"If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." Mother Teresa
If you want to feel better...cook up a storm then spend 5 hours with your grown children. Our boys had so much to offer last night that comforted my soul.
Bessie's needles are getting more and more yellow.
Joan and Dean planted a Dawn Redwood tree in their yard in Lexington. The Dawn Redwood is another deciduous conifer that drops its needles in the fall. That's new information for me. Joan said the needles are soft like the hackmatack and they likely went straight to brown this year because of the lack of rain.
If you didn't know better...you would think this tree is dying....but Joan knows better. I'm hoping to see some photos of it in the spring when the new needles appear.
My first Christmas cactus bloom is wide open...and so beautiful.
Bessie! Seeing the photo you posted a few days ago prompted me to visit a friend of mine who has a hackmatack in her backyard—needles yellowing and dropping : )
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE that you, Paul, and your boys had those hours together last evening. A gift beyond measure as you took comfort in each other's company in your shared personal season of grief.
I love thinking about you having a hackmatack tree to visit. They are one of Mother Nature's quirky gifts!
DeleteAnd yes....time with the boys was "a gift beyond measure."
Nothing replenishes my spirit more than seeing my two sons. They make me laugh, they make me think, they make me see the world differently, and yes, sometimes they make me crazy. But the time spent with them is always the best. Hugs-
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It makes me smile Kathy, knowing we have some common ground...including both having two sons. So yes....you do know! And that brings me joy.
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