It seems the past several weeks have flown by and so much has happened! Unfortunately on Memorial Day, we learned that James' grandmother, Catherine Telford, passed away unexpectedly. We were all so sad and miss her so much still, but at the same time, we are all rejoicing that she is in Heaven with her Father and husband! The funeral was a nice and simple one, but the trip to Georgia and back was a fast and long one! We were there for about 21 hours and then made the trip back home. James' older brother Robert traveled from Maryland and rode with us, so he traveled a lot more! It was so great to ride up together and catch up!
Since we've been back, we have both been so sick! James and about half his family caught a stomach bug or something a day after the funeral and then I think I had laryngitis mixed with something else. Both of our illnesses knocked us out for a good 24 hours straight, but at least it was only that! So, we are both now getting better and healthier and we were able to go on a nice date last night, which is one that we've been trying to go on for several weeks - yay!!
Several weeks ago, my friend Grace and I got to go to the Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham. I met Grace about a year ago through our really good friend Janice. Grace moved to the area from Philadelphia and is a doctor completing her residency at the hospital at The University of Chapel Hill. Since she lives about 45 mins. from me and is busy completing her residency, we don't get to see each other as much as we would like, but when we do, we have so much fun! This time we met up at Foster's Grill in Durham (which is an amazing place and I highly recommend it!) and then went to the gardens. The gardens are just as beautiful as Duke's campus! It stormed a lot that morning, but after lunch, it was a beautiful day! There was even a wedding that had just taken place and the bride and groom were taking pictures around the different gardens. I wish I could make my back yard look like a nice garden, but I do not have the time or the money, so it's nice to go to a place that does! The gardens are so big that we spent most of the afternoon there. Here are a few pics we took:
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| The main garden area - the picture doesn't do it justice |
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| Can you see the bee? |
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| My beautiful friend Grace! |
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| A beautiful pavilion |
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| Sitting in front of my favorite tree - a Weeping Willow |
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So many different beautiful flowers! Makes me think of the verse
in Mathew where Jesus says that God cares about dressing
the lilies of the field and how much more He cares about us! |
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| I thought this was a pretty door :-) |
