A visit with Amelia

So, yesterday I was on my way to Mom's when I saw Amelia, watering her flowers. I decided to stop by and visit. I got the garden tour, which was beautiful and inspiring. I was reminded of something very important during tht visit....Stop and smell the roses, sometimes, literally! It was such a refreshing visit. She gave me a beautiful plant, that I had already forgotten the name of before I got to Mom's, but I remember it now: Swedish Ivy! Mom and Sherri were quite jealous, so I told them about Amelia's, and to get their own! LOL. She gave me some starts of something else, but I can't remember what they are, except they are so pretty. It was a great visit. Remind me to do that more often.

The older I get, the more I appreciate flowers and plants. Maybe it is an appreciation of life, or maybe it is just the awesomeness of the ability to plant something with your own two hands and watch it grow. We give them water and an appropriate home, be it sun or shade, and they give us beauty in return.