07 Sunday Apr 2024
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well, yesterday I gathered up all of the tulips which had clearly come to their end…
as I was carrying one of the vases, the petals flew all over the carpet… for the rest of them I removed the petals before carrying them anywhere, lol…
they lasted since March 30th…
30 Saturday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, buns, Easter, family, flowers, hot cross buns, moments, treat, tulips, vases, widow
so excited tonight when my grandson arrived with hot cross buns, which we have been looking for over the last week or so…
going to enjoy some of those for breakfast tomorrow;-)…
and he brought me tulips…
I filled five vases: one went downstairs in his space, one went into the den, one went into the living room and a final one for the bedroom…
what a lovely Easter treat…
23 Saturday Mar 2024
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Ali’i Kula Lavender, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, happy, lavender, Maui, memories, moments, nature, pictures, plants, purple, remembering, vacation, widow
recently I saw something on Instagram which reminded me of our wonderful visit to Ali’i Kula Lavender on Maui…
it was a beautiful place, with nice lavender fields, but also amazing gardens filled with stunning flowers…
I found a few photos from that day…
this hand towel usually hangs in the bathroom as a lovely reminder of that wonderful day and trip…
so nice when something comes along and reminds you of special moments…
21 Thursday Mar 2024
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, bunny, create, Easter, eggs, flowers, fun, moments, purple, widow
this morning I spent time with the flowers from March 5th…
last week I took out the carnations and today I divided the remaining mums into three containers…
one went into a glass vessel and made its way onto one of the kitchen counters…
the second container held two and went into the bathroom…
the final batch went into a purple mug on the living room table…
I also added a bunny, a glass egg, a candle, and chocolate mini eggs… Easter is coming after all;-)…
such fun to create something new from a single bouquet…
11 Monday Mar 2024
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beautiful, big girl pants, blessed, bouquet, cut, family, flowers, happy, hyacinth, moments, nature, plants, purple, scent, widow
yesterday I received a beautiful bouquet of hyacinths… I’ve never had them as cut flowers, always in soil…
what a lovely treat…
they are in a vase on the living room table and I am looking forward to them opening and scenting the house…
10 Sunday Mar 2024
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anthurium, big girl pants, blessed, flowers, growing, moments, nature, open, patience, plants, purple, recent, widow
watching the anthurium blossom open involves a good deal of patience…
this was the first photo I took of the most recent flower… it was on February 11…
this one on February 20…
February 27 photo…
and this one was from yesterday…
still a ways to go before it is completely open…
28 Wednesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, friends, gratitude, happy place, health, moments, plants, replete, safe, sunshine, widow
often, as I sit in the sunlight here in the living room, I take a moment to celebrate how blessed I am…
a comfortable home, food to eat, family and friends to spend time with, plants and flowers to enjoy, birds and fish to watch, books to read, and good health…
my entire being is replete with gratitude for my life…
then I take a few moments to send thoughts and prayers to so many who are currently not so lucky…
23 Friday Feb 2024
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Assiniboine Park, big girl pants, biomes, blessed, flowers, happy, koi, moments, nature, orchidaceae, orchids, plants, pond, The Leaf, widow
just for fun I thought I would show some of the orchidaceae that we saw at Flora of the Philippines on Tuesday…
couldn’t help myself, lol…
there were a few other things that I photographed, lol… my buddies, the fish, were swimming around the pond…
we also saw some flowers on the very top of one of the first trees you see on entering the Tropical Biome… we only saw them thanks to a recommendation by one of the volunteers;-)…
another great visit…
20 Tuesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, biomes, blessed, flags, flora, flowers, food, friends, garden, gather, happy, moments, nature, orchids, Philippines, plants, pond, Technology, trees, widow
had a fun time at The Leaf today…
went with a friend to see Flora of the Philippines…
we couldn’t figure out the new markers on many of the plants in the Tropical Biome, but eventually realized they represented the flag of the Philippines and demonstrated how many of the plants in the biomes originated there…
besides seeing where so many plants came from, there were hundreds of orchids… heaven for me…
what a treat…
after our wander through the biomes, we had lunch at Gather…
what a delightful way to spend time together;-)…
06 Tuesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, doldrums, flowers, happy, home, moments, purple, tulips, vases, weather, widow
yesterday I picked up tulips when I was at the grocery store… I was very happy about that…
when I got home they went into a single large vase, but this morning I took the time to separate them into four containers…
one is on the stairs to go up to the bedroom…
one has gone onto the kitchen counter…
one is in the bathroom…
and one is next to where I sit to watch TV in the Den…
what a lovely treat… flowers are what help me get through the doldrums of February;-)…
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