Flowers It Is
It’s Day 3 of the UBC and so far the month isn’t going as planned. I have a frozen shoulder which gave me upper back pain along with a headache. It’s been bothering me for about 6 weeks but I usually work through pain. When I broke down and went to the Orthopedic doctor he sternly told me not to force my arm farther than I could move it without pain. Duh, now he tells me, I think that’s what I’ve been doing for the past weeks, stretching it beyond the limit. So last week I had a cortizone shot then started physical therapy. But I’m tough and will get through it. Yesterday I told Lia I needed a topic for my blog, she thought for a few minutes and then said, “How about flowers?” So flowers it is!
I love spring when all our flowers start to bud and bloom! My favorite is the huge azalea bush in Mom’s Memory Garden. We planted it as a tiny plant when she passed away in 2000 and now it’s about 5′ wide! It’s full of bees collecting the nectar.
Of course the other beautiful blooms are the roses in both Mom’s Memory Garden and Lia’s Reflection Garden. They were full of buds a few weeks ago until frost arrived. But some are already in bloom and many more will be opened soon.
Our Wisteria also has the start of what Lia calls little grapes! Once they start blooming, the bush will be full of beautiful hanging purple flowers. While Wisteria is considered an invasive plant, pruning is needed to keep it under control. It’s also highly toxic to dogs, our vine is on a part of the fence that dogs can’t get to.
Besides flowers, the bees are working in full force, our holly bush is loaded with honey bees . This is another bush we planted from mom’s funeral as a tiny little bush and now it’s up to the second story window!
Yesterday afternoon we had a hummingbird stop by our feeder! It’s hard to capture a good video because I didn’t want to get too close and scare him away. But I love watching them hover in mid air!
My sister gave me some Amaryllis bulbs years ago and I love when they are in full bloom. These are native to South Africa and are also known as belladonna lilies even though they are not being true lilies.
I love pansies, this plant is the first one for Lia’s wheelbarrow wild flowers. Once she has them planted and blooming, she will share pictures!
Sometimes it seems funny how I come up with blog topic ideas and I’m so glad Lia is right beside me offering ideas. We all love flowers, they bring happiness and sunshine, so flowers it is!
As I said before, you can never go wrong with flowers!
I’m so sorry about your shoulder! Take it easy and keep letting Lia collaborate with you for blog ideas.
Honestly, my challenge is not going so well this time either. Life is full of demands that take precedence over the blog. We can only do what we can do, but I like your approach—you can do something even if it’s not a big long epic story. Take it easy and don’t fret!
Love,
Laurie
Ridge Haven Homestead
Flowers seem to make everything better Laurie! I love the smell, the beauty and everything about them. My shoulder is doing better, thanks! Lia continues to give me ideas for blog topics!
I hope your arm and shoulder gers better.You can try descript audio to text feature to get your blog posts written.Loved the garden.
Thanks Amrita, it’s doing better, I just have to learn not to push it over the limits, like I do with just about everything. LOL Never thought about audio to text, I’ll have to check that out.
Spring is always a time to get outside and start enjoying their garden, especially in the North East. And a hummingbird visit is nice too!
Spring is my favorite season Gwendolyn. It’s like a new beginning for so much. Love when our hummingbirds return!
Hey Martha! Wow! Your garden is gorgeous. It snowed here yesterday and we expect rain all week so I am looking forward to the spring bulbs poking through the ground very soon. Happy April!
Gorgeous flowers ! I hope you get relief from your frozen shoulder soon.
Thanks Cheryl. We all love flowers and spring is so cheeful with them! The shot helped my shoulder a lot and PT is going good. Thanks for asking!
I LOVE flowers. Thank you for the beautiful pictures!
Don’t flowers just make her heart smile Anna? It does mine!
Flowers are always a wonderful topic to blog about!! And Lia is your blogging partner, through and through! Love the pics, and especially love the pansies..
Lia’s idea was a winner for sure. The pansies will be going in her wild garden wheelbarrow as soon as the weather decides to cooperated Vidya!
Martha, thank you for sharing all these flowers! It’s clear they thrive, living in such a field of love.
We love flowers Kebba, they are like Lia. Just seeing them makes me smile!
I love both of you, you and your grand daughter! Love your pictures and I love your Mother’s Memory Garden.
Awww thank you Miste, Lia is the love of so many. She is full of compassion and smiles always and I know mom is looking down smiling at her garden.
Mone of our flowers are blooming yet. Just oodles of cherry blossoms.
I’d love to visit the cherry blossoms Roy. My daughter from Manassa always posts about them.
The plants that were sowed in your mother’s memory are magical. Thank Lia for the topic! Hope you feel better, very soon.
Mom loved flowers and I’m sure she watches down a smiles at them Kate.
Great photos. 🙂
Thanks Amanda, flowers make me smile.