Be Still and Know...Then and Now

Finished another prayer shawl! Continued a family tradition started by my grandmother. my DD and I made apple butter My sweet thoughtful husband brought me home an unexpected kitchen surprise. I have always wanted one of these. He is so sweet, he picked it up on a recent business trip. I feel like a professional chef in my kitchen with my knives at the ready. No more dull blades for me...YEA!!!! and last but miraculously not least...it's still blooming folks.  I think my Christmas cactus is some mutant alien strain of horticultural bizarreness.  It may never stop blooming!! My week in review! Blessings Robin

I have to admit that I did not think this cactus would ever bloom, now I am beginning to think that it will never stop. Blessings Robin Are ya'll bout tired of looking at my cactus! (that's a loaded question......)

Ya'll look!  Each day brings more blooms and more ohhh's and ahhhh's All I have to say is Go God! Blessings Robin

Ya'll this blows me away!! What a wonderful morning surprise!  More to come I'm sure!

I am not a plant person. In fact I now have the grand total of two house plants that I have been able to keep alive for several years, this statement in itself is proof of a real miracle that they are in fact still alive.  A dear friend gave me a Christmas cactus last year. I have managed to keep it alive and was shocked the other day to see small red buds forming at the ends of the plant. Excitement does not begin to describe how I feel each day as I have chronicled the progression of the growth. I will admit to my growing anticipation and just a bit of amazement as I watched the tiny red buds get a bit bigger every day. Friday, December 21th, 2008 Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Thursday, January 1st, 2009 Wednesday January 2nd, 2009 Monday, January 5th, 2009 Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Thursday, January 8th, 2009 At last it bloomed! I am so excited!!!!! Blessings Robin