Time Makes You Bolder, Even Puppies Get Older

It is a rainy, gloomy day in Greensboro, which is annoying because we just did 87 hours of yard work and now everything is gonna grow back. Nature. it not just a good idea. It's the law.

One of the first things Marvin did in our back yard was pee, and also put in a fire pit. I do not know if he actually peed back there. He always tells me he and Lula went out and peed. I hope he didn't, but you never know.

At any rate, I thought the fire pit was an annoying idea, especially because I was worried he'd set our Japanese maple on fire. However, last night was a lovely night, and Marvin made a nice fire and we made s'mores, which you know are good. My friend Nadja is from Germany, and she never had s'mores until she came to our house last year for a barbecue.

We were enjoying our treats last night and Marvin must have been thinking of Nadja, because he said, "What do Germans have without s'mores? Just on-time trains."

Our backyard is so cool. It is hard for me not to look around there at all the stuff I want to do to it, but there are so many big trees and consequently birds back there. And last night as I sat by the fire, I could see the moon peeking at me through our giant tree, which we named something clever the other night and now we can't think of what we named it. Katreena or Petri or something. We loved ourselves at the time.

Oh, and I wanted to show you this. Here is Tallulah the day I stole her.

Here she is two and a half months later, or as I like to call it, today:

I don't even know what to tell you about how I have no jawline. I hate it. Also, I just woke up in this shot, and I think I am very brave to put a just-woke-up shot on the Internet.

But look how BIG my girl is getting! She used to be so bite-sized and easy to pick up! Now it was like picking up an albatross. And I don't even really know what an albatross is. It just sounds bulky.

And speaking of today, it was 11 years ago today that Marvin Gardensalad proposed to me on a ferris wheel in Santa Monica. It was similarly Mother's Day, and after we got off the ferris wheel we rushed to a pay phone -- because in 1997 we didn't all have cell phones -- and do you think we could get ahold of either of our mothers? Where on earth WERE they? Shouldn't they have been waiting by the phone for a "Happy Mother's Day" call anyway?

The first person we got ahold of was my father. Which was nice, but it wasn't Father's Day.

I put this up last year, too. But here is me just having been proposed to. I was so hung over that day. So much so that I decided acid wash was a good idea.

Actually, that was Marvin's jacket. It was cold up there over the Pacific Ocean. And I agreed to marry him anyway, despite his denim choices.

Anyway, that's all the reminiscing and news. Happy Mother's Day, all you muthas.

(Oh! And thanks for your drink suggestions, but Marvin lucked out and got to meet the guy for breakfast, so luckily ordering any sort of drink would have looked questionable at best. He got pancakes. Manly pancakes.)

Comments

[Elsie]

Hi and Happy Mother's Day to Lula's new mom of 2 1/2 months. Did she get you anything for the occasion? How about the cats Winston and .... OK, do you have two cats or am I misremembering?

You and Lula love pink, and I thought of you today in church. Today is Pentecost, so red is the color of the day. Students in the Confirmation Class were confirmed today as well, and they received Bibles. The associate minister said the covers of the Bibles looked red when he looked at them online, but when they arrived, they were hot pink. So 20 seventh and eighth graders (twelve of them boys) received Bibles with hot pink covers! The minister mentioned that at camp he was an expert in duct taping Bible covers, so maybe the guys will end up with duct taped Bibles. Who ever heard of hot pink Bibles???

Happy Mother's Day again,
Elsie, Mom to Gingersnap, Snowpea, and Butterbean (my cats)

[Sister Honey Bunch]

My husband actually does pee in the backyard. So does my kid. I'm very proud.

[Anthony]

you know, they just took down the ferris wheel at the pier. It's sad. I guess they're going to put in a new one, but it's not the same.

I went down there yesterday (after graduation. yay me!) and it was like there was a big hole in the skyline.

[Darla]

LOL on the yardwork. My husband just built me a container garden today. We put it in a spot where grass won't grow in hopes that a whole grocery store will.... ???

Happy 11 year engagement anniversary.

Tula is a cutie-pie! Give her kisses for me.

[Ree]

Happy Mother's Day Mom-to-Lula and the Cats!

[dcrmom]

I love that just-got-engaged pictures! How fun!! I've got one of those. Except my hair wasn't blowing in the wind. and I wasn't wearing acid wash. thank god.

[Lenette]

Don't all guys like to mark their territory? Lula's such a lover.

[Nancy@mycraftylittlepage]

Next year I'm telling everyone happy "mutha's" day - I loved that!
Bless you for stealing Tallulah and happy 11th engagement anniversary. No wonder he proposed with that fabulous blowing in the wind hair! Nancy

[Valarie Lea]

She's getting so big :)

[Tee]

We spend all.day.long working in our yard getting all the magnolia leaves up, cutting grass, put out flowers and early Sunday morning storms/tornados came through. You can't tell we did anything in the yard, except for the flowers around the back door. Then the 50 mph winds have added to the mess! My husbands pees in the yard as well. It's a man thing. Guess who taught him? His Dad!

[Your Pal from MA]

Hi June,

Sorry I've not been around and reading and posting on your blog. I've been busy busy with my own garden, working part-time AND doing my Flower Box biz!! It's going well...

SO glad to hear Lula is feeling fine after her surgery. It it TOTALLY barbaric, but necessary, as you know.

I'm off to visit my Mom and Dad in Florida and then up to GA to visit my Aunt and cousins...

Have a good week, June.

Give Lula a big hug from her Auntie Lisa!

[Your Pal from MA]

Oh...by the way? Most men I know love peeing in the yard. It's very odd! Dan loves it!

[Megan]

I love that photo of you the day you got engaged. I wish I had a photo from our engagment. You look so genuinely happy (naive!) HA!