Another MONTH almost over...

APRIL was busy with lots of POETRY stuff, FAMILY CELEBRATIONS, DUP-Daughters of Utah Pioneers Convention and SPRING arriving. 

Joint Poetry Reading-UTU students & Dixie Poets at 
St. George public lib.-fun event for different generations.

The four Floyd daughters l-r: Katherine, Deborah
(in back), Sarah and Alicia came to celebrate.

All daughters and their now 80 yr old DAD!

Atkinville-Sunflower DUP Camp honors Utah Pioneers

APRIL CELEBRATIONS

Lots going on this month with birthdays grandson James-18 on April 6th, son Brook -54 on April 9th, and husband Allen on April 13th-80. All ages and experiences in life made possible because of families-moms and dads who married and brought children into their families to be raised. Also another event was a grand daughter Emilee who graduated today from BYU-Idaho with her Bachelor's degree.

4 generations: ggdg RaeLynn, gson Adam, dg-Deborah

and patriarch Allen turning 80 this Saturday

Family visitors-dg Deborah, grandson Adam & family

 

l-r grandkids-Rebekah, Adam, dg-Deborah & Allen

Time to REPLANT

Every year some of our plants/shrubs don't make it through the winter or through the crazy trimmings our HOA landscaping crew give them to make them all look like round lumps. But that's the price you pay for being retired and living in a community that provides your landscaping pruning/irrigation needs. So hubby is replanting some dead plants or misshapen ones.

This pruned or mutilated cactus looks like a pineapple now.

It's hard work digging out the old plant first.

A real perfectionist planting a new Hawthorne bush takes awhile.

Love all the blooming cacti

Amazing how these blooms return each year.

POETRY in the PARK 2024

Time to travel to ZION PARK for the annual POETRY IN THE PARK started in 2010 by LaVerna Johnson then I took charge for 8 years, no PIP because of Covid in 2021, then Reuben Wadsworth took charge for the past 3 years as I retired. Interesting to attend every year as a paid participant even when in charge and realize now at age 83 few people remember the beginnings or history of PIP, but it continues under Reuben's leadership. A fun yearly activity of creativity inspired by the beauty of Zion Park. 

Driving into Springdale entrance to Zion Park-1 hr from home

Snow capped peaks highlight the jagged beauty of Zion.

Lovely drive with new sights around each turn in the road

Inspiration for poetry and amazement at God's creations

About 40 poets of all ages-high school through retirement.

Our teachers: (l-r) Brock Denier & Shanan Ballam from USU

THINK SPRING

It's now been 70 degrees, could SPRING be far off. It's enticing to watch the buds forming on our little peach tree and on the trees in the yard who are anxious to grow new leaves. Even the cacti are blooming. But still STORM CLOUDS threaten with blustering winds and rain drops so winter isn't over just playing with us. We all have SEASONS in our lives too of CHALLENGE and REFRESHING NEW GROWTH as we experience our own seasons.
 

Visiting the RED CLIFFS TEMPLE

Don't miss the opportunity to see this beautiful temple inside and out. No tickets needed just go over and walk through it. Unbelievably upholstery-purple and rugs greens and chandeliers plus stained glass. WOW!

I became a MOTHER 58 years ago!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my son #1 Frank Vernon born on a cold snowy morning in Provo Utah to a 25 year old new mom. You were my practice model. I'm proud of your achievements through the year serving a 2 year mission in Taiwan, graduating from college in Physical Therapy, starting your own business, marrying Nedrert and raising a son Hakan. Congrats on your MANY ACHIEVEMENTS! Love, Mom

February is HERE!

Can SPRING be far off when it was actually 67 degrees here in St. George? AMAZING! I've been busy doing lots of things: making a POWER POINT PRESENTATION for my DUP-Daughters of Utah pioneers group for their next meeting on Mon, Feb 12. Learning lots on this project. I have 27 pioneers that came to Utah from 1847-1869, and one of them came with a handcart group when she-Elizabeth Durragh was only 4.

Other projects-still teaching my WRITING WORDSHOP class with a group of fun women who are great to teach, discuss and grow with journaling and sharing of our life stories. Going to talk in Church Feb 11th about a new Church History program to capture and share inspiring moments from our lives with other members of our Ward. And we had to buy a new furnace, and AC as our gave up after 25 years.Also poetry meetings and contests coming up. And the new Red Cliffs temple open house-it will be a full and exciting month. See https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/open-house-commences-red-cliffs-utah-temple

NEW YEAR'S FRIG

Well, our old white frig was breathing it's last as our icemaker went out and we replaced it for $400 only to have it go out again. I hear they only last a few years or so. Then the lights inside stopped working so it was time. The only problem was I wanted a white frig to match our other appliances BUT there are very few models available in white as stainless steel is the new thing so we found a stainless steel fridge we liked and here's my story.

Ready to move out and make room for the new frig!

The hardest work was unloading the old frig.

Bye bye old frig

Hello new stainless steel frig

Hurrah, it takes magnets...love it!