Calm before the storm

It's my last weekend before I head out, and though I'll be home for the first couple of days hitting Lansing and Ann Arbor, I still have tons to cram into the few days remaining.  I just realized I don't have a full length mirror, which means I've not tried on anything to make sure it fits.  I've got to wash my hair.  -grin-  And get it looking good.  Got a nail appointment on Monday, the dogs go in for their yearly checkup today.  (Bad timing, but when they called, they made me feel like a bad dog mommy, so we're going in NOW!)  And then there's the packing, not just for 12 events, but for the office equipment to keep me in touch and updating the website as I go.   It's really hard to get two weeks into one bag, but I've done it before.  ;-)

Leaving Michigan is kind of tough right now.  Spring is in its first cold infancy, but the snow is almost gone, and I'm walking the dogs with my head down, parting the grass for the first sign of the crocus that I put in the ground this fall.  They should be up in SC, the yellow ones almost done, but here . . . nothing yet.  The birds know it's coming.  And the joggers.  -laugh-

The picture above is of one of my orchids.  I can't remember if this is one that Mud gave me, or one that I had, but the cat pulled it out of the pot about a year ago, and it's still not rooted very well.  And yet, it has a bud coming.  I'm so excited.  I've never had a lady slipper orchid re-bloom for me.  I think it likes the light here, too.