Happy Mother’s Day! I know I’m a bit late sending out good wishes to all but I’ve been spending most of my day with my mom. I am very fortunate that my mom lives with us so we could be together for this day. We spent the day watching old films and talking about books and history.
It is thanks to my mom that I have a love for reading. She doesn’t read as much now but she loves it when I read her poems. Some of her favorite poets are Emily Dickinson and Amado Nervo.
Other than that, we had a quiet weekend. I tried to do a bit of gardening. Well, mainly pruning our mini roses. I’m anxiously waiting for our rock roses to bloom. I feel like it should have happened already but no flowers yet.
I also spent some time working on crafty stuff. I recently got an order from Joggles. For those of you who enjoy crafts, I highly recommend them. They always have some of the newest products and offer great service. I got some paints, stencils and this cool tape to create my own washi tape. I’ve made my own with other tapes but I like that this package has several widths.
Oh and how could I forget I received my Bookshop order recently. I got Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye and The Orphan of Salt Winds by Elizabeth Brooks. So excited about these two books.
Alright friends, I hope you and your families are doing well and hope you have a great start to the week!
So glad that you had an enjoyable Mother’s Day with your mum. It was very low-key here.
I’m glad to hear you’d a wonderful day with your mom, Iliana. Hope you’ve a great week ahead!
One of my favorite poems ever is Valentine for Ernest Mann by Naomi Shihab Nye! Another low key Mother’s Day, here. Amelia, Chris, and Bryce Eleanor drove by with a poster and a gift, and Erin and Mila called with Face Time. Still, not the same as hugs. Glad you and your mother were able to spend the day watching films and talking books with your mom!
How wonderful that you got to spend Mother’s Day with your Mom! I had planned a surprise trip to NY to be with mine, but that obviously did not happen. On the plus side, all three of my daughters were here with me. Your quiet weekend sounds lovely. Have a good week.
It’s great that you were able to spend Mother’s Day with your mom! My mom started my love for reading when I was little, but it was my dad who loved to read.
It sounds like you and your mom had a nice Mother’s Day. My mom reads more than I do, I’m afraid, but I think that has a lot to do with the time available to read. I love Emily Dickinson too. She has good taste. 🙂
I hope you have a good week, Iliana! Today actually was a good day school wise with my daughter. She’s in her dance class now. We’ll see how that goes. She hates having to take classes remotely and makes sure I know it. Stay safe and well.
Marg – I think low-key is the way many celebrations will be for a while, right? Hope you had a great weekend!
Melody – Thank you! I hope you do too and hope you get some good reading in.
Jen Mullen – Oh I will have to look or that poem. I’ve read a few poems by her so when I saw this book I thought it looked really interesting.. So glad that at least you got to see the kids even if it was drive-by/virtual. Not the same, I know.
Joann@Guilfside Musing – I’m so sorry you didn’t get your surprise visit in but hopefully one day we’ll look back at all of this as we treasure the celebrations to come. Glad you had your daughters with you!
Vicki – Oh that’s wonderful that you got your love of reading from both of your parents. My dad wasn’t much of a reader but he always supported my reading and would take me to the library whenever I asked for rides to go pick up books.
Literary Feline – Isn’t that funny? I think that’s great that your mom still reads a lot. I wish my mom would too rather than watch scary news on tv! I love Emily Dickinson too 🙂 I feel for mouse as she has to take her classes remotely. All of this must be so much harder on kids. Hang in there!
Glad to got to spend Mother’s Day with your mother. How very nice. Take care and hope you guys have a nice week. My only wish right now is that the rain that we need would just come at night and not during the daytime. That’s not too much to wish, right? My husband can’t get out and play a couple of hours of golf if it’s raining (like right now). The golf is his happy spot and he’s so glad he’s been able to continue with that through all of this time.
I feel the same way about being lucky to be living with my mom, especially this year! We got to celebrate face-to-face, unlike so many families. My husband and I bought her a bunch of annuals and I got them all planted in pots on our deck on Mother’s Day. Looks very cheerful and with all the rain we’ve had, I don’t have to worry about watering them for a few days.
Stay well!!
I’m late here but Happy belated Mother’s Day! Glad that your mother stays with you and you could make the day extra special!
Thanks for recommending Joggles – I’m off to check it out.