May I Have an Ice Cream Please ?

Happy Mothers Day !
I am thinking today of the mothers that can not do the things they want to do for their children, for the constant lack of financial resources. I am not talking about any kind of extravagance. I am talking about simple things, like not being able to buy your child an ice cream cone, because you are watching every last dollar. An ice cream cone today costs about $ 3.00, and that is with no frills, no sprinkles, or chocolate coating. Imagine you have 3 children....

I am wishing for those in our country, and everywhere else that are suffering financially, that things will improve, and improve soon.
I am wishing , hoping, and praying for these mothers, and their children. 

With perfect financial circumstances, life and every 'little thing' that happens during the course of a day can be difficult. 

So, I pray that these mothers do not have to feel the pain, and the shame related to not being able to provide their child's everyday essentials. And to me.....an ice cream cone once in a while is a child's ' rite of passage' .

Is it not ?

Donate Children's Clothing.

Or maybe a woman's business suit, that you do not wear anymore....

Do what you can for those who are struggling...we all know someone who is.

And many are too proud to ask for help, they have never needed it before.

Mothers & Children during the great depression

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How The Other One Percent ........

Lives On Their Yachts!
( it might have been 2 % , before last September's Crash)





If one must be stuck in a hallway.............this works.

Could you see yourself living on, and working from your super yacht ???



*enlarge to see onyx
This bath is so great. I am an onyx lover anyway, but the application here with the glass is so practical.

' Interior Space ' on a yacht is priceless.
My favorite image in this collection.

What ???? So intimate...and are those are rubber made chairs ?  Not likely.





Oh look, the galley with people in it.
And without.


More Yachts....

Sweet Dreams, .... xxx

For More Luxe Life Go See FiFi Flowers

How The Other 3 Percent Lives, Yacht Interiors
credits; www.gjdi.net
I really am confused....
is it 1% or 3%???


thank you st. Jude.

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her BLOG.....

Black , Black, Black, Is Chic, Chic, Chic

This is the glamorous and ever so Chic Black Bamboo. I  love love love !

Can you imagine ? This is a close up of it growing.
I mean, this looks as though someone hand painted a bit of gold on it. But it is just growing.....
Tre Chic.
So wild. So green.


I think this grouping of black bamboo would look fabulous bordered with black mondo grass.
This is black mondo grass. It is normally used as a border, but it can also be placed in a planter. Then it looks a bit like a Phyllis Diller wig. Which I love.
This is a typical application. See it along the grass ?
This is what it looks like when it blooms. It doesn't get very tall , about 6" high is all.

Is this glamorous, or what ?  [ see....Phylis Diller Wig, Right ?]

"Description: The ultimate Gothic grass - the black mondo is an evergreen perennial with shiny grass-like foliage forming small slow spreading clumps. The black leaves look fabulous in contrast to ferns and lighter green grasses. The white flowers appear in summer followed by dark black-blue fruit."

Native to: Korea

Hardiness: Full-half hardy

Sun: Full-partial sun

Soil: Any fertile well drained soil

Flower: Violet - white

Leaf: Black

Flowering period: June to August

Maintenance: The black leaves look fabulous in contrast to ferns and lighter green grasses.

Black Mondo is drama.
See how it is growing in this planter? If you were to have a large shallow planter ( round or rectangular), it will grow all the same height, and evenly. Do this in a planter on an outdoor cocktail, or dining table.....you will be quite pleased.

This Black Mondo grass is so inspiring that artists have painted it. I think it is unexpected, and can be a show stopper if it is used in the right application. It seems to just accentuate what ever else it is in, or with. It can be another design tool. And unexpected .

Do you likie ??

sources:

http://www.shweeashbamboo.com/Phyllostachys%20nigra.htm

http://www.edenproject.com/shop/go/plantprint.aspx?id=318

http://jury.co.nz/category/flowering-this-week/

growing bamboo 101 : http://www.bamboos.com/grow.html

Jen's Photography on flickr

images - flickr

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her BLOG.....