What type I'm not sure. but it smells so dam good. After the spotted popcorn rains we've been having the last few ddays, I would go outside to inspect and fallen flowers to cut and putinto my vase and BAM! the smell hits you in the face. Just ONE lily! I am in love.
Tomorrow LAureen and I are going to Baroda MI to one of my favorite nursuries Sunshine Perennial. Lorine Kelsch's Aunt Leila turned me on to this place several years ago. Oh, how happy I have been since. Day lilies galore! evry color and species in the world resides there. I believe Laureen and I have cornered the market on day lilies at the farmers market, so it is time to move on to bigger buck products. The $5.00 plants at the market are amazing. But at the Sunshine, we will be looking anywhere from $8.00-$25.00 for ONE plant. dam!
I'm worth it. Plus if I collect seeds and succeed at germinating them, I could be on my way to a serious little road side plant bussiness. How can I not? Who doesn't need full shade and partial shade plants?
The Chick weekend coming up at the end of September is nawing at me. It always does this time of year. The need is great to get away with my buds.
~"A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her
daughter.
"Don't forget your Sisters," she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the
bottom of her glass." They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to need Sisters.
Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them. And remember that "Sisters" also means your girlfriends, your daughters, and other
women relatives too.
You'll need other women. Women always do. She listened to her Mother. She kept contact with her Sisters and made
more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, sisters are the mainstays of her life.
After more than 40 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
* Times passes.
* Life happens.
* Distance separates.
* Children grow up.
* Love waxes and wanes.
* Hearts break.
* Careers end.
* Jobs come and go.
* Parents die.
* Colleagues forget favors.
Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A Sister is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you have to walk it for
yourself, your Sisters will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for
you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at
the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside
you. Or come in and carry you out.
My mother, sister, sister-in-laws, and "girlfriends", bless my life! The
world wouldn't be the same without them, and neither would I.
When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the
incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we need each other still.
Amen!
