Fall hit and the temps in Charleston rose. Hmmm. I think they’re supposed to drop a few degrees over the coming days, here’s hoping! Whether it’s a tad warm or not, you can still feel the fall vibe in the air. The sun has shifted dramatically. Sun that used to pour into the kitchen windows while making dinner now doesn’t come close. I love the subtle changes and I notice each one.
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I love having a flower, usually popped into a small jar, on my kitchen window. Often it’s a flower that broke off while changing water and giving a fresh cut, but sometimes it’s there just because. The light streams in and the setting against the large live oak trees is magical. The bright yellow makes you smile each time you walk past.
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Flowers make people happy. They just do. They’re stunningly beautiful whether they’re all by themselves or mixed with other flowers. There is no ugly flower to me. If we had dandelions I would even cut those and plop them into a cute, small vase. Who says those pretty yellow flowers are weeds, ha ha.
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Flowers are the best aren’t they? They can bring a smile to my face at any time. When I’m out and about I’m always snapping photos of flowers. Their close-up beauty is always awe inspiring. I believe I was in Mount Pleasant, SC when I snapped a photo of this particular one.
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Exquisite, right? These gorgeous pink blooms are rhododendrons – this photo was taken last year about this same time. Absolutely breathtaking! The mountains make such a beautiful backdrop, don’t they?
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Who doesn’t love flowers, right? Going to different nurseries and seeing what may grow in your specific spot is always fun (and as evidenced by the massive amount of cars – I think most of us can agree on this!) The backyard has always been beautiful and lively until…
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After the loss of our dog of nearly fifteen years (the super cool CHARLIE dog) – we called Chewy.com to cancel his upcoming auto ship orders. It wasn’t easy to choke out the words, but they were so kind…
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Well! If you’re reading this you made it to the weekend. Take time to enjoy it! We bought some beautiful flowers the other day and oh, what joy they bring! A fresh cut each day and they keep on keeping on! Happy weekend – what are your plans?
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Welcome to spring in Charleston, South Carolina! Not unlike many locations across the country plants, shrubs and trees are blooming early. Although this seems a bit typical for us I suppose. Some years…
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Hydrangeas. We have them planted everywhere, and this time of year they are absolutely stunning! We don’t have the newer types that bloom all summer. Ours have a “season” of gorgeous, stunning blooms. They seem to be especially beautiful at dusk, it’s almost as if they light up!
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I have such fun with flowers. If I receive flowers I will take an ungodly amount of photos. I love experimenting with different backdrops. I’m partial to a dark background or a white background, each can be stunning in their own way depending upon the subject.
Aren’t these flowers just gorgeous? This photo was taken years ago while Fred and I were in San Francisco, CA. This is THE BUD STOP… wildly beautiful flowers! They’re located on Union Street right near Fillmore… Speaking of Fillmore Street… best place that we ate lunch… THE GROVE FILLMORE, I had done a previous post on this place, but it’s worth mentioning again!
Catch you back here tomorrow!
F L A S H B A C K
O N E Y E A R A G O… Majestic Crape Myrtle’s in Charleston, SC
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Walking around Monhegan you run across the most unexpected beautiful sights… butterflies everywhere, gorgeous sunsets, happy flowers, the sea and a bouquet every now and then appearing in a spot you just wouldn’t think to see one. It puts a smile on my face every single time.
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My post from one year ago… Featured Artist… Stuart Fullerton!
My post from two years ago… I accept this award… hee hee… and I pass it on!
HAPPY EASTER to you!
I thought this photo was fitting for today… it’s the dogwood tree in our front yard, here’s a little blip I found interesting (from a past post):
Many Christians consider the flowering dogwood’s showy cross-like inflorescences (“flowers”) to be religious symbols, due to their four white petal-like bracts bearing red dots on their tips; these trees are often in flower during the springtime Easter season in the Northern Hemisphere. Christian tradition claims the dogwood as the tree used to make the cross on which Jesus was crucified, and further, that dogwoods grew taller and broader until the 1st Century AD, making them suitable for use as crosses. In response to Jesus’s death on one, God permanently stunted the growth of the dogwood species to prevent them ever again being used for the same purpose. Today, very few dogwood specimens would provide sufficient wood to manufacture a cross by the primitive means of the 1st Century AD.
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