FROM MY GARDEN

Very early this morning I cut an armful of Casa Blanca lilies.   Their heady fragrance intoxicates me.  I take my cafe au lait, my favorite French  home decor magazine CAMPAGNE,   and curl up in the love seat.  The morning sun is warm on my  shoulders.  I plan my day.   It’s gorgeous, titan-haired daughter-in-law Andrea’s birthday.    A perfect day for a picnic by the ocean.     A birthday is a glorious event you share with those you love.  A birthday is a red-letter day for the birthday girl.  A birthday  is present packed, card filled.  A day of reflection and looking forward.  A birthday is a many splendid thing.

Happy birthday Sweet Andrea!!!

CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE FIELD.

I’ve made my cafe au lait .  Poured a cup and taken it out into the garden.  My Casa Blanca lilies are in bloom.  Their heady fragrance fills the air, fills my soul,   raises my spirit.

“Consider the lilies of the field.  How they grow.  They never toil nor spin.  Even Solomon in all is glory was not arrayed like one of these.

The early morning mist drifts across the fields.  I sip my coffee and linger in the garden.

My garden feeds not just my soul ….

I admire a Japanese eggplant’s  delicate, purple flowers and discover … produce!  Tonight we dine on eggplant.

Photographs taken, with much joy,  at 7:00 am  August 12, 2011.  Shared with my friends an hour later.