Bloom

We built our house in our fruit orchard. We are surrounded by many trees. Trees that bloom at the signal of Spring. The apricot trees are the first to bloom. One by one the blossoms pop open until there are clusters and clusters of flowers, making it look like "popcorn popping on the apricot tree!" 

Rows and rows of trees. Rows and rows of blossoms... bringing to life the miracle of Spring.

Spring Love!

Peach trees have various colors of pink blossoms. The white meat peach produces the most brilliant pink blossoms.

Cherry trees line our driveway, showing off clusters of beautiful white flowers. 

If it gets below 28 degrees F., the blooms freeze. Sure sign of frost is brown petals. This year we lost all of our apricot  and plum crop. Most of our cherry crop and some of our peach crop. Sad. But on the up side... it will give our trees the must needed break from producing fruit after a hard summer with very little water. The fruit will be more than beautiful next year!

Bushes in the yard are the next to bloom. I love the creeping purple and pink flowers planted among the beds and rocks. They bring color and excitement to the landscape after winter's rest.

Flowers are my favorite kind of bloom. You've heard the phrase...

Bloom where you're planted!

 We can liken ourselves to potted plants. Either bloom or wither away where planted.

We all have different backgrounds, personalities, and set of circumstances that make us unique. Our lives can be full of vibrant color, joyful moments, and lasting memories if we choose to bloom where we are planted. Every time I look at a flower, a bloom, I am reminded of how beautiful my life is. Even amidst the rain and storms that come, I know the sun will shine once again and tomorrow will be a new day. Joseph B. Wirthlin penned a quote I like to live by..

Come what may and love it!

Yes... it is love. It's a positive attitude. It's looking at the glass half-full. It's a grateful heart.

Bloom where you are planted. and everything will be beautiful!

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Quotography: Bloom

A couple of years ago, I planted a beautiful little geranium in a vintage blue bucket I had found at a thrift store. I put it on a bench on the front porch and watched it grow. It grew into a full and vibrant plant that bloomed in mid summer and continued through out the year. As long as I dead headed the dried up blooms, it was happy. In late fall, before the freeze, my geranium was still vibrant and thriving. I loved this plant and somehow it spoke to my heart. I couldn't bear to throw it out. So, I brought it inside the house and placed it on a small wooden bench, underneath the west window, in the library. It found happiness there! I couldn't believe it. Throughout the winter months, it stretched upwards to reach the sunlight filtering through the window. And, it just kept on blooming. 

I left for Europe in October last year and returned in January. I had gathered all my house plants up, including the geranium, and put them on the large island in the kitchen so it would be easier for the girls to take care of them while I was gone. After being gone for three months, I could tell my plants missed me! I gave them all a trim and got rid of the dead leaves. The geranium looked sickly. After some TLC, I placed my geranium back on the bench, underneath the west window in the library. It's now been almost two months, and it's healthy, happy, and ready to bloom!

I'll be taking the geranium back out on the front porch in a couple of weeks. There it will once again stay until the first signs of frost. I love my geranium!

When I found this quote, I knew I had to use it to go with my geranium. It can be applied to life, as well. 

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to bloom." --Anais Nin

Just as the bud, if we sit too long, without blooming... we can loose the opportunity to rise to our full and beautiful potential!

We may never become who we were mean't to be. Our challenge is to rise up. Discover hidden talents. Share them with others. Nourish our body and soul. Develop beauty; inside and out. In other words---Bloom where we are planted!

On the front porch