The movie for the day is “FLASHDANCE”!
Our tunes are: FOOTLOOSE by Blake Shelton!
Next up is: Luke Bryan in Faded Away… and finally Fleetwood Mac in Fireflies
Have a great day!
Have a wonderful day!
Apr 062019
Sep 182018
HI EVERYONE! HOW’S TRICKS??? First of all let me say MY BACK SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS!!! I’m well on the way to recovery, and I hope to be back soon in full force.. It may be a slow come back, but I will try my very best because I miss you all so very much!!!
For “Monday Music Moves Me” I send my overwhelming love, gratitude and most dearest friends “Cathy Kennendy”! Without you I would’ve lost my most favorite day of the week and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking care of things while I was gone. How can I every repay you my most dearest friend and when I needed friendship, love and a smile put back on my face your wonderful most beautiful flowers came to cheer me up when I needed it the most. I send my love and undying gratitude to you my friend, AND TO MY DARLING FRIENDS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND MY CO-CONDUCTORS… THERE IS NO MORE HEAD CONDUCTOR… WE ARE ALL THE FRIENDSHIP CONDUCTORS FROM NOW ON … so when it’s time to rock we’ll do it together… WHADDYA SAY???? THANKS FOR HOLDING 4M’S TOGETHER TO ALL OF YOU… Cathy Kennedy, Callie from JAmerican Spice… Stacy.. from Stacy Uncorked, and all of my dear friends who stops by to boogie with us… what would I do without you??? HUGS & HUGE THANK YOU’S…
Well, time is running out… I can’t sit to long these days, but they say I’m slowly getting it back together. It was a 4 & 1/2 hour surgery on my back with 23 staples. Please keep praying for me for my leg still like to jab me like little electrodes. I’m still walking with a walker & using the wheel chair, but I shall be back soon full force. PROMISE… AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK!!!!!! ALSO… TO MY FRIENDS WHO POST THEIR GIVEAWAYS AND REVIEWS ON “SHOW OFF TUESDAY… REVIEWS & GIVEAWAYS”!!! THAT TOO SHOULD BE BACK SOON. I MISS YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH!!!! ALL PRAYERS ARE STILL NEEDED FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY if you have a few left over please send them my way!!! GOTTA RUN! HAVE A GREAT EVENING & DAY TOMORROW. HUGS TO ALL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES.
Mar 312018
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL MY BLOGGY FRIENDS!
May your faith be resurrected and your health and happiness live on forever!
The Easter Lily
Easter morn with lilies fair
Fills the church with perfumes rare,
As their clouds of incense rise,
Sweetest offerings to the skies.
Stately lilies pure and white
Flooding darkness with their light,
Bloom and sorrow drifts away,
On this holy hallow’d day.
Easter Lilies bending low
in the golden afterglow,
Bear a message from the sod
To the heavenly towers of God.
-Louise Lewin Matthews
Fills the church with perfumes rare,
As their clouds of incense rise,
Sweetest offerings to the skies.
Stately lilies pure and white
Flooding darkness with their light,
Bloom and sorrow drifts away,
On this holy hallow’d day.
Easter Lilies bending low
in the golden afterglow,
Bear a message from the sod
To the heavenly towers of God.
-Louise Lewin Matthews
The Easter Lily, also known by its Latin name Lilium longiflorum, has become the traditional Easter flower. With all the different flowers available in the spring garden, it is this beautiful, white flower, that has come to symbolize the spiritual values of Easter: purity, life and renewal. The flower’s trumpet shape is a reminder of the heralding of Jesus, returning triumphant to Jerusalem.
The History of the Easter Lily
Native to Japan, Easter Lilies were imported to the United States until 1941, when World War II prompted Americans to start growing their own bulbs.
Today, nearly all of the 15 million Easter Lily bulbs grown in America are produced by just ten farms along the California-Oregon border. The bulbs are harvested in the fall, and then shipped to commercial greenhouses in Michigan, California, Pennsylvania and Ohio, where they are planted in time to bloom for Easter.
Easter Lilies are the fourth largest selling potted plant in America, upstaged by the popular Christmas-time poinsettias, mums and azaleas.
The Easter Connection
According to Biblical scholars, the Easter Lily was found growing in the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas is said to have betrayed Jesus. Legend tells that white lilies miraculously sprung up from the ground where drops of Jesus’ sweat and tears fell during his last hours.
The Easter Lily also has close associations with Jesus’ mother, the Virgin Mary. In early religious paintings, the Archangel Gabriel is pictured extending a branch of white lilies to Mary, symbolizing that she had become the virgin mother to the savior.
Today, many churches use large bouquets of lilies to adorn their alters and crosses during the Easter season.
Taking Care of Your Easter Lily
To keep your Easter Lilies fresh and fragrant for as long as possible, purchase potted plants with flowers at various stages of opening and with abundant, dark green foliage. As the flowers open and mature, pinch off the yellow anthers before the pollen sheds. The yellow pollen will stain the other white flowers. Once a mature flower has started to wither, you may cut it off at the base to better showcase the new buds.
Easter lilies thrive in moderately cool temperatures (no higher than 65 degrees Fahrenheit) and enjoy bright, but indirect natural sunlight. Keep soil moist and well-drained. Avoid over-watering. Remove any decorative wrappings or coverings, which can trap standing water in the pot.
You can expect your potted Easter Lily to bloom for 1-3 weeks around the Easter holiday. Despite its name, the natural bloom for the Easter Lily is actually during the summer. Under controlled greenhouse conditions, the lily is brought to an early bloom in time for Easter. If you want to continue to enjoy your lily for years to come, try planting the bulb and remaining greenery in your garden after the flowering is finished. Subsequent blooms will occur naturally in the summer.
*Just a little something I found on the Internet that I wanted to share with you all.
Have a very Happy & Blessed Easter!
HAPPY EASTER MY LOVELIES & here’s something for the little bunnies to color. Just enlarge and print! You should see mine on my fridge! Woo Hoo!
