Two shades of pink

I was happily picking flowers one day to bring into my home when I saw this little lovely flower.  My roses are either light pink or dark pink but this little one ended up being both.  Isn’t it cute?

I have a new bracelet that I will put up later and a picture of a bracelet I made over the weekend while my friend was here visiting from out of town.  I let her rummage through my “wonky beads” {those are beads that I think have a flaw} box and she came up with “Life is a Circus” and I’ll share it later after I edit the photos.

Happy Thursday!

A what?

I COMPLETELY forgot to follow up and tell you what this is.  It looks scary doesn’t it?  Well, it is called a frog.  Yes, a frog.  It is used in the bottom of a flower vase or container to help the stems stay in place when creating a flower arrangement.  I use it all of the time and it keeps the difficult flower arrangements together when the stems want to flip out.   Now you know.

Take a guess

Does anyone know what this is?  I use it all of the time but wanted to see if anyone else knows what it is. 

Care to guess?

Happy Memorial Day

Thank you to all of those who have served and are serving our country!  Thank you for giving of yourself for our country and in such a selfless manner.  We are free because of their choice to serve our country.  I’m glad we take the time as a country to honor them.  How very blessed we are to be in the United States of America! 

I am enjoying this day and had to pick the peonies that are scattered about my gardens.  After I picked them I left them outside for a bit so that all of the ants could leave and find another home so they wouldn’t come inside.  Now the flowers are arranged all over the house and I LOVE IT!  These flowers found their way to my desk right near my window.  I wish they would bloom all year but I only get to enjoy them these few days in May.  Ahhhhh!

Window Boxes

My little window boxes are done and will hopefully be nice and full in a few weeks.