More sleeping zebras, etc.

 

Good morning Folks ~ Here it is another Saturday morning already.  Time is zipping right along.

I did go out the other evening, later than the evening before, so it was darker, and used the flash on the zebra longwings sleeping, as they cling to the Virginia Creeper vines.

Click on this photo for a larger view.

Spider lilies

Three latest journals.  The one on the right has encouraging and uplifting Bible verses, along with photos from my gardens.  There are also some empty pages at the end to write your own thoughts, prayers or special verses.

The other two are awaiting me to paste in the verses and flower photos. The verses are ones that help me on a daily basis. After losing my dear husband I wanted to make these little journals filled with scripture that will be of help to others going through grief.

I hope to have them in my Etsy shop this week.  I am a ‘procrastinator’.These take several hours, some more than others, depending on how detailed I make the cover.

Love grows on ~ this is ‘Maggie’.

Have a great weekend and count your blessings.

FlowerLady

Sunshine, wind, roses, and thank you

Good Saturday morning Folks,

The sun is shining and we are having lots of wind.  The temps are cooler too. We are thankful. The wind chimes are making their sweet music.

My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones and homes. in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. I hope and pray Sandy does not turn into the storm that they are predicting.

My post was so long the other day that I didn’t get to put all the roses plus a couple other plants in it, so I’ll post them here today.

Ti plant and it’s sweet little flowers.

Shrimp plant.

Climbing ‘Maman Cochet’ rose

‘Maggie’ rose.

‘Prosperity’ roses.

Please accept our heartfelt thank you for your prayers and thoughts this past week. They mean so much to both of us. I broke down crying reading out loud to DH, (dear husband). We don’t have it as bad as some people do, but when we all go through different things in our lives, they seem big and bad. Prayers and good wishes never hurt any of us, so thank you, thank you.

Have a great weekend ~ FlowerLady Lorraine

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If instead of a gem, or even a flower,

we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend,

that would be giving as the angels give. 

George MacDonald

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All that we behold is full of blessings. 

William Wordsworth

A drippy, gray, Saturday morning

Hello Friends,

I do hope you are all winding up shopping and are able to relax and reflect somewhat on Christmas. We can get so stressed out on things we ‘think’ need doing, that we forget to stop and enjoy the small things, forget to be thankful for our many blessings.

It is gray and drippy here this morning. A ‘mini’ cool front is moving down but it isn’t going to give us chilly weather, just cooler weather. Right now it is 70 at 7:40 a.m.  Christmas day it is predicted to be around 80. We like the holiday better when there is a chill in the air, but we don’t always get what we want.

Here are some pics to brighten the day hopefully, of those who now have barren and sleeping gardens.

The first three are of the red hibiscus, very tropical.

Next we have dear sweet Maggie, a found rose that could be a Bourbon rose.

Poinsettias and tropicals.

Latest caravan work for those of you who have asked recently. Now that the mud work is done, DH has started on the floor, painting the first coat on yesterday. There will be another coat of under color for grout, and then he’s going to paint on hexagonal shapes in terra cotta color and then a couple of coats of polyurethane for protection.  I went in there the other day, sitting on a little step ladder, just enjoying the work that DH has done, and envisioning how it will look when finished.  From trash to a treasure that is for sure.  A little 6’x8’ space filled with light.

I took the next two pictures yesterday morning. One looking into my little space, and you can see the little Christmas tree in the living room too and the other picture looking out onto the patio from my little space.

Some of my latest creations above and below.

Well, I better get a move on.  I’ll be heading off to work again today, looking forward to puttering around here starting tomorrow.  Don’t know yet what I’ll be working this next week, but I think I’ll take a break from blogging to relax and reflect in the holiday.

May you all have a lovely Christmas and a love and peace filled 2012. May you have good health, may your needs be met on a daily basis. Let us be thankful for our many blessings, no matter the size.

Love and hugs ~ FlowerLady

Cassia Blue butterfly (Leptotes cassius) and blooms

Good morning Folks,

It is a gray, humid, warm Friday morning, with a little rain in the predictions.  We could use the rain.

I went out with camera in hand because I wanted to take pics of DH’s mud work progression in the caravan and my first picture was this one below. The  Cassia blue butterfly was resting on the TX sage that is inside the picket fenced garden at the back side of the caravan.  He is only about 1/2” high and I rarely have gotten photos of these little sweet flying flowers. He flew away when I tried to move in closer.

I love this bougainvillea growing up over my shed along with the rose Louis Philippe.

The next 4 photos are of Maggie, a wonderful old garden rose.

Next are pics of my unknown orchid.

Here we have poinsettia, ferns, spiderplants,  Moses in the bullrushes and various other assorted bits of greenness growing in December.

That’s it again for now.  I need to get things done before heading off to work.

Enjoy your Christmas season with all the preparations.

FlowerLady