Trivia Monday

Willow Tree

Willow bark, which provides the salicylic acid from which aspirin was originally synthesized, has been used as a pain remedy ever since the Greeks discovered its therapeutic power nearly 2,500 years ago.

Early Easter Visit

Memaw I need a drink too.

no you can't pull the flower just smell

I want to pull it. Bryson memaw loves you.

Me when I was a baby and my mother and daddy

What Then?

Shall we sit idly down and say

Thy night hath come; it is no longer day?

Yet as the evening twilight fades away

The sky is filled with stars, invisible to day.

Why art thou cast down? Hope Thou in God! for I shall yet praise Him.

Mrs. Charles E. Cowman From Streams In The Desert

Morning walk in garden

This is the Anise, I hope it likes the spot we picked for it.

The camellia

Wave and sweet jenny's

African Daisy, I love the blue centers

Butterfly Weed will be orange when it opens.

Had to put Rosemary in

I am so pleased everything looks happy and growing.

Picked up two more

This is a Dr. Ruppel Clematis, hope it will look good up the brick wall.

This is Astra African Daisy, it will change colors now it is pink with blue centers.

Why Blog?

Keeping memories alive is a big reason.This Australian native Olive Riley was still blogging at 107 years of age, sharing over a century's worth of stories and experiences. She passed away last year at age 108,but her family and friends continue to cherish the wisdom and history she shared over the years-and now her blog is available for anyone who wants to take a look at http://www.allaboutolive.com.au./2007/02/28/olives-third-post/

Art?

Over the years people have given me garden art. My son gave me this and Mrs. Cow needs a paint job. A friend in Texas made the black cat with blue marble eye's.

This flower got painted to.
Well that was fun.