My garden, my books my coffee and I am Queen!

@Inlemay (17714)
South Africa
January 28, 2016 10:02am CST
Thursday is spent! Good evening - what a beautiful day it was and how lucky I was to spend most of the day in my garden. Now I am a little exhausted from all the raking, forking, digging and sweeping and I bet that tomorrow my gleutus maximus aka my 'butt' is going to show signs of fatigue and pain!!! "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Marcus Tullius Cicero My garden, my books my coffee and I am Queen! The challenge is about flowers, so here is a wonderful waterlily - photo taken a while ago in a pond on the Golf Course.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
28 Jan 16
I fully agree with Cicero, I have my garden and we have a library in the house, I cannot ask more.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
@vickyrose the simple pleasures of life - @LadyDuck
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@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
29 Jan 16
Same here, my library and garden are what kept me happy!
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
We are same.I have also garden.
@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jan 16
I hope your gleutus maximus doesn't hurt too bad. Great picture of the water lilies.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
ha ha ha - the butt is in a little strain pain, but I shall survive the day - will walk it out tomorrow playing bowls
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@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jan 16
@Inlemay That's good then. I would hate to think you were in a great deal of pain today.
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
Beautiful water lily with green leaves.
@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
29 Jan 16
That is very pretty. Not much gardening here there is still snow on the ground.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
Soon you will be into summer and I shall be back into winter - the forever changing seasons
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
I agree with you.It's beautiful water lily.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Jan 16
That's a lovely photo. I have hundreds of books but the computer has sort of taken over from them. I do love my garden though.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
29 Jan 16
@Inlemay No, I don't have an ipad, but I'm usually busy doing the actual gardening
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
Ahh - its time you get a ipad that you can take into the garden with you - or do you have one already?
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
Pretty water lily flower.
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Jan 16
lovely photo!
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
thank you Jessalyn
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
Yes,lovely photo.
@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
29 Jan 16
Cicero is wise. That is a lovely shot of the waterlily
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
thank you - I shall give all the credit to my hubby who is forever wandering around the golf course on Saturdays
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
Beautiful water lily flower photo.
@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
3 Feb 16
@Inlemay I love it when hubby is not at home, I can concentrate on my garden and my readings.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
29 Jan 16
Your Lilly flower is looking awesome. Loved it. I have a small terrace garden. I love flowers and plants. It is winter here in New Delhi and it is the best season for new plants. In winters flowers survive for longer duration and one could enjoy watching them. Here is a rose from my garden. I do not have any library as such. However, I love to read books and magazines etc.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
29 Jan 16
@Inlemay - I am glad to hear that you liked the rose.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
Your rose is Blooming Beautiful - thank you for the share
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
30 Jan 16
Beautiful. Does it have a nice scent?
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@youless (112113)
• Guangzhou, China
29 Jan 16
It is a very relaxing life that everybody dreams about.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
28 Jan 16
Lovely photo. I can't wait for the Spring to arrive here in Canada, so I can rake, weed and plant flowers. Then, I would feel like a queen too.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
and dont forget to have a pain in your butt as well - ha ha ha - I am queen of my garden and I love it
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
Good photo.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
28 Jan 16
Nice water lily there.Thank you for sharing.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
you are welcome
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
White water lily.Beautiful.
@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
30 Jan 16
I am really enjoying all of the photographs being posted of flowers.
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
30 Jan 16
They have all been wonderful I think as well
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@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
28 Jan 16
Cicero was right. But he didn't have coffee. Can you imagine?
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
I can just imagine what his saying would have been then!! Love that quote
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@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
28 Jan 16
So gardening is quite literally a pain in the butt??
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@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
29 Jan 16
Absolutely - ha ha ha
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
Gardening is hard but flower is beautiful.
@JudyEv (325787)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jan 16
I think this is a good concept - a garden and library. However my library far exceeds my garden.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
28 Jan 16
Cicero had it right and you too though I would much rather tea!
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@paigea (35693)
• Canada
16 Feb 16
Oh that is a beautiful picture. It is so great on this new site! And I love the quote too.
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• Bangladesh
29 Jan 16
It's really beautiful water lily.It's very pretty.