Irises

Nicki purchased these spring flowers and they looked great yesterday afternoon with reflected light on them.

Yesterday warmed up nicely and she did some gardening -- she's adding splashes of colorful little plants amidst the rose bushes and by the lime tree, to brighten up the front even more. She's been hugely influenced by her Dad's first cousin Doff, who lives in Huntington Harbour. Doff and Boris have a fantastic garden, right along the water and Doff is a fountain of knowledge for all things horticultural. Doff is like a chef and just adds knows what to add to make the garden "work."

Even though Nicki didn't claim to have much of a green thumb before, she does now. Plus she enjoys it, and Kate plays alongside her has well.

Oh how the mighty career chick has become a total suburban mommy!

Today though, we're back to a chilly winter afternoon. Long sleeves, and long pants as opposed to the 90+ weather of one week ago.

Oh well, that's fine, there's plenty of time for those warm, dog days...we just got teased a bit last week.