I was listening to the song Mushaboom. (I love that song.) The first verse talks about lilacs and buttercups, and I thought "Oh, I miss lilacs."
Then my thoughts went back to when I was 8 years old.
I loved lilacs as a little girl. We had several bushes around our backyard, and we use to pick them and cover our trampoline with the blossoms. We would jump, land on our backs and laugh as the blossoms flew into the air.
That same back yard had sweet peas climbing and entire length of one side of the yard. I would pick handfuls for my dolls. Their smell is one of the sweetest scents. I want to smell it again...I wonder if sweet peas will do well here. Time to google.
Then I started to think of favorite flowers through out my life.
Peach Roses.
My sister loved the color peach and I adore her, and my first "boy friend" gave me a dozen peach roses on Valentine's day. I was only in 6th grade----he had a paper route. =)
Fuschia.
My Dad bought my Mom a hanging fuschia plant every mother's day. I loved that. What a happy memory. They are amazing..and I now I need to get my hands on one so I can photograph it with my macro!
African Violets.
My Mom had many many African Violets. This memory makes me teary. I can picture her changing the water and snipping off old leaves and blooms. She had so many, and loved taking care of them. She bought me one in Oregon. I didn't get to bring it with me here to Maryland. I also left behind my herb garden, and that still makes me sad.
Hyacinths.
One of my favorites still. The smell is intoxicating...and the thought is really making me miss spring right now.
Massive amount of Tulips and Roses.
The Tulip Festival and the Rose Garden in Oregon are two of my favorite places on this earth.
Camellia and crocus.
Another Oregon memory. Our Camellia bush was giant! The blooms were are big as the palm your hand. One year I took a photograph of the purple crocus blooming under that bush on my birthday. Feb. 11th and there were flowers blooming. Crazy.
Cherry Blossoms.
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a little cherry blossom crazy. I adore them.
Purple Roses.
I carried these on my wedding day. A beautiful bouquet with stephanotis with pearls in their centers. Lincoln bought me some purple roses the other day. Looking at them sparks the most wonderful memories.
Ah.....Flowers. Now listen to
this, another of my favorites right now.
Go away snow.
(This thought process helped me get through folding 6 loads of laundry.)
(I you made it through all of that...I'd love to hear your favorites.)
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We went to the Science Center today. It was dreamy. The girls were so good. It was not too busy. We had to sneak into the pitch-black planetarium a few minutes late, and then I had a moment of bliss that lasted the entire show. Natalia loved the show, and her comments where so delightful that I didn't shush her.