First things first.
Happy Lunar New Year!
Welcome to the Year of the Horse.
I made several of these for a postcard swap.
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I've spent most of the icy days catching up on the television shows I've missed.
I'm now caught up with CASTLE.
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Speaking of icy - how about another Snowman?!
This little angel may be as tired of winter as the rest of us are.
I think she's helping them melt!
No artist listed but there was a suggested 1939 publishing date.
Thank you to Beth for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday.
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Do you have a favorite flower?
I love roses and daisies are such a happy flower.
But there is something about the iris.
It calls to me.
What is it about irises
in the garden
whether blue flag or yellow,
deep purple, white with red
why do they catch the attention, the imagination
more than lesser blooms?
A certain allure
that Georgia O'Keefe didn't taint
a beauty that draws you in to ponder and marvel on
a delicacy that is real
but a perennial that wears well
the seasons in New England too
bitter cold and short summers
whether in bog or flower bed.
~Raymond A Foss
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It's time for "Spring" baseball practice.
Even the umpires have to get their practice before the season starts.
The Owls will start the season in California against the Stanford Cardinal.
Go OWLS!
Thanks, Nancy!
Wishing YOU well and much joy!
30 comments:
Wow! I love the header you've created ... just too fun and a truly wonderful welcome!
At this time of year my favorite is the hyacinths which start to appear in the local grocery store floral departments. I have not purchased one yet but will next month. Love their sweet and heady scent :)
Exactly what I like about blogsville . . . when I least expect, I meet someone new and I feel delighted.
Love your horse....and a deep blue flag iris, the ones that are purple midnight blue are so gorgeous they do indeed make me overlook other florwers. xox
I like the fragrance from Iris...otherwise Japanese anemones and hostas. The first postcard is especially beautiful.
Happy Lunar New Year :-)
Love Castle one of my favourite show. I'm looking forward to seeing some more Spring flowers I love bluebells...
Happy Year of the Horse! I love irises too -- especially a single stalk in a small ikebana dish. They are truly exquisite.
Daisies are my favorite but I love the deep color of the purple iris. I never miss a Castle episode - he's one of my favorites.
I love purple flowers- that color just calls to me. It must be warm where you are...it was in the 20s yesterday, and now this morning a hot 46 degrees! Whoo- hoo...
It's always happy-making to visit your blog.
LOVE that horse . . lucky people who receive your art.
(Your profile??? EXCELLENT!!!)
I love your Year of the Horse card! You have such great style and creativity. :-)
Irises are special to me, too. I always think of a great-aunt who had a whole garden of them when I was a child. My mother and I would visit and walk up and down the rows, admiring the beauty. Good memories.
The irises are gorgeous. I'd have to my fave flower is Columbine.
Irises are such a feminine flower, lovely and delicate and the colors! All caught up with Castle...I watch that show sometimes.
Love the postcards ! We didn't have any snow yet to build a snowman !
Hopefully the start of baseball season means warmer weather will soon be following. I'm ready to see those snowmen melt away.
It is very hard for me to say what my favorite flower is for I love them all. I do know that I look forward most of all to the lilacs in the spring, for I love their scent. Roses are beautiful, iris and peonies are also at the top of the list, too. I can't decide!
Happy Friday to you!
Your postcards are wonderful! And I do love the scent given off my irises!
What a great blog header .... I love Victorian anything!
As for flowers ... I have a soft spot for daisies.
Have a great weekend.
Diane @ thoughts and shots
i should say there are no flowers i dislike. but if i had to pick - i would say my most fav are daisies. they look like they are smiling & are too cute. ( :
Your horse card is really cool looking.
Oh that little angle and those snowmen made me smile. I'm ready though for spring too.
I don't think I've every met a flower I didn't like. I just started growing Iris a couple of years ago, they are lovely.
I love carnations. They smell pretty and they are cheap. In the garden I love Poppies and coneflowers.
Your Year of the Horse postcard is wonderful! Anyone would be delighted to have one.
I love the little angel with the snowmen but to me the snowmen look a little menacing. No wonder she's melting them.
Purple Irises always remind me of the walkway to my grandmothers farmhouse, I would say Zinnias would be at the top of my list, as my grandmother also introduced me to them, and allowed me to plant a flower garden full of them.
Thank you for sharing.
Sue
A Happy Lunar New Year to you, also, Snap. Love your postcard.
I like Iris as well. I'm not sure what my favorite flower is...I think it changes with the seasons.
I like most flowers, but tulips and peonies are rather special to me.
I did hear that MLB spring practice starts in two weeks... a sign that spring is on the way. :)
Just realized it is the Chinese new year! We'll be making some pot stickers today and maybe a dragon or horse parade. And I love daisies.
Your post made me smile. I love the angel and snowmen. I used to have a favorite flower -- the daisy -- but now I love so many I can't decide. The purple iris are lovely!
I love all flowers and when spring hits and I spy anything pink, yellow, orange, green, purple...I get so very excited. LOVE all flowers!!!!!
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