Skies of Blue

Cherry  Blossoms are starting to come out!  I'm hearing Duke Ellington singing in my head...

"I see  trees of green...red roses too

I see 'em blooming, for me and for you...

and I think to myself, what a wonderful world

"I see skies of blue...clouds of white

bright blessed days...dark sacred nights...

and I think to myself...What a wonderful world...."

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky

are also on the faces...of people going by...

I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do?

They're really sayin, I love you

I hear babies cry...I watch them grow

They'll learn much more...than I'll ever know

and I think to myself, What a wonderful world...."

So, I had to sew a cherry blossom dress for a wee one!  This one fits an 18-24 month girl...I love it with the eyelet top and bloomers

These little capri bloomers come in all sizes up to 4T...great with anything!

"Blue skies smiling at me! "

I couldn't make up my mind whether I liked this daisy and blue skies dress better with red or a black and white polka dot ribbon-sash, so I made it available with either!!  I think hot pink or lime would be really pretty, too!

"...and I think to myself, what a wonderful world
...oh, yeah!"

Dylan always wore the hat and his boots on backwards to garden!!!
Hope your are experiencing some wonder in your world today!

Taking Time

  

"Nobody sees a flower, really.

It is so small.  We haven't the time

and to see takes time, 

like to have friends

takes time."

-Georgia O'Keefe

 

This weekend I needed to rest my mind.  We worked outside Saturday, cleaning up the yard, planted a few things and Chloe, cut some beautiful flower arrangements. 

Camelias floating in my Japanese ikebana bowl

Today, I went out  to photograph some of the beauty in my own yard that I walk right by, forget to be thankful for, or worse, am too busy to even see.  We planted the camellias to celebrate our anniversary #17, and the crabapple tree was the year before...they are finally really budding and blooming...some  good things take time!  The roses we planted for our 15th anniversary  (15 old roses)  bloomed right away, but are so much fuller and bigger now  (we just had our 21st in January!)

 

  I tend to be impatient, and struggle to trust that the peonies really will come back again this year!!  This weekend, I took some time to really see, to talk to a friend, write a far away friend, plant with my husband and cut flowers with my daughter...I laid on the grass and took photos of crabapple blossoms and iris.  And it was good!

Laura Bray over at  www.katydiddys.blogspot.com had a great blog today about Sunday rest, and has a fun week of blogging planned.  Check it out!  

I hope you had a restful weekend and are re-energized for this week!