A brilliantly-colored dark pink and purple fuchsia blossom You would think that by the time a person reaches my age, she would not be surprised by the passing of time, yet I find myself nearly constantly amazed that a certain amount of time has passed--whether that be a week, month, year, or couple of decades. Earlier this year, I planted a garden. Yesterday I harvested my first strawberry. Earlier this year, I also planted fuchsia starts, and now the flowers are blooming. How is that possible? (And why am I surprised?) Sometime around the turn of the century (and it still seems strange to use that phrase about the year 2000), we bought a circa 1935 dresser. It needed some TLC, but had a cool curvy front. This past week, I finally got around to applying some Restor-A-Finish and Feed-N-Wax, and now the dresser still looks old, but not dilapidated. I still need to apply some hide glue to some loose pieces, but I'm counting progress as a win. For as long as I can remember, I've be
I don't know if your beautiful pictures make it harder or easier to be patient for spring. It's snowing here this morning, so I am jealous of your pretty flowers. Although, it helps to know that it is spring somewhere in this country. Spring will get here eventually.
ReplyDeleteLucky you! No snow, you have flowers and a robin!!!
ReplyDeleteI wanna get a ticket and go over there too.... **sigh** Sooo tired of the snow and cold and shivers and wind.... Time to move, immigrate, hibernate, any, no, ALL of the above. ;-D
ReplyDeleteEnjoy and thanks for sharing
Que hermoso!! so beautiful!! me gusta su jardin!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! Yay for spring!
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