The Casual Perfectionist » Flowers http://thecasualperfectionist.com Mon, 21 May 2012 22:21:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rose Colored Glasses http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2012/05/rose-colored-glasses/ http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2012/05/rose-colored-glasses/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 22:21:10 +0000 JoAnn http://thecasualperfectionist.com/?p=6283 Claire got new glasses!

Her eyes keep getting better, which is great news!  …almost as good as the news that we can go back to having exams only once a year now!  ;)

This time, she chose glasses that just happen to match our roses…

Coincidence?

 

]]> http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2012/05/rose-colored-glasses/feed/ 0 I can’t stop taking pictures of the Iris! http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2012/05/i-cant-stop-taking-pictures-of-the-iris/ http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2012/05/i-cant-stop-taking-pictures-of-the-iris/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 18:51:17 +0000 JoAnn http://thecasualperfectionist.com/?p=6260 I can’t stop taking pictures of the Iris!  If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you know I’ve been posting pictures of the Iris *almost* in bloom.

Well, look what happened today!

Claire and I checked to see if it had bloomed before I took her to school. It hadn’t. I checked on it again half an hour later, and it had! Amazing!!

Here is a link to the brand new Iris, just opened.

There are more buds just ready to burst.

I love May.

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Our neighbors have a wonderfully huge lilac in their backyard. We have a knot-hole in our fence.

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"Mom, let's take pictures of the beautiful buds & put them online!"

]]> http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2012/03/the-modern-day-equivalent-of-stopping-to-smell-the-roses/feed/ 0 The Iris is Blooming! http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2011/05/the-iris-is-blooming/ http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2011/05/the-iris-is-blooming/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 21:30:57 +0000 JoAnn http://thecasualperfectionist.com/?p=5632 You know what this means…

Someone’s Half-Birthday is just around the corner!

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The olive is in bloom!  Claire and I went outside to investigate, and the fragrance is intoxicating.  You can hear the bees buzzing as they busily work.  We had fun taking pictures with Eva of this beautiful moment.  (This photo hasn’t been edited…just uploaded directly from Eva.)

What a fantastic surprise!

]]> http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2011/04/olive-in-bloom/feed/ 1 The eternal struggle isn’t between man and weed. http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2010/05/the-eternal-struggle-isnt-between-man-and-weed/ http://thecasualperfectionist.com/2010/05/the-eternal-struggle-isnt-between-man-and-weed/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 15:42:15 +0000 JoAnn http://thecasualperfectionist.com/?p=4892 Looking out into the backyard:

Daddy: Ugh! Look at all those weeds!

Claire: Where?  …Between the dandelions?

The eternal struggle isn’t between man and weed…it’s between Daddy’s definition of weed and Claire’s definition of the most beautiful flower rivaled only by the rose.

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In other news…

We use our shot glasses for little impromptu bouquets now. My, my, my how times have changed. :)

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Every year, we wait for it. We wait for the explosion of color. Every year, we gasp when we see it, never fully expecting it.

Yesterday, Claire and I spotted it from the kitchen window at exactly the same moment, so we took Glenda out to check it out.

It’s breathtaking.
It’s intense.
It’s magical.
It’s almost too beautiful to be real.

But, it is.
And, it’s back.

I love it!

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