Anniversary Flowers, Fotos and Food

Sue and I had a discussion yesterday about whether it was our 55th or 56th anniversary. We came to the conclusion that we have been married for 56 years, which made yesterday the 55th anniversary of that day. It gets hard for old brains, eh?

At this point in our lives, since, as I reported yesterday, it is also gardening weekend. We just give each other flowers and whatever other purchases are necessary for the garden work. This is practical giving, and we will enjoy the display until late October.

In addition to this new ↓ flowerpot, the mulch and bordering stones were part of the occasion. The little patch next to the sidewalk had gone to weed over the years, so we put down a weed barrier, covered the patch with mulch, and laid the border.

I don't get down very well, so Sue did most of this. My part was to make several trips to the nursery to obtain the necessary supplies and then to hand her the border stones and dump the mulch.

You may recall that Sue has been given two hanging flowerpots by Sha and the kids on Mother's Day, but the flowerpot above and the two below, by the tree, are our anniversary gifts to each other.

Aside from the flowerpot by the sidewalk, these two by-the-tree pots ↑ along with the three final pots, below, are the rest of our spring planting. Sue has pretty well matched the flowers in the full, purchased pots with smaller additions in the three pots in the foreground. Those pots will soon fill-in, and they will be moved to the front of the garden, nearer the sidewalk, when the tulips and forget-me-nots are done for the season, which will be quite soon for the tulips. There are perennials in the ground, so all of the annuals go in pots that can be moved about as the time and light or whims change.

Then comes the food part, but we're not foodies, and so I speak only of common comestibles. Sue's daily photo prompt found her opposite Timmies ↓ so we drove through later and ordered coffee and breakfast sandwiches. We also asked for hashbrowns but, sadly, there were all out. How such cataclysmic things are allowed to happen on our anniversary, I know not.

We took our fare to the park where it was raining, so we ate inside the car and took a selfie when breakfast was done. I poked Sue's selfie stick out my window, so we could at least see some of the river in the background.

Since we had been deprived of hashbrowns, we opened our traditional anniversary fudge when we got home before we repaired to our respective corners to work on pictures and blogs.

The traditional anniversary pizza arrived at suppertime, and we finished the fudge.

I have shed 30lbs this year, and I have been weighing-in on Sundays, but I think I will pass today for obvious reasons. There have been too many reasons to celebrate recently.