Five on Friday - Flowers and Rainbows

Now that Easter is over, 

I've changed my tablescape

and added a simple bunch

of baby's breath to my new galvanized bucket.

 (A souvenir from the Northwest Garden Show)

These will be coming with me

to the baby shower for my 

daughter-in-law on Saturday! 

The perfect flower for a baby shower,

don't you think?! 

I've been busy all week crafting

for the big event. 

It was a lovely afternoon today, 

so I took my supplies outside

and worked. 

We have been having very unsettled 

weather - a little sunshine 

and a little rain. 

It changes by the hour! 

My English daisies get so 

heavy with rain that their heads 

break off, so I gathered the

broken ones into a little bowl. 

They remind me of my Grandmother's

powder puffs! 

I can't tell you what the decorated cups

are for - it is a surprise for the baby shower. . 

You will have to come back to visit

next week to see the results....

I bought this miniature African violet two

years ago and it has consistently bloomed

ever since. 

Don't you just love the little basket? 

A thrifty find. 

It is lined with sewing pattern paper, 

and has a pearl trimmed wire brim. 

It usually lives upstairs in my sewing room, 

but I brought it down to enjoy the flowers. 

I do think it is bewitched by the fairies! 

My cactus is blooming, too. 

The hammered brass urn is another thrifty find. 

I just love the bright pink cascading blossoms. 

They cheer up this sometimes dreary weather! 

The rain started up again and I had to move inside, 

but look! - a Rainbow! 

Something to smile about even in the rain.

It seems that whenever I have had a particularly trying
time in my life, a rainbow has appeared....
When my daughter was in a car accident (she recovered)
 and I left the hospital, the day my Mother died,
when my Father was in a nursing
home with Alzheimer's and it was the first time
that he didn't know me anymore - I walked
away with tears in my eyes
and there was a rainbow.

When I see a rainbow,
I know that someone, somewhere
is comforted by those beautiful
arcs of shimmering color.  

xoxo

I hope you have a lovely weekend 

Dear Friends! 

Always keep looking for the rainbow! 

xoxo

Today I am linking with: Love Made My Home - Five on Friday