April showers bring May flowers!! Repeating that verse helps me to cope with the rain today! I am sooo tired of rain, especially after being rained out on my last day of my Crossroads festival.
Thinking about flowers though...Jerry is threatening to remove the last of my roses -sad face. He found a Japanese beetle already and he hates Japanese beetles! Oh my. I love roses. I mean I REALLY love roses. I love rose bushes, rose bouquets, just the actual flowers, rose pictures, rose paintings, and rose influenced fabric...you will see my love of roses reflected in some of my art quilts (one of them is shown above).
I love Gardenias too. I think that my love for Gardenias is partly due to childhood memories! One of my coziest safest childhood memory is of taking a nap on mom's cool bed linens (which, as I mentioned earlier, she made and matched the drapes). Mom had Dad plant huge Gardenia plants right outside her bedroom window. On cool, breezy days the Gardenia fragrance wafted through the window, bathing the entire house with the lovely sweet smell. I can almost smell it now.
So, of course, as soon as Jerry and I bought our house the first plant we planted, right outside my bedroom, were Gardenia plants. We have sliding doors so not only can I smell the Gardenias but, I can see them. They are beautiful in full bloom (see above). Gardenias have white petals with a lovely dark green leaf and are one of the most fragrant flowers..
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