Snowdrops, greed, magnification and...magazines

I wandered out in the garden for a spell today
in a sliver of sunlight I spied a small patch of snowdrops under a rhodo
they looked so pretty and dainty
and with only a few clumps I considered carefully but
I could not resist picking a few
to bring indoors.

One of my dreams 

is to have a garden that has masses upon masses 

of snowdrops 

I plant them whenever I see them offered for sale

but they are difficult to find here

I am a victim of garden envy 

and my envy is a vivid shade of green

gardeners 

love to share

  to acquire

 new 

 beautiful 

and 

exotic

and often are secretive 

and smug 

and will not share their sources

some even resort to stealing...

I

remember hearing about 

The Orchid Thief

and later reading the book.

Driving on a shaded street nearby

I spied a profusion

en masse

of white wee poppets

the boulevards were overflowing 

littered with the tiny white drooping heads 

snowdrops...

what a sight!

green and greedy

 my gardener's envy 

reared it's ugly head...

I remarked to my mother

that I might come back at midnight and dig up some of them

they have so many would they miss just a few?

I would never actually do this

but the thought did occur to me...

I can visualize the snowdrops in my minds eye...

unfortunately my eyesight is not 20/20

all kinds of activities

beyond reading

things near and far

require glasses

so the time has come...

for

 a magnifying mirror

for

eye make up

foundation

and dare I say it

tweezing

ugh!

8X magnification on one side 

and 

an honest and true reflection on the reverse

Anything new that comes into the Bungalow needs to be inspected

and 

as you can see

Pepper is on the job.

I was surprised at how expensive these mirrors are to purchase

I have been looking for a sale

and have had no luck

so

I gave up waiting

this is more of a need than a want.

my favourite magazine

for

recreational reading

and dreaming

supreme

 UK

at first glimpse 

I thought the flowers were snowdrops...

now glasses on

 I see they are muscari album!

Town and Country 

arrived in the post

and 

looking at the cover image

I pondered who the target audience was...

funnily enough the issue is titled Spring Fashion

and flipping the pages I see that this image goes with the article

"What is a Socialite?"

not Spring Fashion after all!

Whew!

and

my current bedside read is 

The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austin

by Syrie James

I'm hooked...

BTW

Mr. HB and I took in the film

The King's Speech and we both loved it...

Colin Firth's performance is superb

if you haven't yet seen it

I highly recommend it

and the book is available at the booksellers.

peeking inside these sweet snowdrops

can you see why I am infatuated with their beauty?

Galanthus atkinsii

there's so much detail

in such a small space

dreamy

in

white

and 

green

 and

The Hostess has

an embarrassingly large punch

 of greedy gardener's envy!