{"id":1344,"date":"2013-05-14T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/05\/14\/a-beautiful-orchid\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:47:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:47:08","slug":"a-beautiful-orchid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/05\/14\/a-beautiful-orchid\/","title":{"rendered":"A beautiful orchid!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sunday was Mother’s Day, as many here know. We have two daughters with five grandchildren between them, and we all spent the afternoon and evening together. The grandchildren all had a wonderful time swimming, and then we had dinner. Daughter #1 prepared a gorgeous salad and a delicious and light trifle for dessert. Daughter #2, who hosted us, fixed wonderful appetizers, followed by grilled salmon, scallops in brown butter sauce, and pasta. It was all soooooo<\/i> good!<\/p>\n

As if that weren’t enough, there were lovely cards and even gifts. I now have a gift certificate for a pedicure, as well as a gorgeous new orchid plant. You may remember that I had an orchid for last Mother’s Day<\/a>, but it died. I replaced it with another (a magenta dendrobium), and now I have a second one. This one is a spectacular white phalaenopsis, also known as a moth orchid because of the shape of the blossoms. I rushed right out yesterday and bought a cache pot for it and a plant stand so it would be safe from curious doggie noses. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Sunday was Mother’s Day, as many here know. We have two daughters with five grandchildren between them, and we all spent the afternoon and evening together. The grandchildren all had a wonderful time swimming, and then we had dinner. Daughter #1 prepared a gorgeous salad and a delicious and light trifle for dessert. 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