* IT'S OUR ANNIVERSARY! *

Today is our wedding anniversary ... our 39th.

What? How can that be possible? 

It seems like 20 years ago, 

and yet in reality it's almost twice as long as that!

Ron bought me red roses, which was a wonderful surprise! 

He's certainly gotten me flowers before, 

roses, carnations, etc. but it still was a surprise.

My eye surgery was this past Monday, Feb 7th. 

It took longer than the first one on my other eye

a few years ago, but that was explained to me up front.

I go back Monday, Feb 14th for my post-op check up.

My vision is still a little "off" which was also explained. 

My eye is supposed to "relax" soon 

and my vision to be back to normal. 

I certainly hope I'll be able to see well enough

 to go back to my part-time job sometime soon. 

I'm getting a bit bored. 😀

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“A woman of vision may have lost her eyesight, but she can see afar; because through her mind, she conceives far beyond what eyes can see.”

― Gift Gugu Mona, Woman of Virtue:

 Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman

* STILL NOT MUCH TO SAY, BUT ALL OKAY *

 Not much to say...just checking in. All is well in the Povich household, and I hope the same goes for all of you!

I do, though, have photos of beautiful flowers I purchased recently at a local grocery store, and at such inexpensive prices! 

These roses are really pink but they look kind of peach in some of the pictures. 

There were 1 dozen, long stemmed pink roses in a plastic container for only FIVE DOLLARS!

I asked the cashier why these were so cheap, and

she said because they were getting old and about to wilt...

But, here are some of them as of yesterday. 

       And I originally bought them on July 29! 

     I'd say I got a great deal, wouldn't you?

       I added a few lilies of some kind in this vase.

Since I had so many beautiful flowers,

I kept some at home and took some to work. 

        I think it's time for another stop at the grocery store! 🌹

“The world is a rose, smell it, and pass it to your friends.”

– Persian Proverb

* MORE CREATIVE PASSIONS *

In 2013, Ron and I moved into our "first" of smaller, downsizing-homes. We rented because at the time, we weren't sure exactly where we wanted to live. It was a townhouse and had plenty of room and storage and I really loved it there. Ron...not so much... mostly because that's when his knees were finally causing him enough pain that he was almost ready to have knee-replacement surgery. I could've lived there forever, but as plans usually go...we moved, and ended up in a little condo that is almost perfect.

Some of you might remember one of the pictures I posted on my blog, shortly after we moved into the townhouse:

 

I'm posting it here again because of the paper wreath on the wall,

 and that's what has to do with "More Creative Passions"!

In my previous post, I wrote about creative passions, and my passion for writing. This post is about an artistic talent that one of my daughters-in-law has...about ONE of them, because she is multi-talented. I'll call her "M" and she made the paper wreath on the wall. You can click on the photo to see it much larger. She made lots of other 3D wall designs and I asked her around that time if she could make me a wreath, using pages from my book...when I finally got it finished, and published! After that initial conversation, I honestly forgot about it until just a few months ago, and I asked her in an email if she still made those wreaths. I never got a reply but didn't think anything more about it. She's busy, she forgot, whatever.

On Christmas Day, I was presented with the most beautiful, artistically unique, made with love and creative passion...a wall hanging, made from pages of my book. She even named it: Reading and Roses.

These are real, dried roses, and real twigs...plus the paper roses, obviously!



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think it's an amazing gift and one that I will cherish forever.