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
That's your garden right now? With beautiful flowers like that?! You lucky duck. Have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I especially like the rose. Still nothing but crocuses here. They're coming, though. I know it. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteYour tree is putting on some great new growth.
Wow~~~ amazing love your rose!!!
ReplyDeletethank you for your prayers..
Gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing this on The Creative HomeAcre Hop! I hope to see you again tomorrow. :)
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