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Weekly Winners is a showcase of favorite photos taken the previous week. Visit
Sarcastic Mom for many more wonderful shots!
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My sister Mary is older than I am (there are four brothers in between us), and I have only one memory of growing up with her. Sadly, it involves a teenager's reaction to her little sister's trying out her tube of lipstick when she wasn't home one night. It's safe to say there's a reason I don't remember anything else (ONLY KIDDING, Mary!!) I'm happy to say I now have my own lipstick, and Mary and I have had had many, many wonderful experiences together. (Here's Mary with Mom a few years ago.)
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Mary is a very talented woman. She can cook, write songs, sing, play guitar, plan fantastic and entertaining parties that everyone remembers long afterwards, cook a homemade pizza like nobody's business, train dogs to do amazing tricks, and find the best bargains on antiques. She is thoughtful, hard-working, forgiving (believe it or not, haha), well-organized, sensitive, super-creative, and intelligent. When God handed out "lazy," Mary must have been in the bathroom, because she has never taken a lazy breath in her life.
One of Mary's talents that really blows me away is her artistry in the flower-gardening department. Take a look at these pics and see if you don't agree; she has a gift (for flower gardening,
as well as photography!)
Note: Mary took these pics last week, as well as earlier in the past year.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAku5QiSo5hKfhsEJ_tHdsaRbDTfQvxoOpY9-DHyJrl9vRbPrC8l8f0YjqX5oMRDnIAGO0YXmC7y1kZd-HwpQiC49MZ2OAzT7lbrd1ysSToPH_GDabS0ClifWBegmQ-rJ07a2lNDRPEG0b/s400/misty+morn+garden.jpg)
Purple Clematis on the arch...
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Every plant in Mary's garden has been placed there with a purpose; to please the eye, no matter what time of year or stage of bloom. There is always something in full bloom, just as something else begins to bud.
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Poppies with Black Jack Sedum, Bee Balm...
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Purple Cone Flowers, Lime Light Hydrangea, Red Night Lily...
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Yellow Asiatic Lilly...
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Tiger Lillies...
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Did you notice the hummingbird in that last one? Mary said that hummingbirds love flowers that have tubes leading to their nectar.
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Lamb's Ear...
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Yellow Fox Tail Lillies...
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Bee Balm...
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Mary, I am in awe of your many talents. I can only hope there is a trickle-down effect.
For more gorgeous flowers, try Lotus's
Weekly Winners (but good luck; these will be tough to beat!)
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