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Leaves Within Leaves

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It occurred to me as we walked through the garden that I don’t pay much attention to the greens … the leaves, the grass. The flowers are always the main attraction, with their colours and their beauty. I look at leaves and appreciate their beauty as well. But I don’t focus on them as much.

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This year, I decided that I would pay more attention to them.  And discover this design of a leaf within a leaf.   And these colourful bed of leaves.

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So have a second look at leaves.  They’re beautiful in their own way too.

Saving Up for KD’s

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Justin saved up to get these …

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He excitedly showed them to me when I got home from work, and pointed out the ‘cool’ features.

Haven’t even heard of these – KD 5 Hulk?  Something like that.  There’s so many new shoes out there, I’m told by the boys.  These are the latest fads, I guess.  Hubby says that they’re basketball shoes, and they don’t even use them to play basketball.  I only heard the full story today …

After saving up the change from his lunch money everyday, and his pocket money every week, and the change from our grocery shopping purchases here and there, Justin finally had enough to buy a pair.  So yesterday, the boys called all the sports stores to find out if they had it in stock.  The first few they called were out of stock.  One had it, but not in his size.  One could order it for him, but it would be several weeks before they got it. Finally, they found a store in a mall about 10 miles away.

So off the two brothers went.  Big Brother said that Justin was bouncing in the car all the way to the mall.  As soon as they got out of the car, he was hop-skipping towards the mall entrance.  In the mall, he made a bee-line for the directory.  Locating the store, he hop-skipped to the store, tried on one shoe, and said that he would take it.  No, no, said Big Brother.  Try on both shoes and walk around and make sure it feels right and fits well.  A quick try-on and walk around, and it was purchased.

In the car, on the way home, Justin was bouncing in the car again, cradling the box.  At home, Big Brother and Father teased him endlessly.  He wouldn’t let them touch it – doesn’t want to get it dirty or smudged, or anything.

I just hope he can use it through the summer … he grows so fast these days, he’ll probably need new shoes by the summer.  Well, he can start saving up again for the next fad of shoes to come out for the summer.

At least he’s learned how to save up money, and for that I’m glad :)

Birds of the Nile

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We didn’t see any monitor lizards this time, but the birds were still there.

And the majestic eagle showed himself twice to us!  Actually, I didn’t even know I had taken a picture of the eagle again, I was focusing on the cormorant with its outspread wings.

 

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A tree of his own

Curlicue Weeds

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Cleaning up the garden to get ready for planting, the pretty small flowers catch my eyes each year.  How can these be weeds?  Maybe wild flowers, but they keep telling me that these are weeds.

Now these I can believe are weeds … even though they curlicue nicely.

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Purples, Blues and Greens

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I could have spent all day on this exhibition (from Michael Bruce Florist), taking pictures from every possible angle. Maybe taking a picture of every flower on display.
This was my absolute favorite from the Flower Show. Yes, these are the color combinations that draws my eyes and that I use on my projects, so maybe I’m partial to them.
But to have the colors together on a flower! on an orchid! Wow is all I can say.