U.S. Mail

I just got a Christmas Card I sent to friends in New Jersey returned. It's marked "Not Deliverable as Addressed." Nothing too unusual...except...I sent the Christmas Card on December 16, 2003. That's right, 2003! It somehow took FIVE years to come back. No wonder it wasn't deliverable. My friends haven't lived there in years!

I wonder where it's been...

My gardening days...

Some of you may not know that my degree is in Horticulture. When I graduated from BYU I moved to Indiana to complete my internship at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The museum was built in the 70's or 80's on the historic Lily estate, in the midst of over 150 acres of amazing gardens. It's smack in the middle of Indianapolis. The gardens were originally designed in the 20's. They're sprinkled with sculpture and are absolutely beautiful! So green and lush. It was an amazing place to work and I miss it! I also miss the wonderful people I worked with, they were so much fun and taught me so much.

Today I visited the museums website and found a blog written by one of the gardeners I worked with. He's one of the funniest people I've ever known and I was so excited to hear a bit about what's happening in the gardens, all told in Irvin's style. It made me miss the gardens even more! However I do have to admit I don't miss pulling weeds or tossing mulch on a 95 degree summer day with 95 percent humidity!

So check out the blog!http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/category/horticulture/

And here are a few pictures of the gardens. I can't wait to go back for a visit!

The Formal Garden

Chad, one of the horticulturists I worked with, leading a tour in one of the border gardens.

The Allee with the Lily House in the background.

The Ravine Garden.

December Cruise

A few girlfriends and I took a cruise to Key West & Cozumel a few weeks before Christmas. We had a great time and I had to show off some of our pictures! The beach in Cozumel.

The one ruin we saw in Cozumel--El Cedral.

The ship had a huge movie screen on the top deck. What a great way to watch a movie! Here we're watching Transformers.

The ship docked in Key West.

The beach in Key West.

Key West's lighthouse.

The southermost point of the continental United States. We didn't know they were repainting it when we leaned in for this photo. Paint from that middle white stripe is still on my pants and bag.

We rented this little electric car in Key West and drove around the island for a few hours. It was great.

Lounging on deck during our day at sea. The hood kept my hair from blowing into my eyes. It was windy! But we couldn't have asked for better weather, it was beautiful the whole trip!