Worry Flowers fresh out of the kiln! Greetings on this lovely Sunday evening. It appears that things are moving forward with the seasons...thank goodness! The snow is gone, the rain has let up, the winds have died down....it's just regular old January now! Mom and I went through some seed catalogs today - so much …
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Heavy Thoughts on a Rainy Day…..
Happy soggy Tuesday. I hope all is well in your neck of the woods. It appears that autumn has settled in rather nicely around us. A lovely fall storm blew through yesterday, gusty winds, lots of rain - a delicious dark and stormy night. It's rather difficult to wrap my brain around it already being …
Do You Feel Lucky?
Last weeks flowers to brighten up this somber post Hello to you and good morning. It's a somber day today, the remembrance of what happened 20 years ago sits with me. Not heavily, but certainly present - certainly thoughts of where I was when I heard the news, I can see it in vivid colors …
Sticks & Stones….Donations….Monkeys…. Minding My Beeswax & UFOs
Happy Saturday my friends, I hope all is well with you this fine rainy Saturday! We made it 51(52?) days with no rainfall, almost beating the 2017 record of 55 days! It's been a rough year weather wise - and several other things, but we are surviving! It will be interesting to see what rejuvenates …
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Broken Ribs….Braces….Bike Rides in Underpants….& a little bit of Garden News
Cake decorating Oye! What a week! I hope everyone is doing well! If you remember, last weekend was a busy one with Joe's nephew visiting-followed by Monday with a flower delivery - 10 bouquets. Tuesday morning we got a call from my mom at 6 a.m., I was in a deep sleep, so I was …
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Surprising Views….Failures….What If’s…Happiness & Living
Happy Saturday morning my friends. I hope all is well with you and yours. I was up and out in the garden by 5 this morning-looking for that perfect lighting for the perfect picture We are going on what seems like day 100 without rain, but I honestly have no idea how many days. I …
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Wet Pants….Time Warps….Shady Sunflowers…& Fairies
So, officially we ended up with .41 inches of rain yesterday. At one point Joe says to me "Can I coax you inside?..." I said "not yet, I only have a few more things to do, besides, I'm not DRIPPING wet"....I think the heavens took that as a challenge?! I was wet to the bone …
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Lies….Reality…..Sustainability…Hopes & Dreams….
An accidental bouquet Greetings on this lovely evening - I hope your Memorial Day weekend was enjoyable. I decided to "take the day off" from gardening....of course that was a lie.....I tried to say it with a straight face....but failed! I did manage to stay mostly clean today, but I did some picking, and arranging, …
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Thriving…..Just Getting by…..Learning…& Leakage
My granddaughter and I collecting wild flowers on our trip to Winthrop Happy Thursday my friends, I hope all is well with you and yours. We've arrived at the end of May....goodness how time flies! Seems like yesterday I was flipping through the full color catalog of different plugs to purchase, seed catalogs, websites and …
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Brick Walls….New Trees….Backing Out & Priorities….
Greetings on this drizzly Saturday morning. I welcome the cool off and the rain, what a whirlwind of a month! All of my shenanigans finally caught up to me yesterday afternoon when I got home from work. Hitting a brick wall isn't always bad.... I fell into bed for a solid three hour nap, got …
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