I bought these poppies today at Lowes, of all places! They were three dollars. The thing about cutting the flower, is you have to sear the bottom of the stem with fire. I made the cards that go along with our flower orders, yesterday. The twisting green is called Twisted Arrows rush. To keep them from growing big & looking like serious bed head, I put them in a pot & plan on giving them a bit of a haircut. Great day shopping & gardening. Best.Day.Ever. Thanks to my friend/partner (business), Stephanie.
I can completely echo Karen’s words. Amy, your art, your photography, your magical messages – all the beautiful little things you do, have the power to touch people’s hearts. I find it even more amazing that you find the time, energy and inspiration to do all these things, when I remember the lifestory you shared.
Thank you so much, Reggie. Flabbergasted by your compliments. I am so very pleased that I what i’ve been working on is, well, working. For a very long time, I’ve been doing nothing because of the infection in the bone, it infected all of me. With that part of it healed & only having the regular pain, I feel as though I’ve been given a second chance. Because the way I was living. was just existing. Life seemed as though time didn’t move fast enough for life to end the pain. I can deal with my everyday life as long as I do baby steps. It is the words that I receive from both you & Karen, that give me the strength & purpose to motivate me to do more I love. Some days I am only able to create my cup of coffee, other days, I am unstoppable. I am grateful for the days that make me love my life again. Please know this. Words written, as yours above, effect me deeply & give me great strength…there is no better gift. Lots of love to you, Reggie. ~amy
Thank you, Reggie. Hug received & returned. Thank you for your continued support! As far as unstoppable, will you ask the rain to go away now? I’ve been stopped. Ugh. this too shall pass. ~amy
I LOVE the messages on both those “Happiness; Delivered” pots of flowers. I like that they are, on the surface, simply inspirational, but how they can be taken on a much deeper level if you have a mind to do so.
I take it that “Lowes” is a store where you managed to find both a bargain and unexpected beauty? I understand that completely- I do the same and finding treasure in unexpected places makes my heart sing.
It is always easy to respond to your posts Amy, because you too inspire by being strong, even when you do not feel it.
I certainly identify personally with the messages on the happy yellow poppies.-Karen.
Thank you, Karen. I’ve been thinking about why the quotes can effect people so much. What I’ve come up with is, most of the time we are thinking about what we are going to say to another in conversation & rarely hear what people are telling us. Or perhaps we don’t like to be given unsolicited advice in a conversation b/c we become defensive in receiving it? When these meaningful quotes are isolated among beautiful flowers, people are taking in both the words & the flowers in as a whole?
I was told by a woman who goes to the same physical therapist office, that she worked for 20 years for a locally famous florist & my wee flowers, with the quotes, make her almost want to cry. She then asked me if I would decorate her table for Passover next week. I gave her my card to telephone me with what it is she would like…whether she phones me or not, I am taking what she told me in person as compliment enough. I know she meant it when she said it & like a teenage girl, i am still squealing in delight at the entire conversation.
Yes, Lowes is a HUGE hardware store, that has the basic flowers, so finding the Poppies there was an extraordinary find. To find them for 2.49 was a added bonus. I would have paid twice that b/c i’ve only seen poppies sold in seed packets. They’ve been planted & i’ve gushed over them since the day I found them. I find myself checking on them like I did my newborns. 🙂
I loved that quote, “Be strong, you never know who you are inspiriting” I always think myself as less an impact on my children, because they see me as the weak & tired. BUT…then i remember what Sophie told me when she was about 9 years old. “Mom, there are moms that make their children homemade cupcakes & deliver them to school for their children & classmates. I tell myself that you are not that kind of mom. But you have an art studio & you teach us art. I would rather have a mom with an art studio, then a mom that brings the class cupcakes” Powerful words that i pull to the forefront of my brain when I’m feeling less then human. She will never know how those words impacted me as a person then & keep me going now. Sometimes, unsolicited words can knock one over with their power. Perhaps that is why when I combined the powerful, thought provoking (& unsolicited advice) words with flowers works is because most of us can’t help but stop & read a very brief note. Hopefully the words written will knock us over with their powerful meanings…maybe?
I LOVE your comments & I’m always so happy to see any note that you write to me. Your words usually knock me down. ~amy
I really don’t think that you recognise that the effect of the flowers and the messages is because they comes directly from YOU!
I know that it is easy for me to see all this from afar, but from here it is clear as day. EVERYTHING you do is full of meaning and soul and everything you do is beautiful. I just wish you knew that.
Your children have been so lucky to have a special Mum. If only you could be kinder to yourself……..
You so have a way of choosing just the right words, powerful words which cut right through to the heart of the matter. Then you pair it with a stunning image or some tiny flowers.
You are special Amy. You are just going to have to accept it. It’s YOU that knocks people out, it all comes from you.
Sorry to go on, it is just so crystal clear.
Karen.
hmmmm. Blow me away. I thank you for your huge gift of your words. However, it is difficult for me so see what I do from another’s perspective b/c i have so many steps to take in order to see the end result as anything other then, “there, I’m done” I think if was a receiver of such a gift of flowers & sentiment, I would feel as you do. I am also filled with self doubt in anything i do…i suppose it is instilled in me so that your words don’t inflate my ego. (but hopefully fill my heart?) I am kinder to myself then I’ve been in a long time. I was so filled with infection & pain, that I felt like a great beasts with hair in all the wrong places, as well as bones & muscle. Since the infected bone has been removed, I feel, mentally, as I did when I was in my mid thirties. So…I will reread your words & try to look at what I do as the way you see it & perhaps it will help to keep me motivated on ridding myself of the ugly & bring about the confidence to keep creating beauty. Bring a bit of balance to my life. You, & your vision that I see on your blog, should be taken as a HUGE compliment…Thank you so much, Karen. More than you’ll ever know, Thank you. ~amy
Thank you for taking the time to just look! And a big thank you for taking the time to let me know of it. Thank you, Carol. Have a wonderful weekend. ~amy
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I can completely echo Karen’s words. Amy, your art, your photography, your magical messages – all the beautiful little things you do, have the power to touch people’s hearts. I find it even more amazing that you find the time, energy and inspiration to do all these things, when I remember the lifestory you shared.
May you continue to ‘knock us out’. 😀
Lots of love.
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Thank you so much, Reggie. Flabbergasted by your compliments. I am so very pleased that I what i’ve been working on is, well, working. For a very long time, I’ve been doing nothing because of the infection in the bone, it infected all of me. With that part of it healed & only having the regular pain, I feel as though I’ve been given a second chance. Because the way I was living. was just existing. Life seemed as though time didn’t move fast enough for life to end the pain. I can deal with my everyday life as long as I do baby steps. It is the words that I receive from both you & Karen, that give me the strength & purpose to motivate me to do more I love. Some days I am only able to create my cup of coffee, other days, I am unstoppable. I am grateful for the days that make me love my life again. Please know this. Words written, as yours above, effect me deeply & give me great strength…there is no better gift. Lots of love to you, Reggie. ~amy
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Sending a big hug back at you, Amy. May you always be ‘unstoppable’! 😉
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Thank you, Reggie. Hug received & returned. Thank you for your continued support! As far as unstoppable, will you ask the rain to go away now? I’ve been stopped. Ugh. this too shall pass. ~amy
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I LOVE the messages on both those “Happiness; Delivered” pots of flowers. I like that they are, on the surface, simply inspirational, but how they can be taken on a much deeper level if you have a mind to do so.
I take it that “Lowes” is a store where you managed to find both a bargain and unexpected beauty? I understand that completely- I do the same and finding treasure in unexpected places makes my heart sing.
It is always easy to respond to your posts Amy, because you too inspire by being strong, even when you do not feel it.
I certainly identify personally with the messages on the happy yellow poppies.-Karen.
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Thank you, Karen. I’ve been thinking about why the quotes can effect people so much. What I’ve come up with is, most of the time we are thinking about what we are going to say to another in conversation & rarely hear what people are telling us. Or perhaps we don’t like to be given unsolicited advice in a conversation b/c we become defensive in receiving it? When these meaningful quotes are isolated among beautiful flowers, people are taking in both the words & the flowers in as a whole?
I was told by a woman who goes to the same physical therapist office, that she worked for 20 years for a locally famous florist & my wee flowers, with the quotes, make her almost want to cry. She then asked me if I would decorate her table for Passover next week. I gave her my card to telephone me with what it is she would like…whether she phones me or not, I am taking what she told me in person as compliment enough. I know she meant it when she said it & like a teenage girl, i am still squealing in delight at the entire conversation.
Yes, Lowes is a HUGE hardware store, that has the basic flowers, so finding the Poppies there was an extraordinary find. To find them for 2.49 was a added bonus. I would have paid twice that b/c i’ve only seen poppies sold in seed packets. They’ve been planted & i’ve gushed over them since the day I found them. I find myself checking on them like I did my newborns. 🙂
I loved that quote, “Be strong, you never know who you are inspiriting” I always think myself as less an impact on my children, because they see me as the weak & tired. BUT…then i remember what Sophie told me when she was about 9 years old. “Mom, there are moms that make their children homemade cupcakes & deliver them to school for their children & classmates. I tell myself that you are not that kind of mom. But you have an art studio & you teach us art. I would rather have a mom with an art studio, then a mom that brings the class cupcakes” Powerful words that i pull to the forefront of my brain when I’m feeling less then human. She will never know how those words impacted me as a person then & keep me going now. Sometimes, unsolicited words can knock one over with their power. Perhaps that is why when I combined the powerful, thought provoking (& unsolicited advice) words with flowers works is because most of us can’t help but stop & read a very brief note. Hopefully the words written will knock us over with their powerful meanings…maybe?
I LOVE your comments & I’m always so happy to see any note that you write to me. Your words usually knock me down. ~amy
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I really don’t think that you recognise that the effect of the flowers and the messages is because they comes directly from YOU!
I know that it is easy for me to see all this from afar, but from here it is clear as day. EVERYTHING you do is full of meaning and soul and everything you do is beautiful. I just wish you knew that.
Your children have been so lucky to have a special Mum. If only you could be kinder to yourself……..
You so have a way of choosing just the right words, powerful words which cut right through to the heart of the matter. Then you pair it with a stunning image or some tiny flowers.
You are special Amy. You are just going to have to accept it. It’s YOU that knocks people out, it all comes from you.
Sorry to go on, it is just so crystal clear.
Karen.
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hmmmm. Blow me away. I thank you for your huge gift of your words. However, it is difficult for me so see what I do from another’s perspective b/c i have so many steps to take in order to see the end result as anything other then, “there, I’m done” I think if was a receiver of such a gift of flowers & sentiment, I would feel as you do. I am also filled with self doubt in anything i do…i suppose it is instilled in me so that your words don’t inflate my ego. (but hopefully fill my heart?) I am kinder to myself then I’ve been in a long time. I was so filled with infection & pain, that I felt like a great beasts with hair in all the wrong places, as well as bones & muscle. Since the infected bone has been removed, I feel, mentally, as I did when I was in my mid thirties. So…I will reread your words & try to look at what I do as the way you see it & perhaps it will help to keep me motivated on ridding myself of the ugly & bring about the confidence to keep creating beauty. Bring a bit of balance to my life. You, & your vision that I see on your blog, should be taken as a HUGE compliment…Thank you so much, Karen. More than you’ll ever know, Thank you. ~amy
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Although I don’t always comment or leave a like, I want you to know that it’s always a pleasure to read your post.:)
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Thank you for taking the time to just look! And a big thank you for taking the time to let me know of it. Thank you, Carol. Have a wonderful weekend. ~amy
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