Thankful Thursday Feb. 23, 2017, Lovely Camelias

The grass withers and the flowers fall,

 but the word of our God endures forever.”

Isaiah 40:8 NIV

Greetings Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you well 
and happy.

We just got home Tuesday
evening from a trip to our
daughter and son-in-loves,
which you will read about
in this post.......
It is always wonderful to see
 those you love and to take a 
break from the normal every
day routine of life.....

Hope you enjoy all the 
beautiful camelia's as much
as we did.......
It was funny.... this Camelia
tree/bush had these buds since
 last September when they
 moved in and we saw them
when we were there in mid 
Oct. and none of us thought
 they would ever open, but 
much to our surprise they were
opening every day while we
 were there, and there are still 
more buds yet to open.  
So what a great crop.......lol 

Well...... on with it.....

I Am Thankful 

#1

for a safe and uneventful trip
 to Charleston and back, and
that my hubby likes to drive,
and does all the driving, 
which is nice for me!!  lol

#2

that our son got back safely

from the Netherlands last Friday

and had a much better trip home

than when he was going there.

#3

for great, really perfect weather the
 whole time we were in Charleston.

We spent a lot of time sitting outside
 in their backyard since the weather 
was so lovely, as being outside is 
so enjoyable to all of us.

#4

for a really great time with our

daughter Dee and her hubby Jerry.
We had breakfast and/or lunch in,

but only cooked dinner one night, 
we got take out and went out to
 dinner so a nice cooking vacation
 for us girls.

#5 

for fun rides on their newly acquired

 golf cart.  Most of the people in their

area ride around in golf carts, and it

is so much fun.....cause you get to

really enjoy seeing all these pretty

houses, but at a much slower pace

than if you are in are in your car.

Great view............and just fun to 
have the wind blowing in your
 face and hair.  lol
Hubby said, hmm, maybe when
I retire if we wind up selling my 
 car we might want to get a golf
 cart.......it really would be a lot of
 fun....know our lil darling would
like it for sure and who knows
 maybe we could turn our 
neighborhood into a golf cart 
neighborhood.   lol

#6

that they know their way around

 the area much better this time.

They are still making fun dis-

coveries all the time.  Dee and

I found a new neighborhood 

within their neighborhood that

they had never seen before and
of course, they are finding more
restaurants and stores that they
like as well.

Here are some white camelias in her
neighborhood, they had tons of buds
but not that many were open yet.

#7

that Rosie, our first Fury grand-

daughter dog is back to normal.

Thank goodness .  She was sick 

with some type of stomach and 

intestinal issues and she got sick

right after having her toofers

 cleaned so they didn't know if it

 had anything to do with them

 putting her to sleep or not, but

she is lil 7-8 pd. chijuajua, so

they can dehydrate very quickly

and she was feeling pretty bad 

for a few days there.

#8

for a fun trip to their Home Goods 
store, they had tons of really cute
 stuff, it was like Happy land.  lol

and another cute new store I have 

never heard of called "Palmetto

 Moon".  Reminds me a lil of

 "Altared State"

 that we used to go to in Asheville.

Accept they have lots of cute 

T-shirts.... rather than adorably

 cute clothes that are too young

for me!! lol

and they also have some cute
home things too, like Altared
State too. Also, we took a quick 
trip to a Whole foods market, 
which was way nicer than the
 one we have been to in the
 Orlando area (actually it was
quite a disappointment to us),
course, I think we have a new
one closer to us, just haven't
gone there yet.....so now I have
the incentive after seeing the
one in Charleston.  Also, we
found another neat store that
had furniture but also lots of
other home decor things that
were very reasonable, always
fun finding new places

Pink ones  too, from the neighborhood.

#9

for the stunningly gorgeous 

camelia tree in their backyard,

and all over the neighborhood

there, Dee and Jerry's are a deep
coral color, but there are white, 
red, pale pink or peach and some
 varigated ones that are red and 
white. All so beautiful...
hence the pictures.

#10

for good conversations, playing
 cards and music, watching TV
and just time spent together.

#11

for a refreshing break from our
regular routine and a nice change 
of scenery, which is always in-
spiring in a number of ways
when we come home.

#12

that we got to see lil darling, 
Megan and Scott the next day
after we got home,  and got a 
lil time to hear about Scott's
trip to Holland.  He got to see 
some hydroponic greenhouses 
which seems to be the way 
they do most of their growing
over there.

Well, This was our week at
Cozy Place......

Hope you loved the Camelia's,
we sure did.......
We are thinking about where we
might have a good spot for one.
Wanted to put one in years ago,
but they have to have a lot of
sun......and we were mostly 
shade at that time,  but then 
after hurricane Charlie hit
 about 11-12 yrs. ago we have
lots of sun now cause it took
down all the pine trees in our
yard and our neighborhood.
So the time just might be right!!


Have a lovely weekend with
those you hold dear.

Love, Hugs and
last of February Blessings,
Nellie


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