{"id":1287,"date":"2008-06-13T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T08:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/06\/13\/the-most-beautiful-way-to-start-a-day-just-happened-to-me\/"},"modified":"2008-06-13T23:41:40","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T17:41:40","slug":"the-most-beautiful-way-to-start-a-day-just-happened-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/06\/13\/the-most-beautiful-way-to-start-a-day-just-happened-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The most beautiful way to start a day just happened to me:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was standing in the kitchen, making my second cup of tea for the day, rocking away to Jose&#8217;s Down The Line and there was a knock at the door. <\/p>\n<p>I opened it and there was a lady standing there, I have never seen her before. In broken English she said she had a rhododendron potted plant that she had on her balcony, she indicated so I followed her finger and looked past the bridge on what I call &#8216;the mainland&#8217;, and there was a young man holding a huge pot plant. She said it was growing too big for her balcony and was wondering if I would like it for my garden. I was flabbergasted. I am never good at receiving gifts, I get very overwhelmed when people give me things (no doubt some of you have already noticed with my replies to your incredible <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/artist-studio\/\"target=\"_blank\">MHW <\/a> submissions). And here was this complete stranger, offering me a gorgeous plant. I managed to say &#8220;yes! wow! thank you!&#8221; and we put the pot down on the shoreline. I must have said thank you about 50 times in less that 30 seconds, it was all a bit of a shock. And then I headed back in, almost in tears. How thoughtful, how lovely. 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