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05.18.15 = Beauty "Seek and you will find your beauty in the pop-up showers of life." k dunlap

05.07.14 = Standing Proud "Flowers…are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out-values all the utilities of the world." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

05.19.15 = Touched "Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." ~Langston Hughes

07.25.17 = Photoshop "Just remember; Real women are never perfect and perfect women are never real." ~unknown

Hydrangea Love

10.12.14 = Hydrangea Love Who doesn’t love hydrangeas? With their woody steams and lacey flowers all huddled together in various colors and hues. I find their color and depth of soft texture fascinating. Each one so distinct. Enjoy the love of the season while you can. "Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better." ~Albert Einstein

05.20.15 = Blossom "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin

06.15.15 = Gratitude I sincerely want to thank everyone for all the wonderful Birthday wishes yesterday. I am truly honored and humbled to have such wonderful people in my life. Thank you all so very much! "Gratitude turns what we have and what we give into enough." ~unknown

A Little Purple

10.16.14 = A Little Purple "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it…" Alice Walker, The Color Purple

05.05.14 = Sensational Color I just fell in love with the color of these tulips. Mother Nature is amazing this time of year! "Every Spring is the only Spring - a perpetual astonishment." Ellis Peters

06.24.14 - Nourished "Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby." Langston Hughes

06.25.14 = Blossom "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin

07.06.15 = Fireworks My coneflowers (Echinacea) are going crazy! They just keep exploding like little fireworks in the garden. I love how they stand so tall and proud of themselves. It's a sure sign that we are getting deeper into summer. "Baby, you're a firework Come on, let your colors burst Make 'em go, "Aah, aah, aah" You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe" ~Katie Perry, Firework (Sorry if you have that song stuck in your head now!)

06.27.17 = Long Lasting "A flower's appeal is in its contradictions - so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect." ~Terri Guillemets

08.13.14 = Friendship "A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world." Leo Buscaglia

06.26.14 = Flourishing "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." Henry David Thoreau

04.17.14 = Faithful Watch What a difference a day makes! No, it's not really the same branch as yesterday, but Spring is out there, we just have to look a little harder for it and keep a faithful watch! "April is a promise that May is bound to keep." Hal Borland

07.16.15 = Happy! "Look at the flowers — for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are." ~Osho

06.29.17 = Blurpel or Plue "Only Mother Nature with some help from God, can create colors never seen before." k dunlap

03.20.14 = SPRING IT ON!! "Awake, thou wintry earth - Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers laugh forth Your ancient gladness!" Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"

10.30.13 = Morning Glory "It is only in the early morning hour that the unseen is seen." Unknown

09.26.13 = Indian Summer "Just after the death of the flowers, And before they are buried in snow, There comes a festival season, When nature is all aglow- Aglow with a mystical splendor That rivals the brightness of spring, Aglow with a beauty more tender Than aught which fair summer could bring. ~Emeline B. Smith, "Indian Summer"

06.26.17 = Magnolia Monday "A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it, it just BLOOMS." ~Unknown

07.22.13 = Color Play "Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors." Oscar de la Renta

Perspectives "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau