May 19

Today I awoke with such a spring in my step and I really think it was because of the Royal Wedding. Jesse and I took our coffee in bed and watched the live stream on BBC, each of us exclaiming in delight at the thoughtful details and cheering at the beautiful expressions of love.

There may have been a happy tear or two.

Afterwards, we popped  a bottle of champagne that we had left from our daughter’s wedding and then proceeded to demo the kitchen. Haha!

I also got that new camera I was telling you about and although it’s been a bit of a learning curve it’s such a joy to have a “real” camera in my hands again.

Even though we have had deluge upon deluge of rain the past few days, in between showers I’ve popped out to admire the roses that are flowering in spite of having waterfalls of water poured on them day in and day out. The Generous Gardener is looking particularly wonderful right now.

I’ll be back soon with more roses to share. It’s tough getting back into the swing of processing the many photos of the garden in bloom but it’s a good problem to have.