Zinnias
Colorful bouquet of friendship, my cousin grows it abundantly, she waters it with her steadfast love, seemingly effortless is her giving, I am blessed an hundredfold by her generous spirit!
Her kindness is bountiful, her encouragement overflowing, she bags up sunshine that brightens my way. My hands come in empty, my heart leaves fuller.
This is Judy my cousin, who is an angel. Who shows me the path to loving kindness in her every move.
photo: Zinnias from Judy's garden.
amazing zinnias! they are one of my fave flowers to grow in the garden!
how lovely to be related to an earth angel!
xo mary ann
Posted by:mary ann | 23 August 2006 at 03:15 AM
lovely flouers, lovely angel...
Posted by:wishesheros | 22 August 2006 at 09:26 AM
Love the color! And she is lovely, too.
:)
Posted by:Amber | 21 August 2006 at 11:13 PM
Zinnias are my all time favorite flower. Just looking at them makes me smile from the inside out.
Posted by:mikaelah | 21 August 2006 at 11:04 PM
LOVELY !
Posted by:ParisBreakfasts | 21 August 2006 at 06:07 PM
There is nothing like the friendship of cousins.
To this day, after not having seen each other for years, and having recently visited with them, it's as though time never passed from when we were kids.
Laughing and having fun were what we were all about...and still are.
Posted by:Shannon Lewis | 21 August 2006 at 03:44 PM
Beautiful flowers. Beautiful woman. Beautiful friendship.
Posted by:josephine | 21 August 2006 at 03:36 PM
There are over fifty first cousins on my Mother's side.
Posted by:Corey Amaro | 21 August 2006 at 06:13 AM
Corey is blessed with many cousins -- 23 first cousins on her father's side and maybe 30 or more on her mother's. If we 23 were all small stones in an old-fashioned brooch, there would be a distinct brillance to the one that is Judy -- shining and sparkling there amongst us. In good times and bad, her light does not grow dim.
Posted by:Cousin Linda | 21 August 2006 at 05:21 AM
Very lovely indeed.
Flowers are food for the soul.
God bless you my friend.
Love Jeanne
Posted by:Jeanne | 21 August 2006 at 01:52 AM
A cousin who brings you 'sunshine'. I bet you send her 'rainbows' with love too!
Posted by:herhimnbryn | 20 August 2006 at 11:11 PM
Actually, Judy's even more beautiful than this photo reflects. Looking forward to seeing her in Ferndale in October. Corey, might you reconsider and join us?
Posted by:Francabollo | 20 August 2006 at 07:03 PM
She is so beautiful, it shines out from her!
Posted by:Colette | 20 August 2006 at 04:50 PM
I ditto britt... beautiful cousin,photo, and words... and those FLOWERS.. ahhhhhh !!
Posted by:diana | 20 August 2006 at 03:19 PM
A heart full of sunshine directed at you expressed in her sunny bouquet!....and then you passed it onto me! Thank you both!
Posted by:naturegirl | 20 August 2006 at 02:46 PM
What beautiful flowers and photos!
Posted by:kate_always | 20 August 2006 at 12:35 PM
no wonder you don't want to go back to France - being surrounded with loving people like your cousin. Corey - you are showing me the path to loving kindness, just like your cousin has shown you. a circle of loving kindness - passed from one to another.
Aren't zinnias just the most happiest of flowers? I cannot wait til I can buy some in summer!
Posted by:miss*R | 20 August 2006 at 08:47 AM
Beautiful flowers,
beautiful cousin,
beautiful friendship,
beautiful post.
Friends and cousins are flowers in God's garden.
Posted by:Britt-Arnhild | 20 August 2006 at 08:41 AM
What a precious cousin to have. I have one like that and she is a true treasure.
The Zinnias are gorgeous!
Posted by:Bev Hammer | 20 August 2006 at 08:14 AM