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Baby Herbs, Barbie and the Little Red Wagon

| Flower Roberts

This wagon was my daughter’s. Her brother had a larger one. Both are still in use.

This smaller wagon has been augmented for the purpose of temporarily housing baby plants, to move them in and out of the sun.


There is a story about this little wagon and this Barbie. How I modified the wagon and how Barbie lost her head is in the blog linked below.


Anytime we get out the wagon, somebody brings up the Barbie story and we laugh again. Enjoy!

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The Scent of Spring

| Flower Roberts

I am notified that spring is near not by sight, but by scent.

I planted an Edgeworthia shrub on the bank below the deck. The breeze lifts its scent up to my window.

You must bend to see the faces of these miracle blooms.

I cannot tell you how joyous it is to smell the scent of spring.

It is sort of a creamy gardenia that reminds me of a Chanel powder puff mixed with Cool Whip. I know that mixture makes no sense.

When I cup a bloom in my hands I envision my Little Girl Blue bottle of perfume from Avon that I had as a teen.

Bright yellow clusters with green centers and a delicious scent.

How could I not love this shrub?

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179 Enwood Drive Charlotte, North Carolina

| Flower Roberts
Front yard with giant post oak and pecan trees.
Garden with perfect soil, garden building and fabulous workshop.
My wonderful parents. Daddy is gone and mom is in a home.

I would buy this if I could. I want someone who can appreciate it to buy it. It is not a showplace…it is a homeplace.

Google the address if interested.

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The Parked Barge

| Flower Roberts

It is going to be hard to play pioneer woman when I have a barge parked across the river.
It is a constant reminder that change is coming.
It is time for me to accept this and adjust.
I am still here, so are the deer.
This is the new normal.
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The Deer with Feathers

| Flower Roberts

Maybe I did not realize the deer had feathers,
Or maybe I thought it would not matter.
But it has mattered.


The deer is lovely, but its feathers have caused problems.
Anytime the deer moves or is held, it sheds a few little feathers.
I not only have to dust for dust, I have to feather dust.


I have wondered if my son’s sneezes are related to the deer and its feathers.


Sometimes when I am trying to be patient, it turns into tolerance, procrastination. and passiveness.


Today is the day I will start tackling the issues that I have tried to ignore.
I started with the deer and its feathers. The feathers went in the trash. The deer got a new pillow.


One less irritation in my life and on my couch.

Do you have a deer with feathers?

What are you ignoring?

GO FLOW!

River Barges

| Flower Roberts

The barges grumble as they glide up and down the river.

Sometimes they carry things. Sometimes they are empty.

The river is like their road or rail, only it moves. The flow may help or hinder their work.

I watch the traffic from my perch on the hill. Standing still as they pass, but feeling the same wind.

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