Today was much better!

Hi Everyone! Today at work was much better, calmer and actually quiet. I was busy, busy, busy but most of the guys were not there and alot of the subcontractors were subcontracting and leaving me alone! I hope tomorrow is just as nice.

I just went over to Borders (Borders is right across the street from where I live) and I bought The Beekeeper's Apprentice for my mystery bookclub on 7/7. I don't know anything about it and I hope it is a good one. I was going to pick it up on my way home tomorrow night but then I saw a coupon for 25% off and it ended tonight. I hopped in the car and away I went!! It is very, very tempting for me to have a bookstore right across the street. I have been oh so good this year so far though!

Everyone have a lovely evening and thanks for all the lovely posts yesterday! You all are the greatest!!

Today was one of those days!!

Today I had a really trying day at work! I had 13 e-mails and 8 phone calls from the same person by 7:30 a.m.!! There was a problem at one of our projects and no one would pick up their phone but me and I got everything solved and calmed down by 8:15! Geesh, you would have thought the building was on fire, someone was hurt, something tragic had happened but no just someone not doing their job and someone else having to clean it up!

Jenny gave me this little blue creature as a joke for Mother's Day this year. Well guess what this is how I felt and I wondered at one point if I had held my breathe so long I had turned blue just like this little blue creature!!



After this lovely, lovely day I have decided I'm taking Friday off and I'm enjoying the day with my husband! Is it Friday yet! Time to look for a new job!!

2 Treasures over the weekend!

Over the weekend I went to an Antique Center in Waxhaw, NC not too far from my house. I was suppose to be looking for items for a Very Vintage Summer Swap that I'm doing. Well I did buy something for my Swap partner but I also bought this darling little green depression glass jar for me! I know, I know focus Sherri focus, but I couldn't resist!!



I also had to go to Michaels and get some cotton yarn and while I was there I had to peruse all the aisles I was interested in. Look at this cute little garden tray. Well I don't really think it qualifies for a tray but it is similar to a little catchall I used to have when we lived on our farm in NJ. This is so cute! I put it on the ledge between my kitchen and the living room. I put 2 ivy plants one at each end of the catchall and now I have to decide what to put in the 2 middle compartments-oohhhhh do I hear another shopping trip!!!!



I had a really great weekend!

Mother Nature's Wonders

I have always been fascinated by Mother Nature's way of spiraling flowers. When flowers open they usually unfurl in a spiral motion and open. I love watching time-lapsed photography of a flower opening it is so interesting! I used to watch The Wonderful World of Disney when I was small (yes I'm dating myself) and in the opening shots there was a flower that would open really quickly. My Nana always planted Moon Vine plants in a flower pot by her porch. I would wait for her call (she usually lived nearby so I could run to her house)that the moon vine was opening. You could actually see the plant start to shake and very, very slowly you could see it opening. I didn't care how many mosquito bites I got I would stand there with Nana for hours and watch her plant unfurl and show it's snowy white bloom to us! I have tried to grow Moon vines when we lived in the North and they never germinated or they were spindly. Next year I have decided I'm going to try again.

Here are some photos of spiral flowers and one of a moon vine I found on the internet-enjoy nature's splendor:


Here is a lovely picture of a moon vine blossom.


Here is a lovely example of spiraling flowers-this beautiful pink camellia.


I have recently found out about this spiral aloe plant. There is a vendor on etsy.com that sells these plants from time to time and someday I'm going to order one!


I love the creamy, buttery color of this flower-just gorgeous!


This photographer did an amazing job with this picture. The colors are spectacular and what a wonderful spiral specimen.


This purple flower is just ready to open. I would have loved to see this one in time-lapsed photography.


Roses have always been special to me. I love rosebuds and have painted them over the years, I've created roses in stained glass and I grow them in my garden and take numerous pictures of them. This one is a beauty.


This little hibiscus is beautiful and I love the color.

I hope you've enjoyed looking at nature in a different way. My Nana had taught me so many things about gardening and looking at flowers the way they grow and not just for their beauty was one of them. Miss and love you Nana!

TGIF!!

It has been an extremely long week (even though technically it has been a 4-day work week due to the Memorial Day long weekend). I have had to cram 5-6 days worth of work into 4, which is not an easy task! I was looking at the hgtv.com website and I saw this lovely picture! This would be my ultimate Friday place to be! Really any day of the week would be nice. Everyone have a good one! The weekend is arriving soon!

It's a daylily day!

Today when I was leaving for work I noticed some of my favorite daylilies were starting to bloom! I hoped that when I got home tonight it wouldn't be raining so I could snap some pictures of them. Well I was in luck and here are some pictures of them!


I think this one is called Russian Rhapsody. I love the dusky pink outside and the deep colored "eye" of this daylily.


Here's a closeup of the same daylily.

There is a story with this daylily. I bought this daylily when I lived in NJ. I brought it to Charlotte with me when I moved. When we moved from our house 1 yr. ago to this townhouse I potted this plant up and brought it with me again. The name of this daylily is Lake Norman Sunset. When I lived in NJ I had never heard of Lake Norman but I loved the different "sunset" colors in it. Well when I moved to Charlotte I realized there is a big lake just to the North of Charlotte called Lake Norman. Maybe a little birdie knew I would be moving near Lake Norman all along and urged me to purchase this beautiful daylily!!


Lake Norman Daylily

This isn't a daylily but it is my oriental lily. I thought it just looked so pretty today so I thought I would share it with everyone!



Hope you enjoyed seeing what is out in my garden right now! Over the weekend I'll be taking a few more pictures of some other plants. My lamb's ear plants are doing just wonderful right now. I use them when I take my jewelry pictures for my etsy site.

By the way I have added 5 new earrings on my site-take a look!

Here are some more Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Pictures

Here are a few more pictures of the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden John and I went to on Saturday. We have been there before but every time we go we see so many different things than the time before.


Close to the beginning of the gardens there was this very colorful plant. I don't have any idea what it is put it was very vibrant!


In the Orchid Conservatory there is this orchid water wall. It is absolutely gorgeous!! There are so many different orchid on this wall and they were all gorgeous!


This airplant archway is really wonderful. There are actually 3 airplant archways. You can see the lavendar frosted glass statute too.


In the Orchid Conservatory building this frosted glass statute is in there. It is so beautiful!


While we were looking at beautiful orchid this thorny trunked tree was in one section. The tree wasn't labeled but I wouldn't want to rub up against this tree!


Along the path there were cute little zinnias. I loved this hot pink one.


The Japanese Iris were still blooming despite the heat. I loved this one.


Hydrangeas are always gorgeous and this one didn't disappoint.


While we were walking through a section of the garden there was this bench with the little bunny statue on it. How cute!


Here is the bench again with books also. You could tell these books had been left outside for a little while-they were waterstained, curled and absolutely wonderful. I loved this display.

Hope you enjoyed some more of the Botanical Garden. I will be going there on June 13th for a World-Wide Knit-In. There will be presentations, lessons, plant-dyed yarns, yarns made from bamboo, cornstarch and even milk!! I'll let y'all know how it is!