Belated Mother's Day in Anderson California

I celebrated a belated Mother's Day with my 'other mother' Mom today. Judy Bland has been my only Mom since my mother passed away almost 21 years ago. Today I drove down to Anderson California, where she lives, and spent the day with her. As always I throughly enjoyed being with her. We are both Virgo's and naturally move through our day in very compatible ways!

After a beautifully sunny 2.5 hour drive down Hwy 97 and I-5 I got to sit and chat with Mom for a couple of hours before we went to Vittles and had our favorite lunch.... patty melts. From there we went to the nursery and picked out a pink clematis which I'd promised her when Aunt Margo died. I didn't send flowers for the funeral... I prefer giving a plant to my loved ones that can grow and be a memorial of the one that has passed on to the next phase of existence. We also got her Mother's Day gift... a hairy looking grass to plant in a very unique pot Friend John gave her. I'll have to get a picture of it and post it for anyone to be able to understand how that works together! Of course we looked at every plant in the nursery while we were there!

I only got to see Teri for a couple of minutes as she was dashing off to Farmington to visit with her daughter, Ryan, for the weekend but we exchanged ideas for travel arrangements to Brett's upcoming wedding in Utah and their plans to visit me at Quinn River Campground later in June.

Thank goodness for longer days! I made it back to Klamath Falls shortly after 8 pm and it was still light! The drive was extra-ordinary for me for some reason. I noticed several landmarks I'd never seen before although I've traveled that stretch of highway for 30 years now and colors just seemed especially vivid.

Maybe it was just that I had such a happy heart. I love Mom and it was good to see her in such good health and happy. There has been a great deal of sadness and worry for her lately but she is still able to enjoy a good day. Maybe I learned that from her. She certainly has been a model of stability in my life! Thank you God for all our mothers.