Rose gently pressed the organic fertilizer into the soil around the grapevine. The sun was warm on her shoulders, and the sounds of young women laughing and chatting floated across the lawn to her ears. As was often the case, Blossom was standing by the pond, teasing her lure through the water. From time to [...]
Archive for the ‘Lily’ Category
4.4 Reeling in, casting out
Posted in Daisy, Generation 4, Iris, Lily, Reed, Rose, Weddings on January 21, 2010 | 18 Comments »
4.3 Furrowing the Soil
Posted in Daisy, Generation 4, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose on January 13, 2010 | 18 Comments »
Now I know why my mother kept asking when Cedrick and I were going to have children, thought Rose after breakfast one morning. Rose knew how Dahlia had felt as time passed and her hands began to look like they belonged on an older person’s body, and yet the hands longed to hold a grandchild. [...]
4.2 Living Breathing Love
Posted in Daisy, Generation 4, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose, Weddings on January 3, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Poppy added some light accents to the background of her painting and stepped back for a look. This one was turning out much better than her first portrait of Reed. After she had painted Iris’ portrait, the muse demanded that she try again for a better painting of the new Foliage heir. She was pleased [...]
4.1 Birthday Candles and Flirty Glances
Posted in Daisy, Generation 4, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose, tagged foliage legacy, the sims3, ts3 legacy on December 29, 2009 | 13 Comments »
. Reed was more than a little excited for his first day of work at the theater. He got up early that morning, fed the fish, had a good breakfast, and eagerly took off to his new job. After a short orientation, most of the day was spent meeting the musicians and getting to know [...]
3-4 – An Adaptive Shift
Posted in Daisy, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose, Transition on December 23, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Following the red uranium incident, things were very strange in town for quite some time. People had to throw out their contaminated clothing and other items. Even some plumbing had to be replaced to ensure that only pure water would flow from the faucets. Even with these precautions, odd things kept happening. It was a [...]
3.9 Much to Consider
Posted in Daisy, Generation 3, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose on December 1, 2009 | 31 Comments »
Reed felt deeply his new position as man of the family. He helped out around the house, stayed on the honor roll at school, and even started helping his mother in the garden. However, he was still a teenager, and since he had been given a guitar for his birthday, he loved to go to [...]
3.8 At Home and Around the Town
Posted in Daisy, Generation 3, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose on November 23, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Rose still felt the loss of her soulmate, but she had learned to take an interest in life around her. One of her great pleasures that also proved very therapeutic was gardening. She imagined her mother and her grandmother working the same soil before her, coaxing the seedlings up into the sunlight and helping them [...]
3.7 Recovery
Posted in Daisy, Generation 3, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose on November 15, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Push back the covers, sit up, put one foot on the floor, now the other, push up to a standing position. These were the steps that Rose repeated to herself every morning to remind herself how to get out of bed. Crazy as it seemed, the world just went on turning and expected her to [...]
3.6 Asunder
Posted in Daisy, Generation 3, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose on November 10, 2009 | 29 Comments »
How did this happen? What brought us to this moment among the cold stones, where the wind stings our faces with its sea salt to match our own tears? Rose’s thoughts spun in her mind, remembering the past couple of days… —- The children were growing so fast, and Rose was hard-pressed to find time [...]
3.5 Sense of Achievement
Posted in Daisy, Generation 3, Iris, Lily, Poppy, Reed, Rose on October 28, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Being the mother of two growing children led Rose to think more and more about her mother and even her grandmother, whom she only knew through the stories she’d been told. She knew that her grandmother Flora had been a Five-Star Chef and of course that her mother had cultivated the perfect garden, and she [...]
