happenstance

noun hap·pen·stance \ˈha-pən-ˌstan(t)s,

: something that happens by chance 

 

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Sometimes, just when I think I don't have much of a green thumb,
I still don't.
But even though I don't put much stock in luck, I do believe in happenstance.
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Many times, we don't have to do anything to make things grow...they just do.
Take clover for instance.
But as annoying as it can certainly be, especially for those allergic,
you must admit that when you get up close and personal, it's kinda pretty.
Yep, I was down on  my belly snapping these.



Sometimes we get a little help with our spring planting...

...from our furry and fine feathered friends.
Sunflowers started growing in my flower boxes.
The squirrels must have been hiding them there for safe keeping.
And the seeds that I actually planted on purpose, those little buggers dug up!
Every. Last. One.



So, I transplanted these into pots because the sunniest place is here on my deck...
...I don't think there is enough sun anywhere in my yard for them to grow that well.
I read on google that you could grow them in pots.
To this I say, convince me, Google!
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And look! I have baby tomatoes!
I actually have been known to grow them successfully at times.
I am waiting with bated breath for a few green ones to get big enough to fry!
Do you like fried green tomatoes?



Saturday, some friends and I went to a wonderful farmer's market.
Among all of the lovely produce, they also had so many gorgeous flowers...
...too many to take photos of all...but I did snap a couple.
Of course these have nothing to do with my greenish thumb or the lack thereof...
...just thought I'd throw them in :)



The lovely orangey lantana took my eye right away but I had never seen this purple one before.
Look... it's got little white flowers within the flowers!
Isn't it pretty?

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Now I had nothing to do with growing this fuchsia either...

...but...once you spend the money, it's kinda nice if it lives.

And speaking of spending money,

the day after I paid $13.99 for it at Lowe's, they went on sale for $9.99.

 

 

Oh, but I do love these stunning blooms!

They look like little ballerinas in tutus dancing around.

 

And I have decided that this cactus just cannot make up it's mind what kind of cactus it truly is.
In previous years it bloomed around Halloween or Thanksgiving...
...and then it started getting buds on it back around Easter that never opened up.
So, this year, I am calling it my Memorial Day Cactus...
...and it's blooming right on time!

This cactus and the African violet below are plants in my work office.
I inherited them when a lady who used to work here moved.
I basically ignore them and water them only when I remember to...
...which isn't very often.

 

It's probably been about five years since these plants have been in my custody.

The violet goes through it's cycle of blooming pretty regularly.

Not with any help from me, that's for sure!

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And lastly, this is one of those tiny little dwarf rose bushes from the grocery store.

Jim had given it me for Valentine's Day and it was so pretty.

 

 

Well, after all of the blooms died off, the whole plant started looking really bad...

...I never have had any luck getting one of these to bloom again.

So thinking I would probably be throwing it out, I just sat it out on the deck this spring.

And look what happened.

Now, that's what I call happenstance!
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What kind of happenstance do you experience in your life??

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