My sister, Deb came to visit family this week...staying with each of her Iowa sisters for 1-2 days and is currently visiting Mom and Maynard. What a wonderful time for all of us. Thank you, Deb for making the effort to come see us. You're so faithful.
We enjoyed homemade blueberry muffins...but the best part was pulling out the cups and saucers and a single dinner plate from Grandma Rachel's wedding china, and sipping hot flavored coffee from those delicate cups.
It tastes so much sweeter from Grandma's cups. Felt like we were having a girls' tea party.
This was supper cooking on the grill...although the red peppers look orange in this photo. Supper included the peppers, sliced yams, fresh green beans almondine, corn-on-the-cob (not good. Must not have been Iowa corn as it's too early in the season), bacon-wrapped sirloin steaks. Good old Iowa meal. (you see only 2 steaks on the grill...that's because Deb wanted hers med rare)
Then Deb and I took floral photos...
This is the underside of the pink columbine pictured further down.
Grandma Widmer's Siberian iris...generations of it passed on to descendants and friends of descendants. The sharing continues...
This is the columbine as we see it. The real beauty is hidden underneath and one has to look for it. It made me ponder how this is a spiritual picture....I think sometimes we, as believers hide our glory, the real beauty that God wants to reflect in us to the world. But we lose confidence, and fears and doubts creep in at times and we choose once again, to believe in self and to take the control back. The real beauty cowers until we choose to once again believe that with God nothing is impossible...and we choose to let Him be reflected in us and get ourselves out of the way. I don't want to be a columbine, but it happens sometimes...all too often.
Deb and I found this bleeding heart on our walk. We'd never seen this hybrid before.
Of course, Kevin drove by on his way home from work as we were taking pics of a neighbor's flowers. Silly boy :o)
7 comments:
Good update, Mom. Your 'dinner' looked great. Now go straighten the left-most picture over your canapé (ie; couch/sofa) ;)
Oh, I knew I should have commented on the blog that the pictures above the couch may look crooked, but in fact they are straight! But I thought that was minor and would detract from the picture. I should just go with my instinct.
how ironic-the same day i post a picture on my blog of you taking pictures of flowers, you post lots of pictures of flowers! :) i hope our faithful readers take note.
You are so ornery, Julie! But I still love you ;o)
What a treat! My sisters AND I pictures of your framed pictures. Sure hope you three (you, M, and L) are enjoying Deb. Maybe I'll get her later this summer. Hey, I can dream...
I hope you guys are staying dry.
Siberian Iris, huh? I think I'm one of the members of the lucky generations to receive some of those! They are absolutely gorgeous. Mine have already bloomed and are gone long ago. Great pictures of my two lovely aunts. (not my ONLY lovely aunts, just two of them!) Love, Keely
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