I was cleaning out an old purse to throw away. It wasn't worthy of the donation pile. The handles were frayed and the leather was wearing away. It was cavernous and had two pockets on the outside and five more on the inside. It had places to put a couple of pens, my cell phone, business cards and other detritus. Sometimes, my purse doubled as a brief case and held a file folder or two.
I started emptying the pockets out one by one. I found mostly old receipts, but continued to go through each pocket. In the process, I touched something small and plastic that turned out to be an SD card that I thought I had lost. I'm not sure if I gasped, but I was delighted by the serendipity. It had photos of a baby shower for my friend Lori's first grandchild and my nephew's first birthday. And some of the first photos I took of my garden after buying my camera. I also found the photos below of Indian paintbrush (Castilleja).
I took the photos while hiking on the Aspen Vista trail in the Santa Fe National Forest. Some are overexposed. Nonetheless, I was elated with the serendipity of finding these photos that I'm going to post away.
Special thanks to Donna at Garden Walk, Garden Talk for hosting Word for Wednesday - Serendipity.
I started emptying the pockets out one by one. I found mostly old receipts, but continued to go through each pocket. In the process, I touched something small and plastic that turned out to be an SD card that I thought I had lost. I'm not sure if I gasped, but I was delighted by the serendipity. It had photos of a baby shower for my friend Lori's first grandchild and my nephew's first birthday. And some of the first photos I took of my garden after buying my camera. I also found the photos below of Indian paintbrush (Castilleja).
Now that is a great serendipitous happening. I think this weeks word was made just for our find. Of all things to find too, full of pretty images of Indian Paintbrush. It is a plant I do not know. Thank you for joining. I hope the Word for Wednesday catches on. In Mr. Linky, I added it to the list of memes and have been getting interest from outside the garden blogs. You might want to add there as well.
ReplyDeleteI love that word! And the flowers are beautiful. and I'm so happy for you that you found the card :)
ReplyDeleteI see first time this plant. I found the pictures on the internet, is a beautiful flower.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely flower. It's so nice to find something that has been missing (or so we think). :)
ReplyDeleteCher Sunray Gardens
What a great find! You must feel so lucky...and some of those photos are probably very important to you. Lovely photos!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet story... love it when I find little treasures. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat find! Beautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteWow, what could be more serendipitous for serendipity Wednesday? You must have been so delighted when you saw what was on the disk. Thanks for sharing the photos.
ReplyDeleteWe women really should clean out our purses more often! ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat story! Love that you found flower pictures :)
ReplyDelete@GWGT - Thanks again for hosting Donna. I love the Word for Wednesday meme and I hope it catches on.
ReplyDelete@Patricia - I'm so happy, too. I thought I had checked this purse for the card, but not well enough!
ReplyDelete@Mimi - Daniela, it's a beautiful flower. It should be blooming now so I need to go take a hike up in the mountains.
@The Sage Butterfly - Michelle I feel very fortunate. I thought the baby shower photos were gone forever. My friend Teresa made a lovely diaper cake and now I have photos of it.
@Sunray - Cher, it was kind of like walking around the house looking for my keys everywhere and finding it on the hook where I hang my keys.
ReplyDelete@Carolyn <3 - Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're having a great summer!
ReplyDelete@BL - Makes me wonder what other treasures I have hidden in pockets somewhere.
@Practically Gardening - I was ecstatic. I had given up all hope very long ago so it was indeed serendipitous.
ReplyDelete@HolleyGarden - I think now I will have to make a point of it! LOL!
@NHGarden - Flower photos are always a boon especially my garden in better days!
Love the serendipidity and the plant it rustled up.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you found these photos - they are beautiful! Thank you for posting.
ReplyDelete@Catharine Howard and Masha - I feel so lucky that I found the photos.
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