Congratulations to everyone who made it to the end, even if you weren’t able to write a blog each day during the month. This is a short poem I just came up with for the April 2025 UBC finale. I have no idea what style it is, maybe Alice will know! The month is over, where did it go? It seemed to start so very slow. Day by day we wrote a blog, Some days it seemed we were in a fog. But we plugged along to the end, And
Today is National Peace Rose Day, French horticulturist Francis Meilland was the developer of the Peace rose back in 1935 and 1939. When the German invasion started, Francis sent cuttings to his friends in Italy, Turkey, Germany, and the United States to protect the new rose he grew. Each country named the rose something different and the United States named it Peace as World War 2 came to a close and the national flower for the United States is the rose. So that’s how the Peace Rose get it’s name.
I have so many beautiful roses and every morning I go out and walk around the gardens. One special bush only has a few roses at a time but they look like long stemmed roses and smell like raspberries. I decided to pick them for the table but once I brought them inside I realized they wouldn’t last long so I was going to air dry them like I usually do. Then I had an idea! My oven has a dehydrator setting so I decided to try my hand on
Today in our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic church we celebrate the Divine Mercy on Spiritual Sunday. This Catholic special feast day is to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. God’s greatest desire is to forgive us so that we may be healed. Prayer of Divine Mercy O Blood and Water that redeems and saves, have mercy on us. O Blog and Water that heals and restores, have mercy on us. O Blood and Water that strengthens and renews, have mercy on us. Amen As I reflect on
I think some animals are put here on earth to make us laugh, it’s funny to watch how they can amuse themselves or those watching them. For Silly Saturday, I’m sharing some laughable, huggable, and unpredictable pictures of my daughter’s cat Silly Bella that I took when I visited her in Virginia. Some times we need to step back and laugh a bit and Bella is her to entertain you. We couldn’t not laugh at how Bella entertained us. My daughter would throw the ball for Bella and she would