Monday, May 20, 2013

Today

Today

Miss Addie
is
proudly doing her job
of
looking pretty and making me smile.



Today I am smiling with these begonias that whispered to me
when
they were tiny cuttings from a friend"s
garden
"We will be beautiful. "


 Today I think the zinnias are putting on a show for me.
Someone
 must have told them they are my favorite flower
and
my summer doesn't start until they show their pretty faces.


Today I picked green beans
and
I think tonight and maybe tomorrow night 
too
green bean and new potatoes
in
a light lemon sauce
will 
make me very happy indeed.


Today happy flowers are blooming in my bottle garden.
They make me smile
even
though I did not plant them
and
they take up too much room .
I
find them irresistible.



Today I have been
thinking
I hope Miss Addie does not have fleas
because
someone I know
does!!



Today I sang "My Dog Has Fleas " to Alfie
as
I bathed him in an old tin tub with flea shampoo
and
welcomed summer into by heart and garden.

Smiles,

Dottie


I am linking to A Favorite Thing.

18 comments:

  1. Oh! Sorry about the fleas, but like you seem to be, you put a nice spin on it as you chatted with Miss Addie, who looks lovely by the way. Enjoy your garden ... ours is on the way! Your mom looks beautiful. Enjoy your times with her. I know you are grateful. I missed my mom on Mother's day -- and every day as it's still fresh in my heart,

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  2. We've had some much needed rain today and that's been good, too. Sweet hugs to you my friend!

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  3. Oh the zinnias are so happy! I wish I had enough sun for them. Everything is lovely.....well maybe not the fleas. Enjoy you week. Bonnie

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  4. Wow your garden is really coming along. We're just getting started here. You have very well dressed scarecrows!

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  5. How wonderful that your garden is ready to harvest! We had intended to plant one this year - but life got in the way. Enjoy those fresh veggies!

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  6. Lovely garden with Miss Addie adding her serene beauty. Wonderful blooms and veggies. What a nuisance fleas are!

    Have a wonderful week ~ FlowerLady

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  7. oh no.. a flea bath! : ) Your flowers look amazing! We won't see Zinnia's around here until late August. I am waiting for my hydrangias.. they are close! Have a great week.

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  8. Beans already? Mine are two inches high. Love the scarecrow. I haven't done one in years. I always used to have a scarecrow in a formal by the garden.

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  9. This morning when I saw you glamourous Miss Addie I went back and added your link to my latest post...she is just too elegant and I thought she should be shared with as many people as possible. Have a happy day!

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  10. You sound like an optimistic person; I hope the fleas enjoyed your song! :)
    The produce from your garden looks and sounds delicious.
    -Karen

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  11. Love this post Dottie, I can hear the happiness and contentment in it. And who else would have such a lovely "watcher of the garden" as Miss Addie?! No one. :)

    What is the yellow flower in bottle tree garden? I love it, looks like a coneflower???

    Yum! Your salad sounds so good.

    Wishing you and Alfie a lovely holiday weekend!

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  12. Miss Addie is so adorable I just want to give her a big hug! Your garden is so far ahead of ours in Idaho. It's been a strange spring here. Can't wait to get down to Texas to start gardening there. Have a great weekend and enjoy your beautiful zinnias!

    Big Hugs,
    Susan and Bentley

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  13. As I have said before, I love your Miss Addie! I want to make my own version "Miss Addie"! How does she handle the rain?
    Blessings from Still Woods Farmhouse

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  14. Oh Dottie what a lovely post........I felt like I was walking through your garden and that is one of my favorite things to do. I love Miss Addie
    that is my very next project! Thank you for dropping by My Ordinary Country Life and leaving me a comment.....it makes me smile...:)
    I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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  15. Summer must be wonderful. :-) Hope the fleas are gone. Regula

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  16. A beautiful post, Miss Dottie. Love Addie and your sweet doggie, poor thing. Fleas are so pesky! Your recipe for string beans and potatoes in lemon sauce sound so good, hope you will have a chance to post it. xo

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  17. How pretty Miss Addie looks!
    Green beans from the garden sound marvelous...they are one of my favourite veggies!
    I can understand why you are so in love with your blooms..they are lovely!
    So happy you are enjoying the weather and all the blessings of the season!
    Hugs xo

    All my heart,
    Deborah xoxoxoxo

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  18. Such lovely images of your garden, Dottie. And Miss Addie is looking particularly fetching. Wishing you sunny garden days ahead.

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