The Stylish Gardener

Bliss is just knowing, there is a favorite movie for gardeners, well, for this Gardner at least.

“Life With Father” is a 1947 film with William Powell, Irene Dunne, and a very young and delightful Elizabeth Taylor.

I watched this film for the first time in the 1970’s, it brought to the realization of how far removed from my roots I was living…my quest to get back to the farm began, took many years but I did return.

I have , from the first exposure to Irene Dunne, enjoyed everything about her acting style…at one point in life we seriously considered living in Madison, Indiana…fabulous river town just north of Louisville,Kentucky. To my amazement, the house I fell in love with was the old Irene Dunne home (I wasn’t aware of this when I first saw the house) Alas,…..after more consideration, and as much as I love Madison, Dunne, and vacationing there…it isn’t the “south.”

So…for a blissful evening, curl up in your favorite spot with your favorite brew…I will opt for a steamy Café au Lait…yummy!

As much as I love a red coffee cup…

Cafe au Lait

When a special friend brings little gifts of friendship and without knowing that she is rekindling long ago loves…Makes a Blissful day for sure!

Sea-shells from a special Island.

Thank you Maria Elena Giles…they found a perfect place, under the protection of a Vintage Cloche ….

After learning of a death by  a young woman who was once my student in pre-school, and friends who are also mourning the death of friends and family…I’m prompted to ask the age old question…”why?”

A lot has been written about death and the reasons why-I find if one strays too far away from the biblical truth on death, one is subject to much confusion and questions that have no answer.

1 Corinthians-15:21,45-47 “For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. … The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.”

I find the entire 15th Chapter of 1 Corinthians to be comforting in our quest to gain some understanding of death.

May we each keep in mind…”The Journey” defines and determines the destination.

Also recall in my explanation of Bliss…it is the assurance of a higher power in control of all that which we neither understand or have answers to justify the “why.”

Just the thought makes my heart skip a beat-The stairway to Heaven must surely go past the Milky Way.

Bliss for today is nothing more than the dream you hold in your mind or heart~

Meet me on the stairway….