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Hello my lovelies, DISCLOSURES Flowers make me oh-so-happy so I thought I would share some lovely dollarwise floral gift ideas, especially with Mother's Day coming up in May. FOR THE LADY WHO LIKES PRETTY MUGS Christian floral mugs -- I just bought these and they are SO gorgeous! Large floral mug with gift box How about tea for one in a pretty floral pattern? -- It's fun to curl up in bed with a good book and tea! FOR THE LADY WHO STILL LOVES TO WRITE HANDWRITTEN NOTES Flora

Hello, my lovelies! April brought flowers to our little cottage home -- indoors and out! But here's our secret: they are all faux. Yep, after years of planting real flowers and succulents in other places that we lived, in Arizona it's easier to "grow" faux flowers! They look so real but we don't have to water or weed them or change out the soil or fertilize or ... :) I still love real flowers, of course, but as a "seasoned 60s senior" now, I know my limits of time and

Hello, my lovelies! Imagine my delight when I opened my dining nook window shade to this lovely right outside our Cactus View Cottage (CVC) recently. I thought you might enjoy these pretties too so I snapped this pix really fast to show you. See that hole in our Saguaro cactus? That's for birds! They nest in there, just like in a tree. Some Saguaro cactus are as big as BIG trees too. BTW, Saguaro is pronounced "Suh-wahr-oh." And here are more flowering cactus pix that ot