Mixed Nuts: Flowers

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Flowers

So, because I am too tired today to post about our fun day to Six Flags, I am going to post a few pictures of flowers that are starting to bloom around our property. Whomever the old owners hired to put in all the landscaping, the fun this is - everything blooms at different times. It is nice because I always have some flowers - even through October.

Anyway, here are some of the flowers in our yard. Pardon me that I don't put the names - I will have to get back to you on those - too lazy right now to go and look that information up.

I know a few!! The first one are my daisies. These pictures of for our Aunt Betty. Last year she bought me two daisy plants for my birthday. Each plant got three flowers on them last year. It was small, as a new plant would be - with a small bottom, and the three little flowers. I loved that plant. Well, it repaid me in kind this year. Look at the size of this thing!!!

It is crazy big (just the one - the other plant is doing just as well!). I love it. I just can't get over how big it got in just one year.

This is a purple flower that is on three different bushes in our front yard. It will bloom from about a couple of weeks ago until late fall. It is very showy. Only problem it - there are about a million bees on it.

I know this next one - petunia. I don't usually do annual flowers - I have a black thumb when it comes to them for some reason. But this one is doing pretty well. It has a rough start - the deer ate all the first blooms. But now it is happier.

This is another daisy. I got it as a present from one of my students for nurses day. It is a perennial, so I planted it in the ground. First two blooms - deer ate. Finley pulled the third bloom out. But now it has three new ones. Hopefully it will survive the rest of the summer.

This is another annual. I can't remember it's name. It also had a rough start, but I gave it a little more breathing room, and now it is crazy big. The bees love it too.

And the butterflies

This is probably my favorite flower this season (besides the amazing daisies). It is an annual, and I have to look up its name. It has been in bloom since I brought it home in May. It is very showy. The hummingbirds love this one, so that has been fun to watch. I see a couple a day coming in to hang out with this pretty flower.