My win in a give–away

 

A few minutes ago a sweet pkg. came in the mail. I won a give – away that Skeeter had on the blog, In The Garden.  She and fellow blogger and gardener Tina, both post on this blog. One lives in TN the other in GA and it is always a treat to see what is going on in their gardens. 

I forgot all about having entered this give – away, so it was a pleasant surprise to have one.  I loved the first prize, there were two prizes, and hoped I would get it and I did!  Skeeter’s sweet cat Cheetah decided she was going to pull the names out of the hat.  You can read and see the photos here.

Look at the pretty packaging tape.

And look inside the box, oh how pretty and spring looking.

This is my sweet prize. My eyes are filling with tears as I write, it’s been a rough couple of days. I have blue eyes and DH brown, so this was really a cool feature of this piece. They look happy.  She has a flower up next to her eye, and his hand is on her shoulder.

Look at this lovely bag that the prize and some other sweet little gifts were in. A spool of garden tie material, with a little cutter blade on it, really something handy to have.  Pretty little gripper garden gloves, watering sticks for indoor plants, a nice butterfly stake and a little dragonfly suncatcher. Then look at that tree frog.  What a hoot!  You can help but smile when you see him.

Thank you Skeeter and I wish you another lovely 5 years of blogging.

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As I said above, it’s been a rough couple of days.  Today the tears started flowing in Home Depot.  It was one of our favorite places to shop for materials for projects. It’s not the same now that he’s gone, not the same at all.  I can handle the garden dept. but being in the building materials, etc. just tears me up. Yesterday morning I woke up all weepy and that was the start of an emotional day. Every day is different.

Last week was my second meeting with a wonderful bunch of widow ladies, the group is called Friends Needing Friends. We met at a new location, at a golf club and had a wonderful buffet afterwards. Since I am a new widow, under 6 months, I received a sweet little teddy bear, for a little comfort in my sorrow.  I put him with my sweet other bears, he is the yellow one holding the little pillow I’ve had sitting with these guys.  They happily made room for the newest member to their family.

Every day there is something, even if it’s just something tiny, that we can give thanks for.  It may not be easy to do, but it does make one feel better doing so.

With that I will close.  I may take a little break from posting, as I’m really feeling drained and just need to take things slow and easy.  Thank you all for your love and continued support.  You and your comments mean a lot to me.

Love and hugs ~ FlowerLady