A not so simple flower. PoliXena

The flower commonly called Hibiscus is a tropical flower wich belongs to the family Malvaceae. It gets its name from the Greek words Hibiscus meaning "mallow". It´s also know as rosemallow or jamaica.

It is a primary ingredient in many herbal teas and jams and it´s also used as a natural source of food colouring and for hair care purposes. Dried hibiscus is edible, it is often a delicacy in many countries. And is used as an offering to Goddess Kali and Lord Ganesha in Hindu worship

There are lots of these flowers growing everywhere here and you can find them in a great variety of colors... they are all wonderful, but I discovered this one the past week and it has became one of my favorite. Isn´t it fantastic the color combination?


The meaning of this flower is delicate beauty, but some sources include another meaning: if you receive Hibiscus flowerthis might suggest, "Seize this opportunity."

... What else can I say? Happy Saturday, dear friends. X. xxxx

Spoil Yourself Monday

This is a past "spoil"... my little watering can I picked up at the dollar store for $2.
Thought I would update you all so you can see it with the pretty flowers of summer.
My husband put up the wooden shelf that the flowers and can are sitting on.
I get these shelves from flea markets and thrift stores. ♥ Love you all, Gwyn

A Peek At The Early July Garden...with love from Gwyn ♥

my summer thus far... rluvsg

We have taken many road trips!!! and seen lots of wildlife, sometimes too fast to get a photo of (bald eagles, black bear, etc... some not! here are a few photos of our Gorgeous Alaskan summers!!!

a day in my mini garden :) ~ rluvsg

a day in my mini garden... I have no green thumb!!! so I am just excited that my flower will survive the month!!! They sure are pretty though!!!

Even the weeds are pretty!!
make a wish!

June Poster - jangold

Hi Girls - it's 1st July so here is our poster for June

Hopefully I've caught the essence of most of our activities and you'll remember each of them.

Will be doing the pet poster in about 2 weeks - lots of nice pictures - especially cats and dogs ...

Have a great start to July.

Hugs Jan xxx

PS click on it to get a print version

New coloured lanterns - jangold

Hi Girls

It's a lovely day here in the UK. At long last we have had some good weather - some last week and more to come this week - in fact they predict a heatwave ! For our two weeks Wimbledon tennis contest this has been bliss and to date they have not had to use the new roof only to put some shade onto the Royal box :-)
I treated myself a few weeks ago to a several sets of lanterns to go on our dividing trellis in the garden as I had a poor clemetis that died there. So this is a picture of four of the lanterns - very bright and Summery and in the evening you can put in a tealight to light them up even more. As the Summer nights are already starting to draw in I will do this in a couple of weeks. Hope you are all having a good week - what did you do for SYM ? I had lovely nectarines with my cereal for breakfast.

Hugs Jan xxx