First Lady of the Asylum

Oh the Business of Flowers

2012-02-17T12:09:00.000-08:00

VDay was a smashing success at http://www.plushfloralstudio.ca/

Merry Christmas to All and to All a good High

2011-12-20T15:38:00.000-08:00

EEEeeeeee!!!!!

I so Loves Christmas!!

Can't Wait until November is Over

2011-11-26T18:11:00.001-08:00

Oooh Merry ChrissyMas time is near!

...Okay...

2011-10-19T20:55:00.000-07:00

Thank You For Dinner.

Ssssshhhhhhhhh.........

2011-10-15T21:42:00.001-07:00

A Fun Investment

2011-09-05T17:06:00.000-07:00

Stop And Smell the Roses

2011-08-29T15:09:00.000-07:00

Seriously.

Flowers Make Me (and My Friends) Happy

2011-08-24T13:25:00.000-07:00

Jen's tosser.

Flowers and Funeral Cars

2011-08-24T13:00:00.000-07:00

This summer was crazy busy with Weddings! Both Bobby and I had very dear Friends that wed in July, and I was the flower pusher for both. So nice. I love love.

I Really Should be Working

2011-08-23T10:52:00.001-07:00

Yes I really should be working but it has been a million centuries since I have posted something. I need to fix the look of this here blog. I just can't get it right. Anyways.

Happiest Day of this Year

2011-06-21T13:48:00.000-07:00

~
Summer Solstice has always held a special place in my spirit, ya know being a Cancer and all. Today is seriously a beautiful day.

But then there there will be tomorrow.

But then it's My Birthday Day!! So things will be fine.
~

Papa Was a Rolling Stone

2011-06-19T18:58:00.000-07:00

It was the third of September.

That day I'll always remember, yes I will.
'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him.
Never heard nothing but bad things about him.

Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth.

I Want to Move

2011-06-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

Seriously people? Many opinions.

Some people said before the Stanley Cup Final Game that this Generation are Pussies, there will be no riot.

Well it seems that this Generation feels so entitled that they can take what they want.

It's not terrorists. The news reported from the Anarchist Ave - Commercial Drive and they had no insider information.

Spoiled brats. Only My Opinion.

Keeping It Current

2011-06-03T23:06:00.000-07:00

Vi

2011-04-30T21:45:00.000-07:00

"Spring is nature's way of saying - Let's Party!"

Okay I know that may be SILLY a quote from Robin Williams but I just didn't know how to say it. Spring always makes me so very happy! Every year I forget how majical it is, until I see Violets. Violets are here for 2 seconds in the spring. Swoon......

Wow This Blog has Gone to the Dogs (and Cats)

2011-04-23T21:25:00.001-07:00

I totally need to change the background. It's making ME not want to read this.

!!! HELLO SPRING !!!

2011-04-23T21:11:00.000-07:00

Feelin' good. Feeling good!

Poor Pinky Boy

2011-03-05T10:39:00.001-08:00

So our best cat friend has to go see a specialist on Monday because it looks like he has glacoma in his right eye. Poor little(big) guy.

Current Events....!!!!.....

2011-02-26T14:20:00.000-08:00

I Know for a Fact that The Roo Feels Emotions

2011-01-31T13:36:00.000-08:00

Today I read of THIS
It made me fucking discused. I can't stop thinking about it. BAD BAD business model if you think dogs are disposable. They are not.

I know I have to talk for our furry tailed friends who can not speak english. The fact they tried to crawl out of a pit of death says something. That something is they felt that pain.

A LIttle Late on My NYE Post

2011-01-13T16:28:00.000-08:00

Beautiful Bell (and Jude) had us over for NYE and we had soooooo much fun! Fantastic dinner, souffle, drinks & pictionary. It's been a super long time since I've got together with Bell (long dramatic story) so we did it up celebration style!

Cookies and Cat Toes is what Christmas Should Be About....oh and Jesus, of course

2010-12-30T14:44:00.000-08:00

I Love Christmas! Cookies, warmth, loves, drinks, presents, Cat's, Dog's, new camera!

Oh The Holiday Season...

2010-12-08T13:13:00.000-08:00

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Oh, I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

© 1970; Joni Mitchell

Beautiful Beauty of a Day

2010-11-27T11:53:00.000-08:00

My sincere apologies for the profanity on my last post. A Lady shouldn't talk like that!

I'm working on rebuilding (or building) a realtionship that is long (30 years long) over due. Trying to stay positive. Merry Christmas...Dad?

Fucking Mother Fucking Cold Out

2010-11-24T14:49:00.000-08:00

Not so much the norm for VanCity.

And, I am so cutting my bangs and colouring my hairs. Soon.

Love

2010-11-18T07:40:00.000-08:00

Sheesh, you would think with all the time I had on my hands recently I would have blogged a lot more. Not really sure what my deal was. Anyways I'm back in the working world and I LOVE IT!! I love plants. I love love. Looooove.

Just Feeling

2010-10-25T16:49:00.000-07:00

the need to post something.

Sweet Jesus

2010-10-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

Taking the Time.

A

2010-10-11T18:00:00.000-07:00

A New Twist on Old Shit.

Fun at Dressew

2010-10-08T10:44:00.000-07:00

Okay, I said I wouldn't post these on FB but I said nothing about my blog! Sorry H.

I like laughing.

So Nice (and sometimes funny)

2010-10-08T09:50:00.000-07:00

Miss Helena and I went on a stroll the other day and came across Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden and Park. We thought "why not?". I'm embarrassed to say I've never "actually" been. At one point navigation was a bit confusing (and funny). And so nice to escape into such a tranquil garden in the middle of The City. Terrible us apparently didn't learn anything whilst there but it was really fun to look at the most beautiful trees, bonsai, and mosses. So if you want the 411 on this amazing Chinese garden/park (and some very excellent photos) go HERE.

Symphony No. 7

2010-10-05T11:09:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday Bobby took me to watch the VSO and amazing cellist Han-Na Chang play Elgar. She was phenomenal! I absolutely loved every second of it. I haven't been to the symphony since I lived in Calgary. I love watching so many musicians play together, and especially when they are playing musica that was written over 120 years ago. Bravo! Love love loved it!

This First Lady has been Visiting The Asylum far too often these Days

2010-10-04T08:48:00.000-07:00

I don't mean to make light of the seriousness of the current situation but it turns out I really hate hospitals.

Well That Was Fun

2010-09-30T16:34:00.000-07:00

And good-bye to you too.

Always Looking for a Seditive

2010-09-23T17:01:00.000-07:00

I know that this is Passiflora caerula not Passiflora incarnate but even looking at this flower makes everything better!! Mine is in full bloom as we speak. I planted this guy way to late this year, oh ya... and then there was that sitting in water way too long and getting a little root rot thing. So...I have no fruits this year. That's okay, I have tones of flowers right now.

What

2010-09-19T20:57:00.000-07:00

is that?

The Roo Says....

2010-09-15T23:30:00.000-07:00

"Keep your nose to the ground and super fantastic things will come your way!!!!"

Who can argue with The Roo?

Oh Thank You For this Rain

2010-09-15T23:18:00.000-07:00

Completely just realised that the reason that my balcony has been flooding is because the builders did not attach the drain spout to the eve.
I didn't realise that drainage in my apartment was my responsibility. Quality control people, quality control.

A Single Explosion

2010-09-11T21:03:00.000-07:00

On a plane, somewhere over the sea

Above the rain, the bottle sets me free
I turn to stone, fall back in my seat
The cuts are gone but somehow I'm still bleeding

You know it's true
There's nothing I can do
You know it's true
There's nothing I can do
You know it's true
There's nothing I can do about you

Move to France
La Rochelle or Nice
Get a house
Pretend to live in peace
Paint the walls
A blackout of your face
Stalk the halls
Then move into the basement

You know it's true
There's nothing I can do
Pick a fight, it's just you being right
Walk away, there's nothing I can say
You know it's true
There's nothing I can do about you

So don't you mind the gap when you leave
There'll be time enough to turn tall tomorow
So don't you mind the gap when you leave

Broken up like a tanker on the rocks
Not room for much
I'm like the Cubs against the Sox
On a plane, somewhere over the sea
I fall asleep, convinced that I ain't breathing

You know it's true
There's nothing I can do
You know it's true
There's nothing I can do
Pick a fight, it's just you being right
Walk away there's nothing I can say
You know it's true
There's nothing I can do about you

So don't you mind the gap when you leave
There'll be time enough to turn tall tomorow
So don't you mind the gap when you leave
There'll be time enough to turn tall tomorow
Son don't you mind the gap when you leave

Times they are a Changin'

2010-09-04T19:37:00.000-07:00

I am certainly not the biggest fan of change so feeling a wee bit stressed at the moment, but I've been feeling stressed for a while now. As I type this I'm wondering why feelin' so stressed? Things could be so much worse. At least I don't have a terminal illness.

Onwards & Upwards

2010-08-30T13:18:00.000-07:00

Not sure what to say.
My Grandmother told me "if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all".
So I shall say nothing at this moment.
.

I Am a Girl, and I can`t help but Love Fasion

2010-08-23T13:06:00.000-07:00

Givenchy & Audry Hepburn
Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks
Leo & Clare Danes

Can`t help it, feeling super sucky romantic.

Again and as Always....

2010-08-21T17:37:00.000-07:00

Zinnias make the world go 'round!

You Know What's Funny?

2010-08-18T19:22:00.001-07:00

Using the dictionary to look up the word penises.

And Breath

2010-08-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

Man, I gotta get back into the living.

Marrage in the Mountains

2010-08-15T14:25:00.000-07:00

The other weekend Bobby and I meet up with some of his really good friends and their "wives" to go to a wedding. So very much fun!!

Flowers and Beer Two of My Favorite Things

2010-08-15T13:58:00.000-07:00

I lost my mind when I saw this Hibiscus beer on the menu! It's been fun times the last couple of weeks, but it's exausting and I am so excited to have a me day today.

I changed some of the colour on this here blog. I feel a little better now.

Spiffy and New

2010-07-28T21:09:00.000-07:00

For a long time I've been wanting to change the look of this blog, it was too dark, too "Larry King Live" background. However, being a Cancer and not liking change at all and I feel sad that the old blog look is gone, forever. I should have taken a photo. Not that anyone reads this but now I will never see the other layout ever, and I miss it. I don't like the new colour of text, and the title needs to be fancier but I am tired and will change it another day.

p.s. LadyBug love makes things better (tolerable).

A Dozen Just Because

2010-07-28T19:39:00.001-07:00

I am a lucky Squirrel. Bobby has been quite busy/pre-occupied with his new business, his full time job, and his 3 bands. I've been feeling a little neglected and he totally gets it. He showed up at The Flower Box with a dozen roses (from West Van Florists, but that's okay 'cause I actually really like that shop). I know I know.... I shouldn't like the traditional dozen roses but I loved these. I love him. I am a lucky Squirrel.

Obviously

2010-07-14T20:21:00.000-07:00

Man, I need better pictures on this computer. I need to copy my pics off my old computer, and, obviously, I need to take more new pictures. This "beautiful" floral specimen was not done by The Flower Box, obviously. So whilst waiting for me to upload new pics please take a look at what we are doing at said Flower Box.

Another Year Older and Wiser

2010-07-05T11:12:00.000-07:00

I recently had the best birthday weekend!! Started out with drinks with my Fbox Ladies (plus Sara) and then Bobby took me to Spring Lake Guest Ranch! Love love loved it!!

I Have No

2010-06-23T20:29:00.000-07:00

I am turning 34 in a day and I can't believe I still get so excited about my birthday. This year is going to be a good one, I hear there is going to be horses involved (in a good way not he way you are thinking...perv). One would think this wouldn't be so exciting for someone who lived in AB and SK for so many years but it's been a long time since I've been on a ranch. I miss it. I'm excited. Oh yes.

There is no Photo Vibrant Enough at this Moment

2010-06-21T19:59:00.000-07:00

And I have lived so many lives
Though I'm not old
And the more I see, the less I grow

The fewer the seeds the more I sow

I Just Like the Ornii in the Back Ground

2010-06-19T16:39:00.000-07:00

Really.
I am so over Cymbids.

My Heart Hurts

2010-06-16T18:59:00.000-07:00

It actually does. For 5 days now.

Sweet God please answer my prayers

2010-06-16T18:44:00.000-07:00

Sick Cat.
Really Unhappy Guy.
Sweet God please make my man happy again, and please heal Kitty Vester. Amen.

Drama

2010-06-14T14:31:00.000-07:00

Oh baby baby. Wide open.

Sum Summ Summertime

2010-06-14T13:01:00.000-07:00

Okay, okay, yes Vitimin D feels good.

I want to live here, I mean work here, I mean be here always

2010-06-14T12:54:00.000-07:00

Oh My Bloedel, how I love thee

I Really Want to Say Something Positive

2010-06-08T18:10:00.000-07:00

I have a headache. Mission failed.

Flowers for Philip Wong (got slightly problematic as well as rude as one will see in the below)

2010-06-02T18:16:00.001-07:00

Flowers can invoke many feelings.

Woahhh, that was close!

2010-06-02T18:06:00.000-07:00

Ya almost posted something that should cerainly not be posted at a particular post. For serious. Flowers please.

I Would Like Back up Dancers Please

2010-05-25T21:28:00.000-07:00

I Love Rob!!!!!!!!!!!! And back up Dancers.

Jerry Says

2010-05-22T22:15:00.000-07:00

This Is What I am Talking About

2010-05-22T21:48:00.000-07:00

Makes me want to weep.

If You Didn't Have a Keen Eye You would have miss this Amazing Specimen

2010-05-20T21:54:00.000-07:00

I totally did not see this beautiful Prarie Orchid that Jen spotted.

Pasqueflower

2010-05-18T20:57:00.000-07:00

The Prairie Crocus has always been my very favorite. A perennial herb in the buttercup family with a woody stem base that has 5 petal like sepals. Just so you know.

I Miss AB

2010-05-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

Fuscha From a Friend

2010-05-06T15:20:00.000-07:00

Viola + Fuscha + Terra Cotta = Happiness

Vancouver Rodos in Spring are Sick

2010-05-01T21:49:00.000-07:00

That mean Good!

Lilac Love Love Loveliness

2010-04-22T19:42:00.000-07:00

One of My most favorate childhood memories is makeing Lilac Perfum with Jenn and/or Andrea and/or Cara and/or Krista! Amazing Women who I am lucky to still call Friends!

Petunia

2010-04-19T12:17:00.000-07:00

Was the name I gave my Guinea pig. I then found out she was a boy. Tunie seemed like the next best option.

Gardening On A Sunday Afternoon

2010-04-12T10:57:00.000-07:00

Was exactly what I needed. There is nothing more beautiful than this Violet. And nothing more fun than gardening with the Beslic Sisters at Strathcona Community Garden. XO

NO SITTING

2010-04-10T22:26:00.000-07:00

No Sitting Dogs! Sheesh.

Not Feeling Very Relaxed

2010-04-10T21:07:00.000-07:00

. I'm hoping this will help. Thank you please.

The Crucifixtion of Jesus Always Makes Me Crave Peeps

2010-03-30T22:39:00.001-07:00

Way Down In Kokomo

2010-03-24T20:16:00.000-07:00

Seems everyone is coming back from , on, or going on vacation. Execpt for I.

Afternoon delight

Cocktails and moonlit nights

That dreamy look in your eye

Give me a tropical contact high

Way down in Kokomo

Entrance

2010-03-15T11:15:00.000-07:00

Quick definitions (entrance)

noun: the act of entering ("She made a grand entrance")

noun: something that provides access (entry or exit) ("They waited at the entrance to the garden")

noun: a movement into or inward

verb: put into a trance

verb: attract; cause to be enamored

Why I Hate Vancouver:

2010-03-08T10:56:00.000-08:00

While walking on any given day I see litter like needles, condoms, vomit, and feces.

Why I Love Vancouver:

2010-03-08T10:36:00.000-08:00

When I walk to any given place I see things like Magnolia, Bamboo, Mimosa, and ferns.

Face Value

2010-03-06T19:55:00.000-08:00

The Bloedel Floral Conservatory is very special to me, it has been for a very long time.

Roses are Offended by The Bachelor

2010-03-04T19:37:00.000-08:00

This is obviously not a Rose. The Bachelor is obviously not A quality realationship/

Revenge

2010-03-01T12:53:00.000-08:00

Is sometimes Pretty.

Invictus

2010-02-25T22:17:00.000-08:00

Out of the night that covers me,

Black as the Pit from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be

For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears

Looms but the Horror of the shade
And yet the menace of the years

Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.

I am the master of my fate:

I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley

"Is It Really The Whale's Fault?"

2010-02-25T20:15:00.000-08:00

Dawn Brancheau, an experienced trainer who understood the dangers of her job, was killed by a killer whale [named Tillikum] at the SeaWorld Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday. (Photo: Julie Fletcher/Orlando Sentinel/Associated Press)

Wild Animals should not used as entertainment (profit). I'm bothered by this. Wild Animals need to be respected. I very much feel for anyone that looses their life but perhaps you shouldn't stand on a Killer Whale. I've been to sea world, I've been to the Vancouver Aquarium, and other zoos, and such. I've written about this subject before and once again I heard someone say that this Whale had a "history". If the Whale is killed because of this it will be a huge error, or perhaps that what happens when humans try to control that world. I vote for sanctuaries not training Wild Animals to do flips over and over again. It's not natural. Breathe.

Spring Clean Up

2010-02-23T21:22:00.000-08:00

Feeling so much better after this.

Meh of Mixed Emotions

2010-02-20T20:19:00.000-08:00

I have mixed emotions about this.

MMMMMaaaaGGGGGnnnnnoooolllliiaaaaaaaaa

2010-02-20T20:01:00.000-08:00

Backwards post. Dead Magnolia first pic, nice. I just don't want to repost these pics because it took a million centuries to "up load" them. Like my use of "quotations", that is just how frustrated I am.

I may need a new computer.

Anywho... so excited about My Magnolia. Past, Present, and Future.

Tell Me What is More Gorgeous than This

2010-02-20T18:50:00.000-08:00

I'm waiting...

A Long Longing

2010-02-20T18:43:00.000-08:00

I long for stability.

Saying I Love You with Flowers

2010-02-15T10:11:00.000-08:00

There is nothing like a FlowerShop on St. Valentine's Day! I am so tired I can't come up with an Original Post.

Bienvenue dans mon monde!

2010-02-08T16:30:00.000-08:00

Quatchi says...

Just saying.

Just One More, I Promis

2010-02-08T14:51:00.000-08:00

Cemetery Plots and Perpetual Care Fees
Cemetery Plot Fee $100.00 Plus GST
Cemetery Perpetual Care $150.00
Contact the Kerrobert Town Office to purchase a plot at 834-2361

Cheap. Just Saying.

Woo Hoo!~

2010-02-08T14:30:00.000-08:00

Well this place looks FUN!!

I'm just saying that this is not the best pic of The FairGrounds. I've had sooo very much fun here in the past, I just wish it was represented better. Just saying.
Kerrobert Fairgrounds
5 Softball/diamonds
Metal Events Building

Race Track

Moto Cross Track

Permanent Rodeo
Chutes

& Arena

HomeSick

2010-02-08T14:15:00.000-08:00

My First Kiss was behind this pool, by that shed. It was majical! Seriously.

I came across the Kerrobert Saskatchewan website today, who knew there was a website. When I went to school there there was probably 24 computers for the whole school, grades K to 12. No cell phones. No Fax. Pen and Paper. Small town Saskathewan. The site made me happy and brought back so many memories. Why do I miss it now? Seriously havent been back in 10...nope..12(?) years. Why am I talking?

OPEN OPEN OPEN

2010-02-04T19:43:00.000-08:00

If this stunning branch of Magnolia opens up I am certain it will end My funk. I've surounded it with ripe fruit. Please open,

This Post was a Test in Patience

2010-02-02T12:35:00.000-08:00

I failed.

The Be Patient Song

Be patient!

Don’t be in such a hurry!

When you get impatient, you only start to worry.

Remember, remember that

God has patience too,

And think of all the times that others have to wait for you.

One Thing At A Time

2010-02-02T12:28:00.000-08:00

Well that freakin' took long enough.

2010-02-01T12:15:00.000-08:00

Use My Words

2010-01-30T19:38:00.001-08:00

As We All Should.