{Our Camellia Sinensis Tea Plant Blooms in January}

Just like the early blooms on our Japanese Magnolia, in mid winter, also our beautiful Camellia Sinensis Tea Plant showed its early blooms!

Today is a wet and rainy day so the blooms turned brown from rain damage...

Using some earlier photos for you.

Looking so lovely against a blue sky!

It is a huge blossom, see my fingers to compare its size.

Nearly impossible to have those blossoms pure white without any damage from heavy rain!

But it sure is a very welcome sign of new life during this time of the winter.

Hope you enjoy something blooming in your surroundings as well!

{3 French LINEN Embroidered HEARTS Amitié - Bonheur - Tendresse}

AMITIÉ - BONHEUR - TRENDRESSE or FRIENDSHIP - HAPPINESS - TENDERNESS

3 Perfect all linen French Country Style hearts in a large size with two-sided embroidered names, as written above in French.

These special Home Décor items are available at my Zen Cart powered on line boutique Mariette's Back to Basics: Three Large French Country Style Linen Hearts.
They measure 17.5 x 19 cm or 7 x 7.5 inch without the loop!
Perfect Gift for Saint Valentine's Day!

To give these three virtues freely, is a gift in itself!

Even more so in the form of these meaningful heart pillows...

These hearts are to be hung from their linen twine.

Amitié - Friendship

Bonheur - Happiness

Tendresse - Tenderness

{January 11 Angel Sister had 1st Birthday in Heaven together with Mom...}

My thoughts have been very much with my Angel Sister who had another Birthday in Heaven and this time her very 1st together with Mom...

It was on January 11, last year that I talked for about half an hour with Mom; my actual goodbye to her as I did not get any chances later.

That phone call I will cherish for the rest of my life. I congratulated Mom first on the Birthday of her Angel daughter.

We did chat about a lot of things. 

Mom had not slept all night... so scared.

But knowing that she could call on all the ANGELS she knew by name, she did calm down.

She also was speaking so sweetly about my Dad. She said: 'I still LOVE him very much!' 

Almost on her death bed and still worrying about him!

When I told her that she had to focus on herself now, that all would be well with Dad, she accepted her fate and has been very brave.

On January 27 of 2015 Mom joined my Angel Sister...

MISS them both very much! 

But I know they are very close to my heart and in Faith we are forever united.

Related links:
{R.I.P. Dear Mom} | previous post by me

{ANGELS We Know By Name} | previous post by me