House of Krause

'Agnes Galt?' Big single pink flowers

Listen to some of these names;

‘All Aglow’ -gold blotched orange petals, ‘American Beauty’-Broad deep rose flowers, ‘Bridal Veil’- Large pure white single flowers, ‘Butterfly’-Small, single bright yellow flowers, ‘Diamond Head’-Large double flowers in deepest red, almost black, ‘Red Dragon’- Medium double dark red, ‘Morning Glory’- Single blush pink changing to warmer pink with white petal tips, ‘Kona’- Ruffled double pink flower.

'Full Moon' Double pure yellow flowers- Notice all of the stem is yellow

'Hula Girl'-Large single canary yellow flowers deep red eye

I guess this was just a little Hibiscus lesson for myself . Thanks to sunset garden My dream would be to have all the different varieties. I also wanted to share these pictures of an artichoke farm we went by on our way camping. I have never seen anything like this. It’s all you could see for about a mile out. I think it was close to pickin’ time. The kids yelled from the motor home,  “Grab one!” but I couldn’t do that.

O.K, so the little story. Yesterday, I ran up to Target to get Luke some M & M’s. Potty training is in full effect.  When we were checking out. Luke was going on and on talking about his MM’s, and Pa-teee, and no pee-pee on ta-ta (Thomas undies), carrying on and on. The young girl at the check out counter interrupted him and said, ‘Oh my, little man, you are quite the talker!” Luke stopped dead in his tracks. We both looked at each other and started smiling.  Right then a million thoughts ran through my head. I was going to explain why that comment meant so much to us. But all I could do was smile and say, “Thank You! You just made our day.” And we all walked out.

That was a moment for me an Apraxia mommy…..

I share this story with you not to brag about Luke all the time. I know happy stories can make other people feel sad sometimes. But I just wanted to encourage you that speech will come. Sometimes it takes a long time. The odds are in our favor! Keep the Faith, Don’t give up!

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