Here we are dressed in our Sunday best headed to church. We decided to go to Danube International Church this morning so that we could celebrate our Savior's victory over death in English, and the day was made even more special when Istvan, Glenn's Hungarian friend, said he would go with us! He enjoyed the service in English and said he'd like to go again sometime. Wow! We spent the rest of the day around the house until it was time to go to the Eden House for worship, again in English, with other missionaries in our organization. We needed a day of rest because the past week has been rather stressful.
We got terribly sad news mid-week that a dear friend of ours passed away. Jo Chupp and her husband, Ed, were our next door neighbors on Big Oaks Drive and we grew to love them very much. They were the kindest, most gracious couple I've ever met. I know Jo prayed for us and that meant so much to me. I will miss her very much and going home to Big Oaks Drive will only be half as much fun as it has been for all these years. I look forward to seeing Jo in heaven one day. I can almost hear her say, "And I won't be in this confounded wheelchair!"
Judit made me quite an Easter present. Or, should I say "presents"? She made me an Easter wreath to hang on my front door, decorated with colorful fabric eggs. She also decoupaged an empty green wine bottle (she knows my living room is green) and put 3 Pussy Willow tails in it on which to hang the 6 hand-painted eggs she and her daughter made for me! This is a typical Hungarian craft. They blew the eggs empty, then painted them (because all their eggs here are brown) with the typical Hungarian designs found on all their local crafts. Because she wasn't pleased with the way the green decoupaged wine bottle turned out, she went to the store and bought another bottle of wine (this one she left unopened, full of wine :-) and decoupaged it too. She wouldn't accept that I preferred the green (EMPTY) wine bottle so she made me take both of them. I should have taken a picture of the eggs hanging from the Pussy Willow branches in the bottle on the living room mantle to show you. (If you look at the picture of Glenn and me above, you can see two of the eggs hanging out from behind my left ear!)
We've had gorgeous weather this week and spring is very definitely here. Got my spices planted in pots for the steps again this year. Dill, Basil, Parsley, Chives, Rosemary, and two cherry tomato plants.
Our strawberry plants are taking over the "back yard". They are spreading as fast as the raspberry bushes! We should have our first strawberries in about 2 weeks and they will produce until early September! I love going outside and picking a few strawberries to go in my yogurt for breakfast.
Glenn has been having a good ol' time working out in the yard. He is a maniac with clippers so don't get near him unless you want a haircut! He "trimmed" the cedar tree and now my little garden will get lots of sunshine. We definitely have the most beautiful yard in our neighborhood.
Earlier this week around the corner from our house, I passed a dumpster in the street full of all kinds of bushes, bulbs and flowers that had been pulled up and thrown out. SCORE! Glenn and I went back with plastic bags to scavenge. (Is that a word?) (Have I no shame?) The owner of the home happened to be standing next to the dumpster when we got there, so I timidly asked her, "Do you speak English?" She does, in fact, quite well! "Do you mind if we dig through your dumpster to get some of the plants you're throwing out?" She told us she was redoing the landscape in her yard-getting rid of all the flowers and bushes and laying sod!! We got close to 150 double Jonquil bulbs, 3 flowering bushes of which I do not know the name, and 2 Peonie bushes! I have no shame but lots of plants!!!!!
Glenn has really enjoyed working in the yard this week but will take a break as he heads to Prague on Tuesday for a meeting. I won't be alone because I have a friend coming from London to spend 10 days with me. P-A-R-T-Y!
Have a great week!
3 comments:
Great post, love the find of plants in the trash. They will look to pretty! I love peonies and am so happy to finally have mine growing this year.
"And I stick a pussy willow so far down your ear... And it'll sprout there and grow, and grow, and grow..."
- Imogene, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Your herbs look great! I bought 2 basil plants, but that's all I've got so far. Hoping to do dill, rosemary and maybe a couple others.
Good find on the plants! Your yard will look amazing - and a lot of it will taste good too :)
Thanks for the update!
Love, K
Score on all the plants....that's so something we would do. Hhhmm - wonder where we (Chris) gets that from? :) So glad Spring has arrived and that you're enjoying it. Have a great week!!!!
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