Sometimes people bless me with strange gifts. This week a large bundle of freshly pulled from the ground stalks of dried and drying OKRA just appeared on the back of Ted's golf cart. I was a bit slow-saw something from a distance but wasn't curious enough to take a close look..just assumed it was something Ted had dropped there. Two or three days later as I walked over, took a close look and realized it was stalks of okra pulled up roots and all. That's when I knew I had the most amazing husband on this earth. That sweetheart had salvaged those from who knows where and KNOWING HOW I LOVE NATURALS brought them home for me..now THAT'S A ROMANTIC GESTURE.
He was working at the back yard and I called out to him "Ted, where did you get those stalks of Okra?" He answered "I didn't -I thought you had brought them home."
Funny, he should have taken credit but that's okay now I know someone who knows my peculiar love of naturals has just done the most thoughtful thing..he or she remembered! and shared.
It's still a mystery- someone will confess though.
Now I ask you~ what does it say about one when your friends or your husband's friends bring you strange gifts? That's not the first or strangest. Ted's friends have sent me things like a huge beautifully in tact HORNET'S NEST a few years back. Another sent me unique beautiful little rocks collected while on vacation in Colorado. My sweetheart brought home a large collection of huge incredible ACORNS from a White Oak once..still have some of those too.
Strange, Mysterious and wonderful! I do enjoy God's creation.
This is my first visit to your blog. I found you via the Lovely Blogs Collection. (I try to visit a couple new ones every few days.)
ReplyDeleteYour blog header is gorgeous!!!
Indeed, yes, the dried and drying okra is a strange gift. But you will probably decorate with it beautifully.
Wishing you a lovely week.
Blessings,
Patti ~ Fill My Cup with Beauty
Patti I am honored to have you stop and leave a note-so sweet of you. You know we all want feedback.Yes, people who get to know me very well know those are the kinds of things I really get excited about..add to that list "a stalk of real COTTON pulled from the field with the full boll of cotton still in tact..NATURALS and during the winter I always try to gather [before the rain ruins it] little bunches of TALLOW BERRIES from the Tallow trees my husband hates [they take over the world] I bundle the little stem w the white berry like attachments and use them as one would small posies.
ReplyDeleteI JUST SO LOVE THE TITLE OF YOUR BLOG..fill my cup.."you've got me right there girl" another blog: http://mygrammashouse.blogspot.com
I do love naturals too. Some of my very favorite flower arrangements are ones made with stuff I picked on the side of the road. And I never met a grass I didn't like- even johnson grass- for flower arrangements that is !
ReplyDeletelADY you and I are definitely on the same page. Don't forget to gather the TALLOW BERRIES in late fall or early winter.
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