Happy Birthday Mom

April 14th
Mom would have been 91 years young today. And I promise you, she would have still been as cool and hip as she ever was. She probably would have wanted The Beatles playing on the stereo as she celebrated the day. And she would have gotten up, held on to her walker...and danced.
I cannot look at a flower and not think of Mom.
And anything in the violet and purple scheme was her favorite. I took the photo below on Thursday at Crescent Bay in Laguna Beach where these grow wildly right above the ocean...all the while thinking of Mom.

She loved the Goldenrod Footbridge around the corner from the cottage when she moved here to CdM. The cascading geraniums were one of her favorites. Don't tell anyone, but she would reach up from the transport chair as I took her for a walk and grab a 'slip' to plant when she'd get home :) My hands graze the flowers each time I walk over the bridge - and think of Mom.

Along the walk to LookOut Point beautiful roses grew in one of the neighborhood yards. And she would breathe in their sweet scent. While walking home the other day I spotted a ladybug on one..and remembered when I was a kid how Mom would say "don't brush her away, she is good luck when she lands on you"!

Happy Birthday Mom. I love you. And I miss you like crazy.