Category: #amblogging

• A New Year’s Food for Thought

  People make New Year’s Resolutions every year on New Year’s Day. However, very few people can stick with their New Year’s resolutions. This year, take a different approach, take the pressure off, and learn how to improve your life by simply doing less. Making New Year’s Resolutions seems like a great idea as the New…

  SCLMRose

  1 Jan 2024

  #amblogging, #Author’s Life, #Inspirational

  #FoodForThought, #inspirational, #MotivationalTips, #PositiveThinking, Inspiration

• Happy 100th Birthday to Mom

  Happy Birthday, Mom, in heaven. If she were alive today, she’d be celebrating her 100th birthday. Mom was born on December 16, 1922, and died on November 23, 2019, at age 96. She had a wonderful life! She was six years old when her father died, leaving her mom with nine children to take care…

  SCLMRose

  16 Dec 2022

  #amblogging, #lovestory

  #Happy100thBirthday, #MothersLove, #MyMom

• What are your goals for 2021?

  I am grateful 2020 is over, gone and done. The New Year comes with an opportunity to reinvent, refresh, renew, and brings us better luck. It’s up to each of us to make plans for a better YOU. 2020 was a very stressful year for the whole country. We lost loved ones, the economy started…

  SCLMRose

  2 Jan 2021

  #amblogging, #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #Inspirational, #PositiveThinking, New Year, Writer’s Goal

  Happy New Year, Motivational, New Year's Goals, Self Help

• Memorial Day Weekend 2020

  This year, Memorial Day is different from years past. Not just because of the Coronavirus. This is the first time, I spend Memorial Day weekend without Matt since we got married 50 years ago on Memorial Day Weekend. I miss the times we walked to the corner of our street in Oyster Bay to see…

  SCLMRose

  25 May 2020

  #amblogging, #Holidays, Memorial Day

  Being Patriotic, Memorial Day Weekend, Music, Taps

• The Dogwood Tree and its Legend

  One of the most beautiful sights that grace the landscape during spring is the dogwood tree. The dogwood tree is one of my favorite trees. Photo Credit: https://www.fast-growing-trees.com To many gardeners, dogwoods are the most beautiful of all flowering trees. These delightful trees often begin to blossom when they are only 4 to 6 feet…

  SCLMRose

  11 Apr 2020

  #amblogging, #Author’s Life, Legends and Lores

  Dogwood Tree, Flowering Trees, Holy Week, Spring

• OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW

  In a few hours, 2019 will be gone. Over and past. The New Year and a New Decade will be here. With it comes an opportunity to reinvent, refresh and renew. It’s up to each of us to make plans for a better YOU. Have you had a stressful year in 2019? You’re not alone.…

  SCLMRose

  31 Dec 2019

  #amblogging, #Author’s Life, #PositiveThinking, HOLIDAYS

  Happy New Year, Inspirational, New Decade

• A Grateful Daughter’s Tribute To Her Mom – Love and Remembrance

  My mom, Fausta (Pacing) Rosales, lovingly called Lola by her grandchildren, passed away on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. She was 96 years old, a month shy of her 97th birthday on Dec. 16. She was the last among her nine siblings to pass on. I thank you Mom for all the years you loved and…

  SCLMRose

  23 Nov 2019

  #amblogging, #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #Love

  #Family #Grief #Love #Gratitude

• Cheesecake Anyone?

  For nothing better to do today, I decided to try my hand on baking a cheesecake. I saw this recipe months ago and clipped it. Ingredients: 7 oz. pkg. cannoli shells 3 tbsp unsalted butter melted 2 tbsp sugar 4 cups whole milk ricotta cheese 1 ½ cups sugar ¼ c flour ½ whipping cream…

  SCLMRose

  9 Oct 2018

  #amblogging, #Author’s Life, Blogging

  #amcooking, #amwriting, #authorslife, #cheessecake, Blogging, Desserts

• Constance Spry – The Rose and The Mother of Floral Design

  Constance Spry, introduced in 1961, is one of the first English Roses hybridized by David Austin and its success contributed to the founding of the English Roses. David Austin Roses is a flower arranger’s dream. They can be used to make wonderful floral arrangements either on their own or with other plant materials. With its…

  SCLMRose

  7 Aug 2018

  #amblogging, #amwriting, #Inspirational, Blogging, Floral Design, Inspirational, Roses

  Constance Spry, David Austin Roses, English Roses, Floral Design, Flower Arrangement

• A Rose (Rosa Banksiae) and a Tip for a Happy and Healthy Lifestyle

  Class: Rose Species Syns:   R. banksiana, Banksian rose, Banks’ Rose, Lady Banks’ Cultivated since 1796   Rosa banksiae is one of the best shrubs for a wall and in a few years will reach the top of most houses. It produces an abundance of pretty small roses with the sweetest fragrance you can imagine. The…

  SCLMRose

  8 Jul 2018

  #amblogging, #amwriting, #Inspirational, #MotivationalTips, #PositiveThinking, Blogging, Rose Gardening, Roses

  Inspiration, Motivational, Rose Gardening, Roses