Baskets of unconditional love

Thank you my beautiful friend Mooey, the big rig and their divine children Coco, Z girl and the little rig, my three gorgeous god kiddies for such a memorable visit. 

The warm welcoming hugs, the heartfelt kisses, the stories, the delicious homemade food, the cheeky laughing out loud, the drawings (yes Z girl you gave me a drawing, not a painting), the impromptu yet greatly appreciated car service and the overflowing baskets of unconditional love. 

Such visits are never long enough, if only the clock would stop for a few extra magical moments but to have some time is better than no time.  

Thank you again beautiful peeps. Your cuddles, kisses, smiles and love are true blessings and ones I treasure each and every day. 

The Svelte Brown Fox

...celebrating the little and simple things which make you smile and remember life is good

The joy of a jade that flowers

So this morning I'm watering my plants. The poor darlings were crying out for a drink...aren't we all post the week that was?! Anyhoo, I noticed one of my jade plants is flowering, yes flowering! Not a single one of my umpteen jade plants has ever flowered. In fact I wasn't aware they did flower.  

Naturally straight to the phone to call my darling papa bear and then to the encyclopaedia aka Google to suss out what this all means.  Yes gorgeous peeps, jade plants do indeed flower. It's well documented and widely known among green thumbs, jade plants are symbolic of prosperity and luck in predominantly Asian cultures.  What I learnt thanks to Google is jade plants are also known as the friendship tree. If a jade plant flowers, it is allegedly the result of great care given to the plant, reflects well on the owner (thank you) and symbolises great friendship, luck and prosperity...I'm celebrating each and every one of these little flowers this morning and beyond - extra water all round! 

As I write about these cute wee flowers, I'm thinking back to the day when my darling papa bear gave me a baby jade plant when I moved out of home - only a couple of years ago of course (wink, wink).  It's now the "mumma" jade plant responsible for the family of jades I have today including the very content flowering one.  Thank you papa bear and three cheers for jade plants...I'm smiling and celebrating. 



The Svelte Brown Fox
...celebrating the little and simple things which make you smile and remember life is good