09/05/2026
Today I got a lot accomplished, but it was so hot. Keeping all my flowers watered has been a huge, tedious task, but I’m forever grateful to still get to harvest flowers daily for repurposing into Holy Blooms Flower Boutique products.
The blurry picture of the bumble bee, while blurry, struck such a cord with me. I rescued him, then he was able to fly well enough to make it to one of my zinnias. He was having such a hard time navigating and I hope he was able to find rest in my garden.
I spent quite a bit of time The Vintage Market organizing my booth and seeing what it needed, and shared sweet conversations while there. The Vintage Market has such unique finds and I always love watching the customers shop, seeing what they pick and the stories of why they did. Community.
I spent hours today harvesting zinnia seeds, sorting the petal from the seed. Last year and all years prior, I just saved the seeds attached to the petal, but now I have two uses for the flowers. Grateful, but what a tiring task it is and I’m not near through, and while all the seeds won’t be viable to have spent such time on this, it was a great time of just calming my breaths and being grateful for what God provides.
This evening while watering I shared the garden with this swallowtail and I had to get its picture.
Holy Blooms Flower Boutique, you sure make my breaths worth it.