Edible Gift Arrangements

Last year, my brother and his family couldn't be here for my birthday but they sent something and wow, was it - edible!! An edible arrangement. This thing was awesome with sweet pineapple, large strawberries and just a lot of creativity and talent. They came from a company called Edible Arrangements.

Memorial Tulips

During the last year of my dad's life while his health prevented him from being able to do routine yard/home maintenance, a young man from Mom & Dad's church was able to help us all out with some of it. His name was Jason and he was so generous. He grew quite close to Mom & Dad and we all got accustomed to seeing Jason around the house. Anyway, the day that Dad died, he started this little memorial ring of tulips around the front tree of my folks' house. They came up last spring and I'm sure they'll be up this year too. What a gift he gave by doing this, working into the dark to get it finished. Here they were in full bloom last year:

See how they lean in that bottom picture? My Aunt Florence says they bend towards the east in the morning and then lean towards the west in the afternoon/evening. Makes sense, huh?