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Wednesday 31 October 2007
Exciting mail today
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It has been 6 days since my last ... drink? ... no, rose photo!
Tuesday 30 October 2007
Warning - reptile photos following ...
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Saturday 27 October 2007
Garden treasures
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Friday 26 October 2007
What's in the mail today?
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Thursday 25 October 2007
Wildflower
Down on the farm
Wednesday 24 October 2007
What madness is this?
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Tuesday 23 October 2007
Thank you!
To all the lovely women in blogland who have welcomed me so warmly, a heartfelt thankyou. I am astonished with the concept that I can be sitting in Australia, you in Iceland or the Netherlands or the USA etc, & we can be chatting away about roses. I love that! And a big thank you to Chookyblue who pointed so many of you to my blog.
The rose is Benjamin Britten (by David Austin) taken in my garden this morning.
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Am I the slowest quilter in the world?
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Monday 22 October 2007
Just because they're beautiful
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Frilly frou frou
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A blog? How fun!
With significant encouragement from blogger friends, I have taken the plunge & started my blog. Being my first post, I feel pressure to write something witty, intelligent or philosophical - hmm, perhaps, I'll just stick with 'gidday'!
I have agonised over my blog name, but 'Bloom' has persisted. It reflects my longstanding love of flowers - one of my earliest memories is asking my great-aunt, a wonderful gardener, for a posy of blossoms from her garden, & shortly thereafter being reprimanded by my Dad for being so bold as to ask! Ah, but I did go home with flowers so perhaps it was worth the scolding!
As you do, I checked the dictionary definition: to bloom means to yield blossoms; to flourish; to glow with warmth; to be in a state of healthy beauty & vigour. All good things surely, and I can only aspire to the last of them! Welcome to my blog & wishing all health, beauty & vigour to you!
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