It’s kind of hard to tell in this photo, but these are the SAME peonies from two days ago. Crazy, huh? No longer pink, more like peachy butter. Their metamorphosis was a nice surprise – kind of like getting two bouquets for the price of one.
The girls and I are adapting to all the togetherness that comes along with summer vacation. We had swim team practice this morning, swam a bit longer then ran errands. Now the girls are at my neighbor’s house for one hour of quiet reading time. They can read, journal or draw, but no talking aloud. If they can’t keep quiet, home they come. I love this idea and hope it sticks.
Back soon with some McCoy and hopefully, some sewing. The locally owned fabric store has their semi-annual 40% off everything sale tomorrow. I have a list to make!
Wow – the peonies are lovely. I can’t believe they fade so much, yet still retain such beauty.
Holy cow, I need to catch up…but I have my new laptop now with wireless, woohoo! So, I can ditch my parents dial up. I have missed so much. Love the peonies, but you already knew that right? And the McCoy? I swear we were seperated at birth *wink*. And your swap sounds so fun! Give me the scoop on it? How did you arrange it? Sounds fun.
I love the ‘quiet time’ idea! I am off on my hols for a week..hurrah!! Look forward to reading more of your blog onmyreturn. Hopefully then I will have time to make the twirly skirts and sundresses! I am so eager to make them both and any variations that my daughters’ ask for!
so pretty!
love the color!
Oh, wow! How did that happen? Mine are just opening up more and have such a strong smell that it’s almost giving me a headache – especially since I now added another bunch for my new vase.
Our peonies went from pale pink to white…so pretty. Have a great weekend!
WOW! I am loving the peonies. The change in colour is gorgeous.
I am liking that idea of “quiet reading and no talking” …I might just have to use that idea over here. 🙂
oh…the quiet hour idea…i love it!
i have been thinking, with summer vacation creeping up, about how best to introduce my children to the notion of quiet – how useful the quiet will be for them, and how necessary the quiet will be for me.
i do wish that someone had helped me learn, as a child, how to be quiet and still. what a great gift that would have been. and how i’d like to give it to my own children.
i love how peonies do that. we are trying to get into the rhythm of summer over here as well!
Your peonies are so lovely. I had forgotten how much I miss them; I can’t grow them in Phoenix. I used to have gorgeous blood red peonies in my back yard. It sounds like your summer is off to a great start!
The peonies are beautiful. I wish I could grow them where I live.
My favorite flowers as well since my mom had arranged a large bouquet at our front door the day I came home from the hospital with 1-day-old Manon. Love the color and love your vase!
What a transformation for the peonies! They really don’t look like the same flower.
I really miss summer vacations–the real kind where you can spend hours reading and playing outside. I’m not *that* old and I still feel like it’s been eons since I’ve had one.
We had quiet time during the summers too although they were at the local library. I think it did my siblings and I a lot of good. I think it’s great that you don’t just park your kids in front of the TV for the summer.
Oh, fabric shopping?! Sounds like fun to me!;-)
I love love love your idea of a quiet hour – I think we’re going to give that a go this summer.
I love peonies too.
I need a quiet hour. We’ve got seven more days of school – I’m looking forward to the break, but there is that getting used to bit at the beginning. New rhythm.