Shooting Star

givelittle_getlots

14 years ago

What a glorious morning

Hope yours is too!!

See why;

{{gwi:544448}}From POTD for September 09

Now they all just need to flush. I take small flushes like that lol. Funny that the smallest brug has a flush lol

Have a super day.

Brenda are you ok?

Lucy

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givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
roflmao ok folks...I got SO excited that I did not have to do a OT...that I forgot to add the POTD to the subject ...so you all know...THIS IS THE POTD hahahahahaha

Lucy
sekhment
14 years ago
lucy when I look at that I think elegant! very nice okay I have another silly question. I have been reading a lot of these post "love the info" and great people but I have not been able to find out what things like POTD and OT ?
Thank you
Cassie
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givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
Cassie glad to fill you in on those 2

POTD I started...to get over the long winter days last year...and just kept going. It is Picture of the day.

OT stands for anything else that has nothing to do with Brugs but we want to talk about it :-) Wrecking my brain and not coming up with the exact translation lol

Good sign that my mind is OT so I better get out of here lol

Lucy
eloise_ca
14 years ago
Good morning all. Lucy, I'm with you, I will take any brug flush no matter how small, LOL!!

Cassie, you are not alone. I have been here for a while and when Lucy started abbreviating "Picture of the Day" on the subject line, I had to ask what POTD meant, lol!
thahalibut
14 years ago
Yeaaa a brug flush!!!
pagrdnr
14 years ago
Nice blooms Lucy. I am glad you are finally getting to see some.
Frances Coffill
14 years ago
OT is "Off Topic"

Pretty little brug by the way (or BTW) I didn't know there were little ones? Will they get to be large in time, or are they just smaller cultivars?

Frances
sekhment
14 years ago
Thanks Lucy and Eloise.

Cassie
threas
14 years ago
Beautiful, Lucy!!!

Theresa
figara
14 years ago
Good Day ! I am behind 3 hours than most of you. Here in Ca is 10am.

I am glad Cassie asked the question, I wanted to find the answer too.

Lucy, the flowers (to me ) look like are as big as the plant itself. Very cute.

Pat
givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
those are about the smallest brug blooms I have seen live in the 2 seasons I have had brugs growing now.

Oh but I almost fell in the flowerbed, trying to stick my nose into the blossom lol. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh the smell. NO PICTURE can tell you about the wonderful fragrance. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

yeah thanks for the off topic. My head was just not in the right place and it is spinning even more now. Gosh I had to shop.

That is for garage doors rofl. Why do men always think you do not know what you are talking about when you go shopping for doors, windows...computers. Man I really do not like that.

Ok I think the weather change gave me a cold so ...NAP TIME lol

and remember...go ahead and ask...why wait.

Lucy
taz56
14 years ago
Pretty Lucy! :)
Susan

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