Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

12 May 2009

Pic Luv: Blooming Hibiscus


Well, this sucks! It's the middle of May, and it is snowing in Edmonton.

Spring session schedule of two night classes is kicking my ass. Three hour classes four nights a week after a full-time job is just as bad as it sounds. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. On the bright side, I'm enjoying the course material, and it is very relevant to what's happening at work.

May is half over, wow! The schedule makes the days fly by. I'm completely wiped out when I get home. Poor sweetie is lonely all night and then just watches me crumple onto the couch. For once, I'm the one going to bed first.

When I am tired lately, I think of the great flowers that I saw in Punta Cana in February, and how there will be beautiful flowers all over the yards here very soon. Here's a hibiscus flower I photographed while I was there. They grow so plentifully at the resort we stayed at that the staff picks them almost daily and leaves them on the pillows of guests who tip them. In February!

I hope it brightens your day like it does mine. What is your pick-me-up on a crappy day?

P.S. This was taken with my trusty Sony CyberShot DSC-W30. I love this little camera and I take it everywhere with me, but I can't wait until I get my new DSLR. I really want to play with lenses and fields of focus!

24 September 2008

Beauty Moment: Flowers!

I'm not much of a girly-girl when it comes to gifts. I'm usually pretty practical when it comes to gifts - I'll take a tasty jar of pickles over a bouquet most days.

But I admit that when I get an unexpected surprise, I sometimes have a girly moment. Today I received a really beautiful bouquet of flowers from a supplier that we order logo items from at work.

I've worked with him before on projects, but this was the largest one, and hopefully will be the start of an annual program. He's given me nice little promotional items before: notebooks, mints and a pretty luxe butane lighter for candles & barbeques.

The card was addressed to me and the office, but it really was for me. Aren't they gorgeous?