"I have loved flowers that fade..."

Ah, best made plans...I was so determined to get painting and sewing and creating with the onset of the New Year, but Duke has been pulling me in other directions, so I have to tell myself “All in good time!” You know how that is!

Still, I did come home Thursday and put all the Christmas things away for another year.

Today is my son Eric’s 32^nd birthday, and so, of course, I will have him on my mind all day long. He was born in 1977, the night we moved, in a snowstorm, on Superbowl Sunday. He surprised me that night, and he’s surprised and delighted me ever since. Happiest of Birthdays, Eric! I love you!

We had flowers in a vase on our table for two weeks, and they’ve lasted beautifully, but today, I decided, after cutting them down and putting them into my favorite vase for one last hurrah, that it’s time to say they’ve graced us long enough. I sketched this of them and now I will say good bye to them.

Have a wonderful weekend, all!

I have loved flowers that fade,
Within whose magic tents
Rich hues have marriage made
With sweet unmemoried scents...

(from “I have loved flowers that fade” by Robert Bridges)