Filling the House with Blooms

On Sunday we made a stop at Trader Joe's and

they had little bundles of still closed daffodils.  I 

couldn't leave them, they looked so sad, like they

needed someone to take them home and help them

come to life.  When I got home I trimmed the ends

and put them in a pretty little moonstone hobnail

vase and today, a few days later, I woke up to this

sunny vision of Spring!

We also woke up to this ~ yep, another snow

storm (please, please, please let it be the last

of this season).

To get through the awful winter we have had

this year, I try to keep the house filled with the

happiness of blooms.  This is the beautiful plant

my publishing company sent to me on the day I

first saw my book.  It also was the day before I

was leaving for 2 weeks in Spain so I took it over 

to Gam and Trishie's house so they could enjoy the 

beauty.  Trish took such good care of it while I was

 away and she brought it back to my house when I 

returned.  It is still going strong and I hope to plant

it outside once it warms up.

One day last week Mr. Wonderful came home

with these beauties.  He said he knew I'd love

the color.  These flowers are Alstroemeria, also

know as Peruvian Lily or Lily of the Incas.  We

buy them all the time at the grocery store.  I 

have often heard people ridicule them since they 

are available from the grocery store.

I hope I never become so jaded that I 

could ridicule something as beautiful

as this.

Mr. Wonderful is off today and I woke up 

with the feeling that it was a good day for

antiquing.  Yesterday I spoke with my editor 

for my second book and we both thought 

things were moving along well so I was going

to give myself a day off (gasp!).  Sadly, Mr.

Wonderful is getting a cold and feeling a bit

punky, so we will be sitting by the fire and 

slurping some hot and sour soup ~ maybe

I'll order some seeds today.