Eureka- what I've been looking for

Now that I believe summer is here, of course I had to change my header.
My namesake is blooming up a storm and will be all summer long.
Of course that means all the dead heading everyday will soon start.
I take my little bag outside each morning and collect the lilies that were so beautiful yesterday and now bow their heads down and their job is done.


The cycle of life.


Finally found what I was looking for.

I just love this plant.

I put it in the shade at the junction of our garage and the front of the house, about 4 years ago.

It struggled for about 2 years. Last year it was fairly full of blooms but this year it has overwhelmed me with how pretty it is.

I did not know what it was.

Had looked it up numerous times to no avail.

Today I made a little bouquet and brought it in to examine the leaves better and to look once more to see if I could identify it.

I was finally able to identify it by describing the leaves.

It is a Geranium Sangieneum 

Geranium sanguineum, commonly called Bloody Cranesbill, is a herbaceous plant species in the Geraniaceae family.^[1] It is native from Europe and temperate Asia, and is cultivated as a garden subject, and a number of different cultivars exist. The flowers are purple^[2]—the name refers to the red color of the leaves in autumn. It is also the county flower of Northumberland and equally the county's affiliated ship, HMS Northumberland.

Oh, oh, When I found this little item I remember I did find this flower before.
I remember the common name 'Bloody Cranebill.'

Well, I guess we all need reminding every so often. 

It is a shade loving plant and that was the reason I bought it to plant there.

I found it on line and the picture of it had been taken in Belgium by man who decided to research it but there was not much there about it.

Anyway

Now I know

That is what I call a good day's work.

Memorial Day 2011

God bless America

May we never forget

why we are free.

 

What a blessing the sunshine has been and a neat giveaway

Blessed Sunday

I am so grateful today to have gotten some outside work done and flowers set out.

Patio and deck swept, again and again.

 Just sitting in the sunshine with HH is such a treat.

I met a beautiful and talented lady a few weeks back when we were swap partners for 

Blissfull ATC swap.

She is having a magical giveaway.

Go here  to read about it.

Mina at Green witch with sprinkles.




May your family be blessed this Lord's Day.

Sepia Saturday- Saluting a US Navy Man

Sepia Saturday

 

Honoring one of our armed forces men in our own family.

George Leonard Edelen, Jr.
Dorothy M. Mattingly   

The gentleman is my mother's youngest brother.

He served in the U.S. Navy in Rio de Janeirio.
I wish I had some of the postcards he sent home to his family.
I imagine they are long gone. 

He had just returned from the service in 1945, met this beautiful lady named Dorothy and they were married in 1952.

I was about 15 and adored them both.
It was raining and you can see my sister Betty in the background on the left side and I am right behind her.

 They are both in bad health now and live away from us with they son in another state.
Good bless America.


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Friday Shoot Out-Treasure hunt, spin, drop, rest

Friday Shoot Out

Treasure hunt

Spin, drop, rest.

Well these are verbs and hard to show sometimes, but here is what I have.

 

Spin

Drop

That's not a drop QMM, That's a
Splatter.

Spin, drop and rest.

Drops, drops of rain, all week-end.

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Tea Talk

Tea Talk with Ruth

Having....... Aveda  Tea in my cardinal mug. This is a soothing caffeine free herbal infusion with licorice root and peppermint, calms your senses promoting a sense of well being.

Feeling.......like I had just traveled a long distance. Not much sleep last night due to the storms that seemed to last for several hours.

Thinking........What a devastation some of our states have suffered. We have had trees down and a few roofs damaged, but no injuries or loss of life. Some of the road construction that our SIL does has come to a halt that is not good for 

 a business. 

Very grateful it has been no worse.

 At least the sun is shining this morning.

“May God give you...For every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share, for every sigh a sweet song and an answer for each prayer.”

 Irish Blessing

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Doing my Thing Day

Doing my thing day.

Well this is the day I sort of do an inventory of the artistic things I have gotten done this week.

Some container flowers set out.

This week's art class project.
I just love the colors in this piece.

Last week's art class project.
I doubled the pattern to six poppies instead of the three in the pattern. 

We put a coat of varnish on the finished painting and covered it with a piece of tissue paper, quickly removing it, giving it a distressed look.

Framed at Picnik.

The last plarn hat and purse for the summer picnic booth.

Now that I have three done and lined and all trimmed I am going to try to make as many as I can.
I have until July.


I think the brown and black bags are my favorite.

Creative Tuesday #36=Trees

Creative Tuesday

For some time I have been trying to learn

Zentangle art.

Here is my tree themed CT for today.

Looks like I got a lot to learn.

Zentangle is done with sharp pens.

This was done with extra fine Sharpie.

If this is new to you,

Go here to learn about zentangle.

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Mosaic Monday-A beautiful weekend

Finally a beautiful week-end.

Sunshine, little rain, rainbow, sunshine.

Mosaic Monday

Warm enough to swim. Good food. Huge birthday cake. Rain. Rainbow. No Rapture.

It was a great day.

Then on Sunday got some flowers planted.

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Here is a shade loving plant and it is in full bloom right now.
Forgot the name of it.

It comes back bigger and better each year and that makes us all happy.

Fourth Sunday of Easter

Gospel for the 4th Sunday of Easter

Jesus said to his disciples:
“If you know me, then you will also know my Father.
From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip said to Jesus,
“Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time
and you still do not know me, Philip?
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own.
The Father who dwells in me is doing his works.
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,
or else, believe because of the works themselves.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,
and will do greater ones than these,
because I am going to the Father.
And whatever you ask in my name, I will do,
so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it.”

 John 14:7-14

 In the days that Jesus walked the earth after His Resurrection, He continued to instruct his Apostles and Disciples about His Father in Heaven.
Forty days after Easter He ascended into heaven.

In a recent discussion with some theologians, one of them said that the reason Jesus shed tears on the cross at the end, is that after all He had gone through
"They still do not get it."
In this gospel we hear Jesus continuing to teach about His Father and who He was.

After more than two thousands years, I am wondering if we still don't get it. 

 

Sepia Saturday # 75

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Our mom raised us three kids by herself and some help from her parents.

No one in our family ever had a car.

In 1964 after my sister and I were married she bought her first car.

It was green, not dark green, kelly green.

It was a 1955 Chevrolet.

She paid $400.00 for it.

My brother was still at home and in high school and we taught him how to drive in this car.
He still gets teased today about The Frog, they called it.

 Color of car.


Of course she took great care of this car and it served her well for several years.


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Flowers from our dear daughter today.

Thank you dear one.