Sunday, July 27, 2014
Tonight's picture was taken July on 23, 2008. This was the day Mattie was diagnosed with cancer. A day Peter and I will never forget. Our world was changed forever. That night we came home and Mattie asked if he could display Christmas lights on our deck. Now if cancer hadn't come into our lives, the most likely response would have been "NO!" But cancer put everything into perspective. So out came the lights and no matter how crazy it may have looked, we put up our displays. It brought cheer and color to our world. A world which had just collapsed around us. Though Mattie was only six years old, he was bright enough to know that great change and trouble were ahead.
Quote of the day: Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. ~ Khalil Gibran
When we visited Thomas Jefferson's Monticello this week, we bought a Butterfly flower plant in the gift stop. Thomas Jefferson cultivated so many different varieties of plants which is most likely why the gift shop features a whole garden area. In any case, it is no wonder that the butterfly plant caught my attention. These plants had all sorts of flying creatures around them! Particularly butterflies. I brought one home and planted it today next to the roses. We shall see when it blooms their lovely orange flowers if it attracts any monarch butterflies (which is what it is known to do!) in the city.
We spent the entire day at home trying to relax and we also tended to our garden. Though this outdoor space is small in comparison to some gardens, we have a lot growing on it. All sorts of herbs and tomatoes. You wouldn't believe how many cherry tomatoes Peter can harvest every week. At least a whole colander full. To me it is a special treat and with Mattie's fountains going, it is a very tranquil place to sit right in the middle of the city! You may notice a tall green plant right next to the table and chairs (the right hand corner of the photo). This is the butterfly white ginger lily plant we brought back with us from the Elizabethan Gardens in the Outer Banks. It seems to be thriving and in fact it looks like it could produce flowers in August as promised. The Gardens told us that when this Lily flowers, the fragrance is intoxicating. The verdict is still out!
Tonight's picture was taken July on 23, 2008. This was the day Mattie was diagnosed with cancer. A day Peter and I will never forget. Our world was changed forever. That night we came home and Mattie asked if he could display Christmas lights on our deck. Now if cancer hadn't come into our lives, the most likely response would have been "NO!" But cancer put everything into perspective. So out came the lights and no matter how crazy it may have looked, we put up our displays. It brought cheer and color to our world. A world which had just collapsed around us. Though Mattie was only six years old, he was bright enough to know that great change and trouble were ahead.
Quote of the day: Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. ~ Khalil Gibran
When we visited Thomas Jefferson's Monticello this week, we bought a Butterfly flower plant in the gift stop. Thomas Jefferson cultivated so many different varieties of plants which is most likely why the gift shop features a whole garden area. In any case, it is no wonder that the butterfly plant caught my attention. These plants had all sorts of flying creatures around them! Particularly butterflies. I brought one home and planted it today next to the roses. We shall see when it blooms their lovely orange flowers if it attracts any monarch butterflies (which is what it is known to do!) in the city.
We spent the entire day at home trying to relax and we also tended to our garden. Though this outdoor space is small in comparison to some gardens, we have a lot growing on it. All sorts of herbs and tomatoes. You wouldn't believe how many cherry tomatoes Peter can harvest every week. At least a whole colander full. To me it is a special treat and with Mattie's fountains going, it is a very tranquil place to sit right in the middle of the city! You may notice a tall green plant right next to the table and chairs (the right hand corner of the photo). This is the butterfly white ginger lily plant we brought back with us from the Elizabethan Gardens in the Outer Banks. It seems to be thriving and in fact it looks like it could produce flowers in August as promised. The Gardens told us that when this Lily flowers, the fragrance is intoxicating. The verdict is still out!
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