8.02.2009

winner and a smile

Congratulations Andrea ~ At Home Mommy Knits!! The roll of a dice says Stitch 'N Bitch Nation is heading off to your house to live. Please send me your mailing address at rycole at hotmail dot com I'll be sure to send it off after this Long Weekend is over.

These old fashioned orange lilies grow at the corner of our garage where I can see them every time I pull in or out of our driveway. My maternal grandfather had dozens of orange lilies growing at the back of his garden. When I was about 5 or 6 years old one of my last memories of him was of asking him why he had so many? He said because they always made him smile. Every time I see these blooms I remember Opa and smile. :)

5 comments:

Mr Puffy's Knitting Blog: said...

Lucky Andrea ~ can't wait to see what you makes from it!

Beautiful picture of the flower and while it makes you smile it brought tears to my eyes. Such a touching rememberance.

Sooooo sorry to hear you lost the pictures from this weekend and had to leave early.

t does wool said...

lovely way to remember,Renee.

and congrats to the winner.

At Home Mommy Knits said...

Thanks so much for the book!! I'll send you and email after this comment.

Beautiful flower pics. I LOVE lilies in all colors and your memory of your grandfather is extra sweet :)

Philigry said...

oh, i love those. my father in law used to geow the most beautiful lilies!

Sheila said...

That's a wonderful story. It's the little things that warm our heart about our grandparents.

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