Relishing

These hydrangeas had been in my kitchen since late Summer

….or maybe it was Fall?

Now that I think of it I may have picked the last of the good ones

right before my niece came to visit last October.

I wanted to brighten up the house with a few blossoms from my own garden.

They had given me pleasure for a long time but now they

had faded too much from being in the sunlight in front on my 

kitchen window

and it was time to let them go.

The water was still in the bottle all murky and full of sediment.

As I dumped out the water and was about to throw them in the trash I noticed green shoots

and roots had developed.

It’s not uncommon for that to happen and we root hydrangeas all the time….

just not this way.

So I will keep them a little longer….

It made me realize that seemingly imperfect things are often what can give us the most pleasure.

I just noticed that when I wrote my watermark on the last photo I

typed my name wrong.

grren instead of green.

Opps

I guess I will relish in my imperfection!

Joining Texture Tuesday

with Kim Klassen

I wasn't going to post these photos after I really looked them
over.....just too washed out, kinda blah and I think I took them on a cloudy day.


Then I remembered the point I was trying to make.....
it's OK to be imperfect.




so there you go.....
smile

White in the garden

               March 1st!!!!

                      I know everyone has been waiting more then any winter in a long time to have Spring arrive.

All that other WHITE stuff

is just getting to be too much for everyone

and so I thought revisiting some

photos of white flowers and garden pieces would be a welcome sight.

                                             

                                  This is our Annabelle Hydrangea that is in front of the porch on what George and I call the Johnney house.

                                   I won’t bore you with the reason why we call it that.

                         Annabelle is one of the earliest white hydrangea’s to bloom but it also gets that

                         dried look much earlier.

I sometimes think I want to change it since it gets a little floppy.

                                        I just learned there is a new variety of arborescens that won’t flop as much call Incrediball.

                                    Funny name……we’ll have to see if the claim is true and if it’s “incredible”

                                                          

                                This is a hydrangea on the other side of the porch that has been there for about 20yrs now. I’d like to tell you   

                           I know exactly which one it is but all I can tell you is that it’s either

                                      Summer beauty, Pink Beauty or All Summer Beauty.

See I don’t know everything…

                                              This crazy hydrangea has bloomed every color imaginable in the almost 20yrs it has been here too.

                              This particular year it was almost white with a hint of blue.

                 Some years it’s been pink, blue and white all at the same time.

                     

                                                              

                                               I remember taking this picture 2 yrs ago at night  after a rain.

                                          Not really a good time to take pictures. Not so much because it’s wet….that never bothers me.

                                      The quality is not there but I just love lily of the valley. So many hate it because it

                                    gets a little out of control. People always tell me I’m welcome to come dig it out of their gardens.

                             I politely decline.

                                             

                                           A concrete finial that we’ve had kicking around for some years now. We’ve had the top kicking around

                              just as long. As a matter of fact my friend Paula has seen it on a shelf by my counter

                                    and picked it up curiously wondering what she could do with it.

                                It probably will never get repaired. The finial sits by where the

                  kitties get fed.

                               I’d like to think they like it there and enjoy having something to rub up on….

               Joining up with Kathleen of Faded Charm!!!!

Stolen Moments

Today is Friday.....you probably knew that already but it just dawned on ME!

this afternoon!

Have to get ready for the weekend....

but while I was in lala land today and having lunch inside....(a luxury)

I played with some pictures. Most times I forget that I've done them....over that is,

and they just get stored away until some other time...

which rarely comes.

So instead of stashing them away I thought I'd take a moment to post them.

Like I said I was having lunch and waiting for my food to heat up.

Not too hot not too cold.

I burned the roof of my mouth yesterday after George had heated up our lunch.

He's an over nucker!

Btw we had doctored up spinach manicotti from Pasta Vita

Anyone who lives in Ct. may know how wonderful their food is.

I think they feed half the shoreline!

I was being timed by hubby who informed me that I had been in here for 20 minutes already!

that's all I said.

Oh right I've gone past the lunch minute:))

I told you ....lala land!

I digress!

This image is not all that great....as a matter of fact it's kind of blah

except that they are of white hydrangea's and one of my favorites.

If I remember right this one is called Queen of Pearls. It has the most perfect heads I've ever seen almost seeming to glow.

Don't be completely fooled by the picture .....they're extra glowy on purpose...haha

I took this picture after I was squatting down deadheading

the bleeding hearts and just couldn't stopping looking at the

way the colors looked so good together.

The white,black and subtle shades of blue and pink.

Sometimes I just have to stop in the middle of the day

and cease the moment because you never know how long these things will be here.

Today I saw someone with a plant at the counter that I knew I had only two left.

When I got closer I realized that she had only taken one....oh good

I can still photograph the last one.

I'd been meaning to for days now.

Which reminds me I'd better go take it right now.

Hope you all have a great weekend.....

rain or shine make it the best you can!