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## I went to my Mom's yesterday.  She is 86 and in decent health.... well.... except for the stress of chasing her 85 year old husband Tommy around, who is down the rabbit hole of dementia now.

## They married when she was around 70, after my Dad and Tommy's wife passed away.  They've had a great life together, traveling all over the country and the such.

## She has always had such a green thumb, that even though she has barely had a free moment all summer, the flowers abound in her  yard.  I don't have photos of the half of them... but...

![slanting birdhouse.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/9li9MrHa-slanting20birdhouse.jpg)

## You may have seen my post of all the happy art in my yard (or not)... but along the way I have also been buying it for my Mom too.  It all seems to look so wonderful poking up at of her flowers.  She likes purple, so Christmas before last, I gave her this purple phoenix.

![purple phoenix.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/5hMLfYY9-purple20phoenix.jpg)

## A vivid orange hibiscus from her porch.

![orange hibiscus.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/hmxQJxKr-orange20hibiscus.jpg)

## These funky zinnias are taller than me !  I'm 5.5 foot tall.

![zinnias taller than me.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/GRN0XIqC-zinnias20taller20than20me.jpg)

## Another piece of art, a humming bird drinking out of a yellow flower. Sweet right ?  yeah.... I gave her that too.  I might look at something sometime and think it is too expensive for me to buy for myself, but when it's for my Mom, the price seems to disappear from existence.

## She deserves everything good in the world.

![humming bird metal.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/JcDxhOPX-humming20bird20metal.jpg)

## What ??  I asked that too !  She said the stool was guarding a baby gardenia she is rooting for one of Tommy's sisters.  He use to be the GREATEST thing in the yard in every way, but now if he gets a hoe in his hands, there is no distinguishing between what are weeds that need to go and the prized plants.  OMG !  Dennis the Menace !

![stool in garden.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/Py8ouodp-stool20in20garden.jpg)

## The end of one flower bed has a Spinner Garden.  

![spiinersss.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/jacey.boldart/swte2kk4-spiinersss.jpg)

## Pretty place !  No telling how many more flowers would be there if she had a moment left to work in them.

## It was a fun visit.  I took in a bunch of stuff from Wendy's, two big salads, 4 baked potatoes, 2 plain, one with cheese, one with cheese AND chili.... and some Wendy's chili. She found one time they like to dip the chili with Tostitoes like a dip.  I ate a half of a potato with the works and left the rest there for them to much on over the next few days. She's a fabulous cook, but it's not as fun when you can't get in the kitchen and just do it, so she hasn't done as much of it lately... and I don't blame her.  I try to take in a pile of food whenever I go.

## I love doing that.

## Hope all is well where you are.

## Luv ya !
## Jacey


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