The joy is two-fold.
The roses get cleaned up and your joy increases with the beautiful
fragrance and the bouquets you
can create.
The joy is two-fold.
The roses get cleaned up and your joy increases with the beautiful
fragrance and the bouquets you
can create.
Lovely flowers, thrifting,
crafting, FaceTime calls with Claire,
emails, gardening, teaching, sipping wine...
it's all a very good life.
Happy weekend!
"Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow."
As much as I love being away from home for
a holiday or joyful
Claire duties,
I do love being back home.
All of the flowers grew so much in the week we were gone.
I was overjoyed that I was still able to enjoy my peonies.
I styled my thrifted finds and I must say I am so
pleased with my
"New Pyrex"
issued to celebrate Pyrex's 100 anniversary!
Jim and Wayne are cousins and you can
really see the resemblances.
We always have such a great time with Wayne and Jo-Ann
when we get together.
Catching up on each other's families and of course the grandchildren.
A wonderful lunch and oh the strawberry pie!
It was simply delicious.
Jo-Ann is such a keen gardner.
Her roses and peonies were spectacular,
her begonias just starting to
appear.
Look what a beautiful bouquet I get to take to
Port Coquitlam when we see Claire today!
Lucky me.
Visiting friends in Sidney by the Sea,
Looking after Claire for the long weekend makes it a good time
for a bit of an excellent adventure.
I have always loved the ferry ride thru the
Gulf Islands.
Catching up with old friends, seeing family, loving Claire,
new sights, sounds, food and thrifting possibilities.
It's all very good.
Just going to the garden centre can
lift anyone's spirit should you need that.
I go to take photos and learn about new plants.
I am never disappointed.
Here are a few photos of what is blooming in our garden,
as well as what I took photos of at the
Dogwood Garden Centre.