I hope all you mamas out there, and you who have or have ever had mamas, are enjoying a wonderful Mother's Day today.I must say, mine is a little calmer than yesterday was.
At left is my sweet and talented mama, I think she was about 19 in this photo. Mama left us in 2005, and we miss her every day. I miss shopping trips with her, although in her final years, when I already suffered from fibro, those shopping trips could be a pure trial for me and my patience. But I'd do it all again to have her back. We all miss her at family dinners where she would come in, eat, and then ask who was going to take her home. Joanne misses the Scrabble games, of which I think Mama won about 95% of the time. Ramey, well I don't think Ramey and Mama ever really understood each other. Come to think of it, I don't think anybody every really understood either of them.
Me and my wee bairns, a cat, and a couple of stuffed bunnies, circa 1970.
Skipper Report: The doggie is miserable. He hates that "cone of shame" thing. He can't get through the doggie door to go outside, he can't dig, he can barely eat and drink from his bowls. Heck, he can't even scratch his butt properly. So every now and then he pitches a real Skipper fit and tries to remove the thing. Rolling and pawing and grunting and groaning. It's alarming. Three times during the night last night, he did it. I finally got him calm enough for me to get a couple of hours sleep by putting him beside me and petting him and rubbing him till he went to sleep. This week is going to be a test for both of us.
We made it to the cemetery yesterday, and decorated Mama's and Daddy's graves with some really pretty artificial red roses. Ramey took a notion to retrieve a pretty pot that held Daddy's flowers from last July 4, his birthday, and a wasp who had taken up residence therein stung her on her hand. She grabbed a gardenia blossom and started rubbing it on the sting. When I asked her 'sup? she said that someone, maybe a native person or an artist or somebody, told her that whenever you get stung to rub the sting with any kind of flower. Not sure that worked. Her hand had already swollen a bunch by the time we got home. Thank goodness, she wasn't allergic. She left the pot at the cemetery, along with the wasp.
I didn't make it to the baby shower, but here is the quilt (below) that I gave to Ashleigh when she got back to her mom's house next door. I also included in the gift bag a pair of teeny tiny pink bunny slippers. I had a nice visit with Ashleigh, her husband Thomas, and her mom Jennifer.
Zoe's quilt. She'll be here to enjoy it in July.
Quilt Guild meeting tomorrow. I have to get everything packed up, and then I think I'll spend the rest of the day reading. I'm reading The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. I'm only about 100 pages into it, but I knew from page 1 that it was going to be a wonderful book--and it is. I'll review further when I've finished it.
Happy Mother's Day to all.
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On 05/13/2012, Fitzy said ...
Happy Mother's Day Susan!
Love Zoe's quilt, job well done.
Sure love our "Words" games, thanks for playin'.
On 05/13/2012, Barbara Anne said ...
You and your sweet mama certainly do look a lot alike! In 1968 I was still in high school but you look like you're barely out of high school yourself.
Poor Skipper! I'm sorry he's so miserable and I applaud your solution to that misery. He no doubt needs some extra loving.
Hope Ramey is suffering no ill effects from that sting.
Zoe's quilt is just wonderful and I imagine her Mommy, Daddy, and Grammie were way past delighted to receive such a gloriously pink and loving gift! Well done!
Enjoy your guild meeting. I'm awaiting more wonderful photos from show and tell.
Happy Mother's day to you!
Hugs!
On 05/13/2012, Joanne said ...
Love the pink quilt! And I'm sorry for Skipper, and for Ramey. I remember getting stung by a wasp. It ain't fun.
On 05/13/2012, Kerrie said ...
A wonderful post, I really enjoyed it!
On 05/14/2012, Helen in Switzerland said ...
What a gorgeous quilt Susan!!
On 05/14/2012, Ramey Channell said ...
Here's my tribute to yo' mama! Mine too!(It never changes: same every year!
http://www.rameychannell.blogspot.com/
On 05/15/2012, vivian said ...
I miss my mum,i leaved her for four months.I want to tell her i love her very much.
On 05/15/2012, Kai said ...
I am playing catch-up, but HAVE read all your posts from when I was away. Hope Skipper gets well FAST (for YOUR sake as much as his - LOL!) and I'm so sorry for the recent losses of loved ones. Your quilt is gorgeous, Susan! And speaking of GORGEOUS ... you are!!! I love the photo of you with your children! Hope the Fibromonster is taking his sorry butt OUT of YOUR house! LOVE YOU!
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