WINTER IS HERE - LET'S SMELL
THE FLOWERS
OF HOPE
LET'S START WITH A CUP OF COFFEE AND A DONUT
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MY FIRST FLOWER FOR YOU IS
THE FLOWER OF
FOR-GET-ME-NOTS
With for-get-me-nots
I remember the joys of past Christmases
and Holidays
with trembling, but with a sense
of Thankfulness I had those joys.
This was a photo taken in 2008 of my husband
and I. We had 52 years together
Friends, lovers, and Believers in the Lord
Jesus Christ, we had so many times of
sweet fragrance.\
So mull over where your heart is today,
and remember
your FOR GET ME NOT times.
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MY NEXT FLOWER FOR YOU
IS THE
LILY OF THE VALLEY
FRAGRANT, TINY LITTLE FLOWERS
THAT HIBERNATE ALL WINTER,
SPROUTING A ROOT SYSTEM
THAT BEATS THE BAND
IN PRODUCING
HEALTHY SPROUTS FOR THE EARLY SPRING.
IN WINTER MONTHS WE END UP
WITH A BIT OF TIME
TO REMINISCE. I USE THIS PICTURE
OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S COLLEGE YEARS
BECAUSE I REMEMBER AS A 13 YEAR OLD
HOW "SPECIAL" IT WAS TO THINK
JUST MAYBE I MIGHT GO TO COLLEGE..
IT WAS AT THIS TIME
THAT MY GRANDMOTHER SPENT
THE TIME LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS
WITH ME.
LATER, HAVING MARRIED, I
RECEIVED A BOX WITH THE PHOTOS
IN IT. THEY WERE MINE TO KEEP,
BUT I KNEW SOMEDAY I WOULD
SHARE THEM WITH OTHERS
WHO, LIKE ME, WOULD BE
AWESTRUCK AT THE "DAYS"
GONE BY.
WHAT LILACS DO YOU HAVE IN
YOUR LILAC CORNER? IN MINE I
FIND HIDDEN TREASURES THAT MY
HEART KNOWS IT IS COMFORTED BY
FRAGRANCES OF LOVE GIVEN ME IN MY
LIFETIME.
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MY LAST FLOWER FOR YOU IS
THE BEARDED IRIS,
A ROYAL STEADFAST, AND ALWAYS
A PROFUSION OF BLOOMS MIXED IN
A BEVY OF GREEN STEMS
IRIS BULBS CAN BE HARVESTED
AFTER THE BLOOM IS GONE, DID YOU KNOW?
TAKE THE LITTLE CORM THAT IS LEFT
AFTER THE PETALS FALL OFF,
AND LET THEM DRY ON PAPER
TOWELS AND ON NEWSPAPERS.
STORE THEM IN TINS, OR ALUMINUM FOIL.
EACH CORM WILL HAVE A NUMBER
OF SEEDS IN IT
EACH SEED CAN PRODUCE A different color
for your garden.
This is a photo of the famous HAIRPIN TURN
ON THE MOHAWK TRAIL
near ADAMS and NORTH ADAMS, MA.
I remember my parents
driving me from North Adams to Adams.
I remember the times my family took
time to go see relatives
far away
The BEARDED IRIS plant reminds me
of the stately STATURE OF PEOPLE
IN MY FAMILY WHO I MARKED AS BEING
VERY IMPORTANT TO ME
AS BEING MY EXAMPLES
AS BEING FRUITFUL BLOOMS OF
A WIDE VARIETY OF COLORS,
WITH LOTS OF green green green
surrounding the blossoms.
In my life I need
the
FOR GET ME NOTS
THE LILY OF THE VALLEYS,
AND
THE BEARDED IRISES.
have fun
with your
winter blues.
Find
flowers
to
help
you cherish and grow
and become
to the little ones growing up
underneath you
wonderful fruitful examples
of God's Blessings.
AND DON'T FORGET TO ENJOY THAT COFFEE AND DOUGHNUT ! !
