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Early Winter?

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Today there is a feeling of change in the air, not just the rain. That as much as we love summer winter seems to be just around the corner.  I read the Farmer's almanac article saying we will be hit with earlier and more snow this year in North Idaho.  I think they may be right. I have been noticing subtle signs already for a while. The trees on our street are changing colors, the blackberries are packing more fruit and bigger berries than normal, and sunflowers bloomed much earlier this year.  But what seems to confirm my suspicions is noticing that today the bees have been acting very aggressive all clustered by the hummingbird feeder, I remember seing that in late September of last year, when they know their time is almost done so they need to gather as much as they can. Have you noticed the same thing? This is only my 3rd winter in the north so maybe I am not as good as telling signs yet. I am curious to hear what you think? Luz  ...
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Little Surprises

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As many of you know I have a little flower shop and many times when I find a new distributor or new flower I try it at my house 1st. And this year my husband found this gorgeous peonies he decided to bring home, looked to me like coral sunset ones but we were not sure, so we gave them a try... Well what a surprise when this flower had become the topic of conversation and incredible fun at our house. We keep laughing so hard whenever we are around the flowers. Turns out this peonies go from bright bold strong pink and gradualy lighten as time goes by to a light apricot whiteish color when they fully open.  But not just that, they get incredibly stinky!!! They smell soooo bad it's fun to mess around with. We all smell it and make funny faces or it's a challenge to smell it "the one who looses at UNO gets to smell the flowers" or whoever is being a stinker gets to sit by the flowers... endless fun Regardless they are a show stoper though a full gorgeous arrangement! Hope...
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The BIG question

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In our house we are navigating the waters of childhood slowly merging into adulthood with all it's challenges. We've all been there so we all know, even if you are not a parent, what I mean.  Today we sat down and had the very powerful conversation of the QUESTION, or the compass conversation if you will. This I didn't know until my 30s. But oh what a poweful tool it is, and it's never too late to apply it to ourselves and teach it to the next generation. I have talked about it many times before but it's always good to do a refresher... Taking time to ask ourselves "Who do you want to be? how does that person think? and what does that person say, do, behave, etc?" and take a big honest look at our habits and what we need to change in order to live that way.   A lot of times we are so distracted putting out fires or just our daily lives that we forget to live on purpose, we forget we have the choice. Like I was telling my daughter, and remind my...
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The Rose Cups

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A friend the other day shared she was in a thrift shop and they had these beautiful bone china cups from England for sale at 2$ each. I commented how beautiful they were and she went back to the shop to save them for me. How sweet is that? Ofcourse I had to get them after that! Not only did she have them in a cart but also padded them to make sure they did not chip as I browsed the shop.  This one act of kidness reminded me... what is the point of this life?... others... help, pray, invite, encourage, and love others. With our words and with our actions we are communicating to other's constantly and what we should be saying is "I see you, you matter, you are loved". After I got home all excited about my cups, and if you know me by now you can imagine it. Baby got ahold of one and my lovely daughter got mad because she did not want him to break it. I get it, I did not want him to break it either, BUT like I told her also reminding myself at the same time " if he does,...
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