The Language of Flowers

Where to start.  How about from now and then backwards?  OK.  First, I'm not a morning person.  But today the iPhone 5s was in the stores, so we set the alarm for 7 am so we could be at the Verizon store at 8, when it opened.  We got there at 8:15, not a big line, yay.  We get to the door.. NO gold phones.. not even any white ones, just black.  Bummer!  So, we came back home and I just ordered one on the Apple site.  It's disappointing, to say the least.  I thought I'd be trying out the camera on my new phone right now. :-)  

Last night I finished the book "The Language of Flowers".  My oh my.. it's about a girl who was abandoned at birth and grew up in the foster care and group home system.  It's pretty good.. and I learned a lot about the old way of using flowers to convey meanings.  Above is a begonia that Dayle has wintered over for several years now.  It's meaning is "Beware".  Below is a bromeliad that my daughter used as a centerpiece at her wedding reception.  I've kept it going for 13 years now! 

I love having an Autumn wreath on the back door..  

There are 3 colors of these begonias in his 2 baskets.  He repotted them this year and they are HUGE! 

The orange hanging begonias we got this Spring. 

I had a mole removed on my temple day before yesterday and egads, I didn't know he was going to cut it out!  And he froze to moles on my chest, too.  THEN, to add insult to injury, we got the 3rd in a series of Hepatitis B shots, a shingles shot and a flu shot.  UGH! 

We re-potted my miniature red and white rose into a bigger pot and oh my gosh.. it just thrived and grew and is covered with flowers!  A red and white striped rose means - Unity.  The rose below is only the size of a silver dollar. 

Another shot of my Lantana.. I expect the first frost will kill it.  :-( 

Pammy Sue made Dayle's honey wheat roll recipe and this is her gorgeous pan of rolls and she loved them.  Cool!!

So.. we've been cooking a lot.  Last night I taught Dayle how to make ground beef Stroganoff from scratch.  I made fresh green beans with a bit of bacon and onion to go with it.  It's easy to make Stroganoff.  Saute 2 lbs of burger, add 1 chopped onion and 5 minced cloves of fresh garlic, then add sliced fresh mushrooms, salt and pepper - when it's cooked, sprinkle flour (1/3 cup) over the meat mixture, brown that a bit, then add milk (2 cups), stir on high heat until it thickens, then add 3 cups of sour cream, stir in and serve over cooked wide egg noodles.  Well, I hope you have a stupendous weekend.  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)