Friday Smiles 414: In the garden of rain and wind

 

Welcome to Friday, dear friends.  It's time for Friday Smiles which is hosted by Annie (at A Stitch in Time).   Let's join her and the other wonderful ladies who also share their smiles each Friday.

This has not been a good week for me.  It's rained every day for two weeks except Sunday and Monday.  I haven't seen the sun except those two days.  I sent an e-mail to a very dear friend that I regretted as soon as I sent it.  Hopefully, it hasn't damaged our friendship.  My friend is much more tactful than I.

I got some happy mail this week, but if you want to see what I got, you'll have to wait until T time next week.  I had a bit of fun playing with filters in Photoshop, though.

Had it not been for my dear friend Scott, who brought my groceries on Sunday, I wouldn't have these to smile about.  He pointed out that my hyacinths have bloomed.  In fact, one may be past blooming.  Three years ago I purchased three.  One pink, one purple, one white.  The second year they doubled and I had two of each. 

Sadly, that didn't happen this year.

 

I guess they don't multiply after awhile.  And apparently, they only last three to four years before the bulbs die. 

As I was taking photos of these, it started to rain.

However, I had to check on my tulips and got myself and my beloved camera rather wet in the process.  Luckily, the tulips are doing well and the camera seems to be working fine once I dried it off, too.

For a bit of humor, I decided to focus on technology this week after I told a blogging friend who suggested I text her that I'm the only person over the age of seven who still doesn't own a cell phone.

The reference to 42 is for my friend Divers and Sundry who looks for that number everywhere.

For all you cat lovers (or maybe cat haters) out there.

And finally, this is my favorite, since Firefox is my internet web browser.  Thankfully, I don't have Windows on my computer.

Now let's head over to Annie's our beloved host.  And whatever you do, please don't forget to start your weekend off right with a few Friday Smiles of your own.  If you would like to play along, Annie would love to have you join us.  Remember to stay safe, wear a mask, and smile. People will still know you're smiling, even behind the mask.

This will be my final Friday Smile until April 23.  For 22 days in April, beginning with April 1 and leading up to Earth Day, I recycle, reuse, reduce, rethink, re-invent, redesign, re-craft, recover, restore, rebuild, revamp, reclaim, and/or re-purpose something to keep it out of the landfill.  I hope you will stop by and see what I have planned.  Most of these will be very simple crafts that anyone can make.  After all, if I can make it, so can you.