Butterball, our Lhasa Apso, must have known something was up yesterday morning ~ I kept finding him hanging over the arm of my office chair ~ gazing intently out the window.
If I called him, he would look at me, but wouldn't budge from his "window on the world" position:
Until the Fed-Ex lady showed up, that is. Then he came alive and so did I! After just writing about orchids yesterday, I'm feeling beyond spoiled by my new package:
Could it really be "a Live Orchid Plant??" Oh my. Yes it could. Nestled securely inside the box, flown all the way from Hawaii, (Bob's Tropical's) was a Slipper "Paph" Orchid:
How wonderful is that? As you can see, the bud is a solid dark, rich, burgundy color. What you can't see is there's another bud coming up amongst the foliage as well. WOW. How lucky can one girl get? The tropical card enclosed:
had this message:
I so more than like it, I LOVE it! You're the BEST brother ever. Thank you ten million times over Thomas. What an amazing & thoughtful surprise. I will be enjoying this one for many years to come.
WoW you do have a great brother. You're right how lucky can one girl get. LOL Enjoy!!!
Posted by: RainGardener | January 22, 2010 at 01:21 PM
You are spoiled, Kathleen. LOL Kudos to your brother for his thoughtfulness. I look forward to more photos.
Posted by: Grace | January 22, 2010 at 01:22 PM
How great is that ! an orchid from all that way and still looking so fresh. I adore Orchids.
Posted by: Maureen | January 22, 2010 at 01:34 PM
Okay, this is just tooooo much! You are going to have a real collection before you know it. Doomed to the addiction already. I am so jealous! :-)
Frances
Posted by: Frances | January 22, 2010 at 05:10 PM
Wow, you have a great brother! :)
Posted by: Sweet Bay | January 22, 2010 at 06:01 PM
What a thoughtful brother! Do you think he saw your blog post about your orchid or does he just have great taste?! :)
Posted by: Catherine | January 22, 2010 at 06:58 PM
Wow!! Is this a happy birthday gift?? (I don't have a brother in Hawaii... suppose he'd adopt me??) ha. Congratulations, Kathleen. We'll watch for future posts. :-)
Posted by: Shady Gardener | January 22, 2010 at 07:07 PM
What a great gift! I love its leaves too.
Wonderful brother!
Posted by: Tatyana | January 22, 2010 at 08:21 PM
Does he want any more sisters? I could get used to having orchids delivered to me!! ;-)
Posted by: Janet | January 23, 2010 at 04:29 PM
Butterball is so cute and photo 2 is such a great capture. Finding a paph in the mail would be ecstasy. Kudos to your brother.
Posted by: MNGarden | January 24, 2010 at 04:50 AM