'Bloomfuls' of Blessings!

Good Morning, or whatever is the best greeting to you, in your part of the world!

We were glad to see our bed last night; as the wonderful fresh air from the day and the past few 'gardening days' was a soothing factor, condusive to a sound tidbitz sleep. This morning, the weather is an 'iffy' mixture of rain, clouds, sun, blue skies, a chilly wind, and a chilly 50 degrees Fahrenheit. We were Blessed with the weekend mix; just as we were with planting colourful mixes of easy care, yet lovely flowers.

Wrote yesterday a bittidz about my Dad and how he loved 'tending to his garden' (particularly to his roses). That was his solace, his safe retreat, his quiet time to recharge, to refocus, and to reinforce his thoughts and effectively direct his energies. I thought perhaps, as in 'tending to a garden', how do we attend / 'tend to our daily lives?'. Do we offer respect to others, as well as to ourselves, TLC (tender loving care), encouragement, particularly to those less fortunate than ourselves, and so forth. Even a gentle smile, a kind word, a 'generosity of spirit' deed or action, towards all you come into daily contact with?

Interestingly enough, we had a weekend where we had a fair amount of 'interaction' with various neighbours; and it was heartwarming. 'Do unto others, as you would have others do unto you'. ie Our next door neighbour complimenting us on our garden flowers, giving us a jar of fresh homemade marmalade, and other 'passer byers' admiring our front tid patio. We enjoyed a genuine exchange of garden banter; you can refer to my two recent posts for a bit of tidbitz. One of our neighbours made the comment that I was the 'farmer's wife'; inasmuch as I appeared to be 'rooted' in the same spot, dressed in the same garb (with holes) as the day before. I was adding the Orange Trailing Mimulus and the Fuchsia Begonia to our two hanging baskets, that I had previously put together. We laughed; and he is just as joyful as we are in eagerly anticipating the growth of all the wondrous plants and flowers! Forgot to mention, that certain types of impatients attract hummingbirds; I think that is a great Blessing too!

The photo image is of the elegant Queen Elizabeth Pink climing rose. It is gorgeous; and that was one of my Dad's favourite types of roses. You can refer to posts of April 30th for 2007, 2008, & 2009, if you wish a tid of bittidz. We are looking forward to nuturing the two roses to gentle fruition, as they provide such simple beauty outdoors, as well as indoors.

To recap, it was Queen Victoria's Birthday; Victoria Day being yesterday. Also, May 17th, is the Norwegian Day to celebrate their National Holiday. You can refer to my two posts of May 17/07, & of May 17/08 for a bittid of tidbit, if that is of interest to you.

Hope to be back later with some more tidbits. We have some business bittids to attend to in the next short bit; however, we feel refreshed and our batteries have been recharged by our weekend journey into the garden; now less of a jungle! LOL!

Peace and God Bless.