Asters and Dis-asters!

in Always a Flower4 years ago

Well! I hope you like my little play on the words in the title of my post! Let's start off with some photos of those pretty Alpine Aster flowers that I photographed a couple of weeks ago. I only showed two photos of them but I did take a few more than that.

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I saw the Alpine Asters while at a Home Depot and decided to go back and pick one up for my garden but, low and behold, they were sold out!

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Oh well! There are worse things in life then missing out on getting Alpine Asters.

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My husband was going to take me to visit another nursery to see if they had them but things happen...like a car accident on Father's Day. A terrible ending to an otherwise very nice day. Now as far as dis-asters go, I would say it wasn't the worst because we were all able to walk away from it thank goodness. I think in life that people suffer much worse dis-asters in the way of natural disasters like tornadoes, earthquakes, fires and more. Let me bring you up to date on our little disaster. My husband had the truck towed to our driveway to collect our belongings out of it and swap out the rims and tires. I know you guys out there can probably relate to that tire part. I can too since I know how expensive they were. Since he travels a lot and in all kinds of weather, tires are one thing that he makes sure that he gets some very good ones. The insurance adjuster came and didn't even get up to the truck before saying: "yep, it's totaled!". We pretty much knew it so that wasn't a surprise. He also knows that my husband is putting the original rims and tires back on it.

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The accident happened when a man pulled out about thirty feet in front of us. It was his fault and the insurance, which is the same that we have, confirmed officially that the other driver was at fault. Once we hit him then it pushed us into a telephone pole. I went by ambulance to the hospital and my husband and son went to Patient First. No broken bones thankfully but plenty of pain, bumps and bruises. I went yesterday for my first follow-up with my primary doctor and he gave me pain medication. Don't worry..I won't get addicted to them as I'm very aware of that and am very careful to take it minimally. I have major bruising on my chest, stomach, and hips. Additionally, I have bruising on my knees, right hand, neck and arms. The last two days have been painful but I know it is only temporary. I did get a half way decent night sleep last night too. Needless to say that I will not be going to buy any Alpine Asters anytime soon or anything for that matter. My son has to go for more tests and see an orthopedic doctor. My husband has some pain and minor bruising. If his shoulder pain doesn't improve by our next follow-up then he may have to see a specialist. I'm able to use the computer so so long as I keep my hand in a certain position. Sitting completely straight is less painful that sitting relaxed in a chair and lying down. I still go upstairs to my bedroom a lot since Friendly (my cat) likes to jump on my chest to try to lay down..ouch. Friendly is not doing so good so I try not to get too upset with her and she doesn't know that it hurts me right now. I'm not gonna show any photos of my bruising cause the worst is in places that I would rather not show. So, I'll end with one last photo of the Aster and not the dis-aster! Take care and maybe tomorrow or Sunday I will have a different kind of update for you! 😉

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Thank you Denise aka @dswigle for #alwaysaflower!

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OUCH! Major ouch (hence the caps...)

Oh dear... Sounds bad and the condition of the car proves it! 😥
I do hope everyone feels better soon... 🙏

Beautiful asters... 😊🌼🌼🌼

Thank you very much @ackhoo!! Luckily, I'm sure it is all temporary and we will all be feeling better soon. Have a wonderful weekend! 💕


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The first flower looks perfect... The car pretty ugly... Glad you guys are on the mend... I like your cats name "Friendly" 🙀

Thanks so much @manorvillemike!! Not gonna lie..I had a good little cry when I walked out and stood in front of the truck. I guess my emotions caught up to me but I'm feeling emotionally a little better. Friendly is one of the friendliest cats ever which is how she got her name. Sadly, she isn't doing very well. She has been to the vet and is on medicine but still struggling. Only about fourteen years old so hoping she pulls through and we have her for a few more years. She has hyperthyroid and we're still trying to get it under control. 🐈 💖

Yep, that qualifies as a disaster in my book. Glad that ya'll were able to walk away from it, hope that you folks don't have any lingering affects from it too.
The flowers shots are great by the way!
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Thanks so much @sultnpapper!! I hope so too and I thank the Lord that it wasn't worse. They are some pretty flowers..maybe I will get some soon. 😊
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Hope them bubble baths have got you all well and you can go out and pick up one of these beautiful flowers they are so pretty but the not some much the pick-up truck just happy you guys are all well 😊

OMG! I just read this! I am so sorry to hear this and I hope that you are feeling a little bit better. I need to get to my posts faster so I don't miss things like this.

On another note, those flowers are absolutely beautiful! The post is lovely, minus the care! I love it!

I will check back with you to see how you are doing! xoxo

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Thank you very much Denise!! 💕

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Oh no! I thought you were just playing on words in just a playful way. I'm so sorry to hear about this. 😢 I really hope that in the follow-up ckeckup you three are all well.

Take extra car in driving.

And by the way, the asters are very beautifully photographed!😍

Thanks so much @gingbabida!! 💖

You're welcome. How are you today? When will be the checkup? (Or is it done? How was it?) Hopefully everything is fine.

Take extra care. ❤

These Alpine Asters flowers are so gorgeous my wife also has them in her garden they look superb on the kitchen table they really a refreshing flower to look at. Hope you are all feeling better after that scary accident the car doesn't look in good form at all but main thing you guys are all ok.

Thank you very much @kohsamui99!! 💕

Sorry to hear about this nasty accident am glad you guys are all well apart from some bruises and hope you do get around to buying them pretty flowers they are really gorgeous flowers and pretty colors 😊

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