Making Smiles on Faces Award

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I have just been notified that the lovely Birgit, from swappinghowdies, has honoured me with an award for my blog. Thank you Birgit. My very first award and I'm so proud that my blog is able to make Birgit smile.

There are so many blogs out there that make me smile, so many that I pop into from time to time and Birgit's has always been one of those. I love reading about Birgit enjoying things to do in her homeland, Germany, it's so great to learn about another's culture and her photographs are exquisite.

Again, thank you, Birgit.

Jeni

Lovely Louvre

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My tulips are out and looking beautiful. Louvre is a lilac flower with a fine fringed edge and, last night, with the raindrops on it, this tulip looked quite lovely. I hope you like this desktop of a beautiful flower.

I had the opportunity to visit TriflorNZ last year and bought some bulbs and this is only one of them. Of the fifty bulbs I bought, I kept thirty and gave twenty to a couple of my sisters and they have some wonderful displays in their gardens also.

You can download a zip with three sizes here.

Thanks for looking.

Jeni

Gethsemane Gardens in Christchurch

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Having recently been visiting Christchurch, I was reminded of the pix taken at Gethsemane Gardens on Clifton Hill near Sumner in Christchurch a while ago. A beautiful sanctuary overlooking the Canterbury Plains and Christchurch, Gethsemane Gardens is an ideal place to get away from it all for a few hours.

A zip file with three sizes can be found here.

I hope you enjoy this Gethsemane Gardens desktop.

Thanks for popping by.

Jeni

Beautiful Rosa

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Following along with Judy's beautiful script for the tiles, here is a desktop using them.

The desktop shows another image of the beautiful President Herbert Hoover rose from my garden.

A zip file of three sizes can be found here.

Thank you Judy at TOC.

Enjoy.

Jeni

The Rich Red Velvet of my 'Hippy'

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A flower has opened up on my beautiful Hippeastrum, also known as an Amaryllis [Amaryllidaceae]. I love the rich red velvet of her...another is still to open, a truly magnificent sight. I have found this to be the second flowering of this plant in the one year. I keep the bulb outside in a pot and only bring her in at the beginning of winter where she gets warmth and, once flowered, will go back outside.

Enjoy the beautiful Hippeastrum, the photograph was taken last evening.

Jeni