Bambies and the Gardener Extraordinaire

This morning one of our resident does brought her twins

out to play by the pond. Its so much fun to watch them

frolicking around. They have pogo sticks for legs and

bounce all over the place. Its a peaceful feeling to look

out your front window and watch the wildlife.

Here's another strange but true story in my life. I like to

think of these events as messages for me. They don't

come as words, but the feelings I have when I discover

these things speak volumes. Life just feels better.

About ten years ago, my father passed away. He was the

gardener extraordinaire, everything he planted grew, and

he loved to plant roses. So that spring I thought I would

carry on the legacy and grow roses like my father. Me,

who up till that point hardly put anything in the ground.

For two years I planted rose bushes. I weeded, hoed,

watered, fertilized and for one year I got flowers. After

that first year everything went down hill...fast.

Finally I gave up and just left them alone...totally. The

grass that used to be pasture for my horses grew back

up and the roses disappeared. Or so I thought....

Yesterday Geary left this sweet little rose on the counter

for me. I asked him where he got it. "In your rose garden"

He said there were plants out there blooming. What?!?

Are you kidding?

So I grabbed the camera thinking this has got to be

documented if its true and marched outside to the

pasture. Sure enough, hidden in the grass were

blooming and growing rose bushes.

Hey Dad! Look at these will ya! I know they are

puny and need some help. So we'll see what happens from

here. Amazing!

Beautiful Bead

Isn't this a beauty? I absolutely fell in love with it, then

I bought it. Kristin Child is the lamp work artist. Her

Etsy shop is redsidedesign. And she's having a sale,

25% off on her beads. The pictures do not do justice to

the bead. This is so yummy and I'm keeping it for myself.

And since I'm keeping with the theme of hearts lately,

here's one Kristin has for sale too.

Hmmm...theme of hearts - Queen of Hearts...

Queen of everything...don't I wish!

Have you ever seen?

At first I thought my sister was pulling my leg when she
asked if I'd ever seen a hummingbird moth. I knew I hadn't,
but she said she has them at her house and she found out
from some friends that its a moth. So I went to What's that Bug?
And there really is such a thing! I've never seen one, but that's
because I don't have flowering plants around the yard. And they
are really fast at flying...like a hummingbird. So what you thought
was a hummer really could be a moth. Pretty interesting, huh?
I'm gonna keep my eye's open.