Tag: Flowers

So far… it looks Good

Yesterday I turned 42.

I had a good day. I spent it with my husband, son,siblings and their children. We used the opportunity of being together like this and called in a photographer to take some professional family portraits. I can’t wait till they are ready.

My friend Helen showed up and that topped up the day some more. I love seeing Helen.

Today was an amazing day. I’ve been in search for something new and I think I found it…today.

My sisters and I visited a friend of theirs, this friend has a small garden, she nurses plants and sells them off…but she keeps most of them. It started small, like a joke, and now she has over a hundred kind. The moment I walked into her space, I knew I wanted to have and care for one of them. I’ve never had a plant before.

Lately I’ve found myself so amazed by Derrick Knight’s garden. I think the universe is telling me that it’s time to get a plant.

For my birthday, my sister’s friend, Domitila, gave me three plants from her garden. I insisted on paying for the fourth.

I took a few photos of her garden to share.

I loved being there.

This is the trunk of the car just before we left.

42 isn’t going so bad, so far, it looks good.

Easy like Saturday morning

It is very unusual of me to be up at 7am on a Saturday morning. I usually sleep in till 9am. Saturdays are the only days that I can enjoy that luxury.

On Monday to Friday I am usually out of the house before 7:30am…and even though Sunday mornings are presumably easy, it’s not as easy as my Saturdays.

Ever since flowers began to show up this year, I have found myself admiring a lot of the wild ones I usually see on my way out in the mornings. Wild flowers are one of the reasons I long for my Nigerian spring.

Last Monday I decided that I would take a walk on Saturday to pick a few…and that’s why I was up at 7am.

I woke my son up to join me for the walk… He didn’t think he would like it. So I went alone.

It was a beautiful walk. I found different kind. A few looked like crocuses. They were everywhere and in different colours.

When I was done picking, I walked back quickly to put a bouquet together. I loved the outcome.

I’m sitting in my living room, looking at my bouquet and enjoying a cup of coffee while I write.

Oh…my son thinks I should have made him go for that walk. We have a date for next Saturday.