Weekend food. I rolled out the BBQ after coming home from Mom’s 90th birthday celebration and cooked up this delicious steak. Verna served it with butternut squash and a stewed zucchini- tomato combination. Good eats!
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Today we celebrated Mom’s 90th birthday. Family and friends from all over the area flocked to Kate’s party. The photo above is me, my sister Krystal and Mom. Click to see the full-sized version.
Joining Mom today were both of her surviving children, several grand children, one of many great grandchildren and even a great-great grandchild. Many of her friends from the Salvation Army post where Mom served were in attendance.
Kate, as she prefers to be called, was born April 23rd in 1920. I have this old photo from her wedding taken in December of 1938 when she married my Dad. She has four children and a bunch of grand and great-grand children.
We’re having a celebration for her tomorrow to be held in her home in the north San Fernando Valley, CA.
Image: Wedding Picture.
I just hope that I have the genes from her side of the family tree. Her Dad lived until his late 80’s and his mother was 94 when she checked into the Cloud Ritz Hotel.
We fell in love with these beautiful hot pink flowers that appear on the beavertail cactus in the spring. We were in Joshua Tree National Park last May and saw many of them.
We found this potted cactus in the garden shop in Lowe’s. Although we looked for them in Arizona, we didn’t find one there. this small plant has another flower on the way.
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This is the first yellow bearded iris in our garden this year. For me, it is the first yellow one ever. Click on the image to enlarge.
