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 love old photos! Its nice to see a few that are not so posed!
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling it was supposed to be a bit more posed, but my grandma tried to make a break for it! At least that's what it looks like to me.
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ReplyDeleteNope, you beat you. I don't know what's up with my comments lately. I've had some not publish, and others duplicate.
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DeleteSadly, I never knew either one of my grandmothers.
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DeleteHello stopping by from the a-z challenge. I love both of my grandmothers. One has passed away when i was in highschool miss her she was one of my favorites. I am now following you. Have a good evening.
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting! I'm off to go read the post on your blog now.
Deletesunflowers! I'd love to have even the tiniest success at growing sunflowers (which would, of course mean giant flowers!)
ReplyDeleteThat photo was from our garden in Washington state, where gardening didn't really require a green thumb. I miss the ease of growing things there!
DeleteI love the picture of Reno and baby Drexel! I got sidetracked when I read this post and emailed GDB to see if there is any way we can raise a puppy for them. There are several states that have puppy raisers, including Texas. Dallas is 5 hours away. Thought it was worth asking, even though the answer is probably no!
ReplyDeleteI think that puppy raisers for GDB are limited to western states, but they might be able to put you in touch with a guide dog organization that does use puppy raisers in your area. The other option, of course, is to move west! We could really use more puppy raisers in our local group!
DeleteGodiva-Chocolates!!! That's my favorite G-word! Sadly enough I haven't had those for ages. My days currently are in the G of Getting my butt kicked with fibro... (my worst F-word I can think of by the way)
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful Gs!
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