I'm playing outside today with a new toy (of course, I'll show you more on that soon). While out there I decided to really enjoy myself and cut a bundle of roses and lemons from the garden and put them in a $10.00 jar from the flea market. It felt so indulgent, cutting them to make my creative time more pleasant...just for me. Isn't that silly? Cutting and arranging them is happy making itself! How could I have forgotten that?
It's the simple things in life, right? I'm determined to see that and work on living that more and more. For the holiday weekend, we went to Palm Desert with friends. On the last night,
after the nightly game of flashlight tag on the golf course (where I was most often "it"-or should have been, but they took pity on me- due to the fact that I was afraid to run full speed for the "safe" lantern on a hilly golf course in the dark...am I getting old, or is the back surgery too prevalent in my mind? Probably a bit of both), we all lay down on the grass looking up at the stars. After a few of the kids said they saw shooting stars (all at different times), and there were doubters among us, I said, "I hope we all see a shooting start that is undeniable go across the sky". Right then, and I mean right when I finished saying that, we did! It was thrilling! We all shouted at the same time, struck by the magic moment. My girlfriend said I literally kicked my legs back and forth in the air. Now, I'm not sure about that, but I do know that moment, the excitement we all felt and shared together, will bring me happiness for years. Joy, it's as simple as seeing a shooting star with some loved ones.
Your roses are just beautiful. Lucky you to be able to just walk out in your yard and treat yourself to a bouquet!! And laying on the ground looking for shooting stars--who could ask for anything more!!
Posted by: Janet Ghio | June 01, 2010 at 04:10 PM
What a sweet story. I wonder if that was your wish (seeing the star at the same time) or if you got to have another one when you saw it? I bet you got another one.
Have a lovely week.
cari b.
Posted by: Cari B. | June 01, 2010 at 04:17 PM
aaaahhhhhhh :) Sweet JOY! Thanks Pam!
Posted by: Cherie Wilson | June 01, 2010 at 04:19 PM
Hi I got my package today. THANKS so much. Love it all. My first win is a great one!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, Stanna
Posted by: shabbyloft@aol.com | June 01, 2010 at 05:00 PM
oh i love that! it's so true, shooting stars always seem to happen at just the right time...
Posted by: cori | June 01, 2010 at 05:12 PM
That is a great story and I would have been very excited too! Your roses and lemons are just GORGEOUS!
Posted by: Tanya | June 01, 2010 at 06:32 PM
Pam, your roses and lemons are absolutely gorgeous!! I LOVE your line about "happy making itself".
Posted by: Kari | June 01, 2010 at 07:11 PM
What a great post... and cutting a bunch of roses and lemons to arrange for yourself is certainly not silly! It is one of those simple things that brings a smile to your face and joy to your heart... and when you share it... you spread that joy. I try to put at least one flower on my desk at the beginning of each week. Sometimes it's a bunch of wildflowers, sometimes a hand picked flower (from my garden, a landscaped area or parking lot or the roadside... today it was a fuschia colored Crepe Myrtle bloom from the Target parking lot... shhhh) or a store bought bouquet! Then I take a picture of them with my phone and send it to friends.
Posted by: Dianne | June 01, 2010 at 07:24 PM
What a good story. I love it when that kind of thing happens! I was just thinking tonight about your flower journals from way back when (I was looking at my roses to see if there was an inkling of hope for a bloom...not yet..) and hoping you would post something about your fab roses soon, and viola! Thanks for that~
Posted by: susiebelle | June 01, 2010 at 08:37 PM
Pam,
Those roses look like the old fashioned kind. Please tell me that they are fragrant like the old style too.
Talk about leaping for joy! What a great pic! Sounds like an ideal weekend. What great memories for a memorial weekend.
Suzan
Posted by: Suzan | June 01, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Oh my...the roses are just stunning...one can almost smell them!! I love shooting stars...they'll bring you luck!
Posted by: Fulvia | June 02, 2010 at 05:56 AM
Ooohh! Those roses and lemons look so beautiful in the old jar and they remind me of my grandma who used rosewater-glycerin soap to wash her face and her hugs and kisses always smelled of roses.... How wonderful to see a shooting star together. You're right... it is all about the little things and family or friends is everything.
Posted by: Lorelei | June 02, 2010 at 06:10 AM
amazing!!!
Posted by: joei | June 02, 2010 at 06:28 AM
A wonderful way to add sweetness to your day...you're worth it! I can smell the roses from here! M-m-m! :o)
Posted by: Shyra Nelson | June 02, 2010 at 09:12 AM
Loved that story! and those flowers...gorgeous.
Posted by: mary | June 02, 2010 at 10:46 AM
lovely, just really lovely Pam
Posted by: Kas | June 02, 2010 at 06:13 PM
Sometimes when I know it is a special moment like that- I will try to stop and think to myself.. "you will always remember this time"
Posted by: Melony Bradley | June 02, 2010 at 06:21 PM
Such a wonderful story. Thanks for that. I was needing a bit of cheering.
Posted by: cerri | June 03, 2010 at 12:03 AM
those roses are BEAUTIFUL!!
this is SO true:
>Joy, it's as simple as seeing a shooting >star with some loved ones.
thank you for all that you share!!
Posted by: maryann | June 03, 2010 at 02:17 AM