and Cindy wasted no time getting acquainted.

And, by the way, welcome home Cindy.  Nice to have you back in Sandpoint after all these years. 

The horses lived through Day 1 on the pasture, but they looked pretty weary with those full bellies after a couple of hours on lush green grass.

They'll be whinnying soon to nudge me into taking them to pasture. 

So, Happy Saturday. 

Enjoy the beauty and all the blossoms of May.