May 4, 2013 - It Was Supposed to Be a Quiet Day...

and really, for many purposes, it was.  My friend who has been visiting enjoyed a lovely breakfast with us, before my husband left for town.  She and  I played bananagrams, then she got packed for her return trip.  Then we got a call from my husband.  He and my daughter-in-law's mother had been t-boned in a car accident.

So, I dropped my friend off a couple of hours early at the airport, and headed in to the hospital.  My husband got out with a cracked rib and a fair amount of soreness.  My daughter-in-law's mother had nothing broken, but quite serious bruising, both externally and internally.  She's going to be very sore for quite a while.  They were both fortunate - the other driver ran a red light, at high speed, and somehow they both made it, and got out of the hospital the same day.  (The car...not so much.  We'll find out on Monday, but are guessing it's totaled.)

That said, after we got back home, I was out in the garden.  We were out on the deck to watch the sunset.  I took a few photos.  Beauty still surrounds us - and a part of that beauty is indeed the people, the friends, the family who surround us.  We are thankful for life and for love tonight.

Ladybug on rosebush

Peony

Meadowlark at sunset

Starling

Kingbird...please choose to nest on our power pole!