Choice Morsels

      The Mama Kat Blog Prompt for today is: "A Valentine's Day you remember." The Unexpected Gift I've never been a big fan of Valentine's Day, but, in earlier years, my husband and I would, at least, exchange cards. One year we even gave each the exact same card and that was a laugh! Then I became a floral designer at a flower shop. Holy-moley! I quickly learned to detest Valentine's Day! For me it was 16 hours on my feet getting fingers torn up by rose thorns and being sworn at over the phone by customers who waited too late to call and couldn't understand why we didn't have another dozen roses available. Not to mention I think spending $80 bucks on something that's going to die in a few days completely ridiculous. After a few years at the flower shop, my husband was well acquainted with my utter disdain for fresh Valentine's flowers.  But wanting to do something special for me, he came up with a brilliant bit of creativity. N...

The Mama Kat Prompt I've selected today actually was a question about "what do your kids have that you wished to have when you were a kid," but since I don't have children, I've decided to change that into: " What sort of wishes did I wish as a kid that came true ? Actually,  a number of things. #1) What I wished for then: a pine tree outside that I could decorate for Christmas. I grew up in Indiana where pine trees aren't native and apparently don't take easily either. Though, I did get a baby Blue Spruce at a flower show I attended as a kid that did grow, but it was only 6 inches tall when I got it, so you can imagine how many years that took! And I didn't really plant it in the right place for that sort of use. I remember my father had a round flower bed between the garage and the trail down to the mailbox---I wish now I'd had planted it there. What I have now :  A cedar tree my own front yard I keep relatively Christmas ...