BrokenMemories:Shards

Sharing a Moment and a Great Big Thank you

A great big thank you to Melissa at Design her brands for making little ‘ol me her Brandanista of the week!

Be sure to visit Melissa if you find yourself at a loss for words,she is an author,aesthetic wordsmith,and a branding therapist and all around sweet heart!

A shared moment.

My dear niece and nephew graduated college this weekend and shared there big event with us. I am so proud of them both!

Thank you for inviting us.

~~~Living the Dream!

The Fancy Flea

Time to get your best flea market buggies ready to roll.

Saturday April 28 is The Fancy Flea.

Voted one of the TOP 10 flea markets in the country.

I have not visited the other 9,yet ;) but this is an amazing market.

 

A wonderful combination of handmade,hand painted,antiques,and vintage in a one stop shopping out door market.

 

This is a one day event,call your best buddies,fill the car (not to full you will need room for your treasures!) and head to Lakeland Florida. The weather is going to be perfect!

~~~Living the Dream!

 

Estate Sale Find

For those of you that know me,or have read my blog for any length of time,this post will not be a surprise. But this was my exciting find at a recent estate sale.

No there is not a stick hanging from a tree that got in my photo,I bought that.

We went to an estate sale on day 2,not really expecting much. Mostly I was going to see the view. This property had a breath taking view of the intercostals water way. The home was old for Florida standards,built in the 1920’s with 3 greenhouses. I am sure the home will be taken down for a new home,or maybe several the lot was so large!

When I entered the greenhouses,they were all picked over,empty,with turned over pots and years of neglect.

Except for

hanging all alone in the center of the green house was this. It called (really more of a last gasp)out to me to take it home. It is attached to a very rusty hanger and as you can see is very brown and wrinkled. Mr.Beets,did not ask,you see he knows me,I just said,it needs me! (understatement of the century)

I believe it is an Orchid,the cashier said she thought so too.

If you look really really really close you can see some green,so it is still alive.

It now hangs with my other Orchids,they too have a rescue story to share,each in shades of “green” when they called out to me and were lovingly carted home to live in the shade of the old tree.

~~~Living the Dream!

 

Beautiful White Roses

 

My rose bush has been full of amazing roses this Spring. I love how the buds are a soft delicate pink and turn white as they open. Just breathtaking!

~~~Living the Dream!

The day after

Will that be Salad or Deviled?

Happy Easter

                    thank you Bing for the great image

Dr. Suess

Dr. Suess is the author and illustrator of  classic children's books,one of my favs is The Grinch.

His style is in a category of it’s own,true whimsy.

I was in our big box home improvement center,and fell in love with this whimsical flower.

 

I thought right away of Dr. Suess.

I think this would be a perfect flower in his garden. The puffy flower reminds of the dust spec in “Horton hears a Who”.

The plant tag identifies these as Dianthus. I believe that Carnations are in the Dianthus family,so I am not sure which part of the Dianthus family tree this comes from but, I love it!

Not only does every garden need a little whimsy,but so does everyday!

~~~Livin’ the dream!