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Wisteria flowers are blooming

by Mary Anne

For the past couple of weeks I have been on the lookout for wisteria flowers being in bloom. I couldn’t remember exactly when they would start blooming. Today I noticed a lot of wisterias in bloom – it seems as if one day there was no sign of them, and now suddenly they look like they are in full bloom! When I was a kid, I don’t think that I noticed wisterias at all – but then again if it was not in my own back yard, I just didn’t notice it! Most of my adult life was spent in New England, and to be perfectly honest I don’t remember seeing any of them up there, either. But ever since we moved here, I am constantly aware of all of the beautiful bright blooming flowers, and I have to say that the wisteria flowers have a feeling of romance that no other blossom can compete with.

Just now I was realizing that as much as I’ve been admiring the blossoms, I don’t think I have ever smelled the fragrance of a wisteria. I’m going to have to rectify that soon! I hope that they smell yummy!


Flowers online

by Mary Anne

Have you ever had the occasion to buy flower online? The first time I did that was last September when I found out that my mother was in the hospital. She had been having chest pains and went to the emergency room. They found some blood clots in her lungs and admitted her. The pumped her full of blood thinner and kept her there for several days.

When I found out that she was in the hospital I wanted to go right away and visit with her, and be her patient advocate but she is a proud and stubborn woman and refused to allow anyone to come be with her.So I went online and arranged to send flowers with a “Get well soon” balloon attached to her room. I called her on the telephone every day to let her know that I was concerned about her and to just try to keep her cheered up a little bit.

Being alone in a hospital room can get very depressing; I wanted to keep her spirits up. She acted like she really didn’t want anyone to care, but everyone in the family was quite concerned about her health. She is getting on in years and we all know that she won’t be here forever. Blood clots in the lungs can be a very serious thing.


Tom Kincaid paintings

by Mary Anne

My sister in law loves Tom Kincaid paintings. She is convinced that they are a good investment, and has spent a small fortune buying them. I’ve noticed that most of the paintings that she has that bear his signature are of old English-style cottages with window boxes that are overflowing with some kind of cascading plant. I can’t really see the detail of the flower boxes very closely to be able to tell for sure if the plant is a trailing petunia or a creeping garden phlox, or even cascading rose buds, but I do have to admit that having that
windowbox full of flowers on the painting adds a lot of charm to the painting.

One thing worries me, though. If I recall correctly I saw a special about the Tom Kincaid dynasty and I worry that my sister is over-valuing her collection. Sure, they are limited editions, but there are thousands of them out there. Not quite as valuable as if the limited edition only had less than a dozen. I guess only time will tell, and for now she is just as happy as a pig in mud with her collection, so who am I to rain on her parade? As a famous advice columnist advises from time to time “MYOB.”


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