I have the greatest friends. I will say that over and over and over on this blog of mine because it's so true.
Here is just ONE example of a friends kindness toward me. This friend would have never entered my world except that she & her husband and their daughter use to live in this house! They were the previous owners of our darling home. I always had a sense of thankfulness toward them, because after all, they picked US to have their home. If I remember correctly there was another offer on the table.
I feel forever indebted to them; we love our home, our plot of soil in this big, big world. Shortly before our settlement in 2007 they had a car accident which moved things back a bit. I felt soooo badly for her. It's hard enough trying to pack up house and home, take care of a child and prepare to move to another state, let alone having a broken arm while doing it, (was it an arm Michelle? I forget?). Anywho, I wrote her a letter because I really did feel sad for them. Our friendship continued into the day of settlement when I gave her a little bag o' goodies for their journey to Texas with an almost 2 year old! Since that time she has sent me many more packages then I've EVER gotten to her! Gifts for the children, hand-stitched sayings framed in rustic barn board frames, and THIS lot.....I'm tellin' ya, she's a keeper!!!! THANK YOU MICHELLE!! And just so you know, our home is always open if you're ever in this area, quite literally, our home is your home!!!
And then I found THESE KNOCK-OUTS in my mailbox the other day. Please, could I have this happen more often.....HOT PINK BEADED STILETTOS IN MY MAILBOX!! what??? Again, I have the bestest besties! Thank you Mrs. Stoppard, my neighbor, my friend.
I'd like to label this picture:
TWO WORLDS COLLIDE.
TWO WORLDS COLLIDE.
I better go now, all the kiddies are napping and I should plant some perennials I just bought alongside the road for $1 each, please, what can you get for a STINKIN' DOLLAR that will keep blooming year after year after year?? score.
Also, there is a ginormous hover steam vac sitting in my kitchen that weighs a TON.....my carpets are currently a breeding ground for all sorts of creatures so this week they will meet their doom.
"Friendship isn't a big thing -
it's a million little things."
~Author Unknown
2 comments:
Good buys! The phlox will work for a "Cottage Garden" look. That particular perennial comes in several different heights--did you get the lavendar spring phlox? (Its not as tall as summer phlox.)
The Sedum is a bit more rigid-looking, its pretty in the fall, but in my opinion, it needs to be mixed in with some lacy, softer plants. Maybe out back somewhere near the gazebo?
Those shoes - darling and glamorous all in one! They will be so FUN to wear! You DO have great friends. :))
And perennials... That is something I am SO LOOKING FORWARD to doing, once we're settled in our little cottage. It's more of a rare thing down here, but I hope I can find some stray plants, although I know it don't be for a dollar each!
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