Happy Valentine’s Day weekend! I hope you celebrated with something sweet.
“Without Valentine’s Day, February would be, well, January.” — Jim Gaffigan
The Attraction of Sweet Scents
“Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste.” – William Shakespeare
Although I have ZERO flowers in my backyard now, my archives are full of sweet-smelling beauties that graced past gardens.
Through luck, I believe these floral images fit Ritva’s Lens-Artists Challenge: Unusual Crop.
Late April is typically when we begin to see hummingbirds here in Eastern Washington.
Sweet Memories
A few weeks ago, my uncle passed away. Allan was my mom’s younger brother who lived near Olympia, Washington. He had just celebrated his 82nd birthday. I’ve been gathering a few photos for my cousins this week.
I came across this one of my mom from Christmas 1990. She rocked her red sweaters.
This is Mom and her brother as young children.
I shared the photo on Facebook for my cousin and commented, “I hope Allan is being nice to his sister…” She commented back, “I laughed through my tears, cousin!”
“Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” ~ Sarah Louise Delaney
I borrowed this photo of some sweet treats served at my daughter’s wedding in 2023.
We celebrated my step-daughter’s wedding in 2021. Why is there always so much yummy cake?
My middle brother is celebrating his 63rd birthday today. I’m sure the girls are making a cake for him!
Also sharing for Johnbo’s Cellpic Sunday.
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post. Please use your own original images, whether new or from your archives.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently from mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link to a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
If you are participating in the photo challenge, I look forward to seeing how you interpret this week’s theme! Creativity is encouraged, so please share your own photographs (old or new), poems, original short stories, and music inspired by the theme.
Join me next week as we explore Love Your Pet Day.
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Terri, I’m so sorry for the loss of your uncle. Your post is a wonderful tribute to him and your family.
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Simplicity loaded with lovely sweetness. Lovely shares, Terri.
And condolences for your uncle.
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Sorry to hear about your uncle, but some sweet family memories there. Love the flowers too. I’m hoping to post for this one tomorrow. A work in progress you might say!
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Sweet post. My condolences, and happy birthday to your bother.
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Lovely post, Terri, I’m sorry for your loss though. The sweet treats look delicious!
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A beautiful and delicious post Terri!
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A lovely post, Terri. Your write-up is as beautiful as your pictures. My brother-in-law’s mom passed away last week and I said, ‘She’ll be fine. My parents are there to take care of her.’ Cakes are so tempting but I’m keeping my distance from them these days. It’s no longer as easy as it was to keep away the inches around the waist.
Your mom does rock red.
Happy Valentine’s to you, Terri!
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Lovely images of family and delicious treats, Terri! So sorry for the loss of your uncle. 🌹
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A beautiful post, Terri 🎂🍭
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It’s always amazing/fun to see fellow bloggers’ families. Thanks for the peeks.
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Thank you, Jacqui! Time swiftly passes and we’re but a vapor in the wind, so it’s important to keep in touch with our lived ones. My daughter send me the pic of my mom. It was a cellphone pic of a hard copy photo, but I’d never seen it before. Nice to see Mom vital and happy then.
I just started your new book, and I’m already hooked!
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Wonderful share, Terri. I love how you connected love to sweetness in life and family in particular. Superb quote by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Great photos….ah, and now I am hungry for waffles!
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Thank you, Suzette! We’ve invested a lot of time into being able to see our families and spend time with them, even if it means we take long road trips to do so. The time is irreplaceable and worth the adventures. Those waffles are the hit today, LOL!
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Yes, well said, Terri. I agree… time with family is precious.
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Nice post honoring family, Terri.
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Thank you, John, funny because I had a whole other story to tell.
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Lovely photos Terri, God bless your family! ❤️🙏🏻
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Thank you so much!
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Lovely post. Your images are, as always, abfab, but the words of this post are truly special. Thank you! pp
PS I could just go for that Belgian waffle right now! 🙂
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Thanks for much, Pam! Earlier I mentioned I had a whole other idea planned for this post for Valentines, weekend, but with my uncle passing recently, I felt the need to share some of those memories. I went to a baby shower yesterday and there was so much cake!
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