I reckon it's fair to say that we had a real good time with Miss Julie today. Nothing better than chattin' and socializing I always say. I folded all the names real careful like and put 'em in my ten gallon hat.

The Winner of NO LUCK AT ALL is...............

PAGETURNER

Woo-Hoo! I'm so happy for you, Pageturner. Miss Julie will contact you about your prize. No need for you to do anything. For the rest of you ladies, come back tomorrow for Chelley Kitzmiller. She'll be giving away three $10 gift cards for candy.

  Well, despite the little snafu on Saturday, I'd say Miss Jodi had plenty of comments. Again, we apologize.

I put all the names in my trusty tin can and drew out a name.....

The winner is.....................

TONJA

Woo-Hoo! I'm dancin' up a storm for you, Tonja. Someone will contact you for your mailing particulars so watch for it. I know you're mighty anxious to get this book. Tomorrow we have Julie Lence. I hope you'll all come back and make her feel at home.

To all of our guests, the Fillies apologize for the site error Friday and Saturday. I know many of you were checking for the drawing winner, because I got your emails and Facebook posts. Thanks for being our faithful readers and friends here at Wildflower Junction.   All the names are in the fish bowl--er--cowboy hat. And the winner of the Irish Brides trilogy is...       Paula Osbourne   Congrats, Paula! Please send me your mailing address at: SaintJohn@aol.com Thanks to everyone who dropped by and visited during our special event week.

It’s always a delight to share my garden photos! Spring has come early to the Midwest. Trees and perennials are already flowering. My bleeding heart, which is on the north side of the house beside ferns that have been moved from yard to yard since I got them from my grandfather thirty years ago, is not quite blooming, so I’m sharing last year’s photos.

 

The Royal Horticultural Society is an old group of plant lovers who sought out new and unusual flora. In the 18th century, rare and unique plants were being shipped to the UK from China and Japan. Robert Fortune was sent  to find and bring back Asian specimens. He is credited with introducing bleeding heart in 1847. The plant name for what is commonly known as bleeding heart is Dicentras

The informal herbal and perennial gardens of the Victorian era were perfect places for bleeding heart. The beauties flourished beneath the branches of elms, alders, maples or other shade trees. The traditional English cottage garden has also been a favorite planting place for the bleeding heart. The plant's habit of blooming all summer with fall and winter dormancy, make it an important part of both spring and early summer gardens.

 

Native Americans used the wild bleeding heart medicinally. Wild Dicentras carpeted forest floors in the Pacific Northwest. It was used as a tincture or compress to relieve pain. The wild plants are lower growing and smaller than Dicentras spectabilis, but are identical in foliage type and have the classic heart-shaped flowers.

 

I hope you enjoy my photos today!

 

My April book The Wedding Journey is now available for order on amazon and the Kindle release will be available on the first.

 

Drumroll please…..

I’m giving away ALL THREE SIGNED BOOKS IN THE TRILOGY to one person who leaves a comment today.

Happy Spring!

  Woo-Hoo, and pass the ammunition! We have two books in e-format to give away. Winner of REESE by Lori Handeland is.......GOLDIE HALE Winner of SULLIVAN by Linda Devlin is.......PATRICIA B. I'm dancing a jig for you, ladies! Sit steady in the boat and someone will contact you. Misses Lori and Linda thanks everyone who rode the trail with them this weekend. They had a great time.

  I threw all the names in the hat and drew . . .  Hilltop Farmwife!!! Congratulations! Please contact me at karen@karenwitemeyer.com with your mailing address so I can send your book out on the next stage.   I hope everyone has a pleasant and fashionable weekend!

Good Evening! We had quite a few entries today and so I couldn't just leave it at one book -- I'm giving away four.  All the names are written out and drawn at random so as to be fair.  Now, what I'll need is for each winner to email me personally at karenkay.author@earthlink.net -- since these are mass market books, I'll need addresses.  Please understand that if you live outside of the United States or Canada, the price of postage will not allow me to send you a book.  We'll have to do something a little different.  Okay, all that said, here are the winners:  Tabitha -- Ryan Lee -- Wilma Frana -- and Kathy. I'll need to know your physical address in order for me to send a book and I'll need to know if you already have any of my books so I'll know what to send. Congratulations to each winner!  And a warmhearted thank you to everyone who came here today to join in the conversation.  Have a happy evening!

 

Thank you all so much for making this a special day for me. I really enjoyed chatting.

BIG SURPRISE.....I'm giving away four copies of this instead of two.

The Winners are..........

TARYN RAE

KIRSTEN ARNOLD

CONNIE LORENZ

COLLEEN

Congratulations, ladies! I'll contact you and tell you how to collect your prize.

Thanks again!

 

I put all the names in my ten gallon hat and.........

The winner is...............

GOLDIE HALE

Woo-Hoo! I'm so happy for you, Goldie. Sit steady in the boat. Someone will contact you shortly. Miss Lisa is giving a shout and a wave to all who spent part of their Saturday with her.

IS CONNIE!!   Congrats! Contact me at charlenesands@hotmail.com with your snail mail addy. You have won a signed copy of my APRIL historical!!