Lilacs In Bloom and Having a Bad Disposition

Glancing out the KITCHEN window seeing the lavender Lilac bush in bloom.  One of my favorite smells is the perfume of Lilacs.  Last year we didn't have Lilacs in bloom. Not sure why, but this year it's a different message.

After supper we worked in the garage.  The temptation to smell the blossoms over took me as it was a heavenly scent that I wanted to partake in.  So I did.  Have you heard to take time to smell the Roses?  You are missing out if you don't smell the Lilacs.

When we lived in the Houston area the Crepe Myrtle were imitating the Lilac's appearance.  They are a beautiful tree, but it does not have fragrance like Lilacs.  Kind of like hybrid Roses that have that gorgeous appearance with no perfume fragrance.  Nice to look at, but lacks that intoxicating aroma that Lilacs have.

Snapping small branches off the Lilac bush outside the garage would become the contents in a large crystal vase that is now sitting on the Kitchen table.  The Lilacs are early this SPRING.

RETIREMENT COTTAGE has a Lilac bush loaded with blooms just outside my Kitchen window.  The first hint of Spring peeks out at me as I notice the purple color.  One day we hope to have a fenced in backyard for privacy.  I think I'd like to have several Lilac bushes in the yard.  Irises as well with Tulips.  The first signs of SPRING are these lovely things.  Later comes soft pink Peonies.

I will deliberately smell the Lilacs and when the bubble gum fragrant heirloom Irises bloom, I'll take note of them.  Anxiously waiting for them to bloom this year as we will mark the leaves with black sharpies and relocate the plant to our new HOME location.  The contract of selling the rock house included that we are allowed to dig up the heirloom Irises after they fade.  There are quite a few to transplant.  Part of the fun in planning a landscape is to dream a little.

Thinking about their colorful blooms makes the wait even harder.  Hoping the blooms last at least a month.  Beds will have to be prepared.  SO much to do.

BEST to allow the Irises to bloom then fade before digging them up and replanting.  We'll be thinking about landscaping the yard here.

Loading the car trunk and the back seat with items that have to be moved out of the garage as the new owner is being patient with us during this month to finish clearing out the garage.  Already he has had a crew inside the rock house tearing out the old radiators that warmed us for nine years.  We peeked into the house and the Kitchen is gone.  The wall between the Kitchen and Dining room vanished.  Both bathrooms have been gutted.

We could see that the floor was gone.  You can see the upstairs ceiling through the invisible floor.  I had to look at the open space that is now there.  It's not easy seeing a house that you lived in almost ten years not be like it was.

All of this has taken place in four days.  I couldn't believe it.  The house is no longer ours.   I continue to remind myself that we have to move on.  The ideas come to mind what we will do to the cottage.  We're taking this in baby steps.  The fire recovery is harder to go through than imagined.

We hope to have the majority of the garage cleared completely out this week-end.  This is kind of like a three ring circus taking care of details all at the same time.  I am working on documenting the damaged items and the things that we know were completely destroyed.  Going through the fire recovery items returned and accounting for what has been damaged, while clearing out the garage, waiting for wooden furniture to be worked on and all the items that were gathered like dishes and crystal will return sometime soon.  

My head spins.  It's gotta be done.  God give me strength to get it all done.  Then there's the planning of where to go with items in the small cottage.  New living room furniture to hunt for and then order up.  Want to have fun with this.

I want it to be finished,
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