The coming of color

Flowering Quince
Jonquills
Service Berry

Species Tulip
Yellow Daffodils

Star Magnolia Tree
Snowfountain Cherry

Bloodroot

It's nice seeing color begin to emerge in my garden. Winters are cold and gray here and this brings warmth and sunshine. The tiniest of wild flowers are pushing up now and this bloodroot is quite happy. The colony is becoming larger and more vivid with each year. I started a second colony in the same area and hope that it too shows me the same vigor.

My plant orders have now started to arrive as well. Most of them, that are bare root, bulbs or rhizomes go into the ground right away, while plants that are actually growing will be hardened off before being planted in the garden.

A Blast from the Past

I just got a comment from someone for my post "Dear Diary". Funny, this reminded me that I had gotten a rather unexpected response from my Congressman for the note that I wrote to him back in October. The letter was received in the mail rather than email which made it even more personal. He stated in his note that he was quite concerned on how events were headed.

After that, this Michael creature slithered out of the public eye, like a snake in the grass. But, apparently he's still trying to push his weight around, doing what he can to destroy the soul of this country. Frankly, this country could do better without him. We've already proven our worth and 911 only made us stronger.

As far as this Michael creature is concerned...he needs to be put in his place.

If this upcoming election is truly supposed to be for the people...the first order of business would be to replace this Michael creature because of his arrogance if nothing else. If we want to stop terrorism, we must first stop it in our own back yard. A policed state is totally unacceptable.

A Busy Week

I've had a busy week. I got my certificates from the American Rose Society for my winning photographs. Next month my rose society wants me to explain what makes a prize winning photograph. And we're all to bring photos along to be judged by peers. This should be interesting. The last time I did this, the meeting ran way long and everyone had a wonderful time.

I am hoping this year to have some really great roses in my garden. I'm getting the cameras ready now and will be practicing as soon as the daffodils begin to bloom.

The End of March

Today is close to the end of March. The saying is for this month is "In like a lion - Out like a lamb". Well, how about this year it's "In like a lion - Out like a lion". March is usually our most unpredictable month as far as weather.

Today it is trying to snow. The temperatures are in the high 30's, low 40's for the morning hours. It will warm up to about 50 by mid afternoon. This snow will turn to rain.



But after this month comes April. This is the month when everything begins to pop. The camellia which is marginally capable of handling this zone, does well where I put it and every year looks fuller and nicer. It's quite an outstanding shrub. I keep it on the east side of the shed where the hot afternoon sun doesn't bake it and the winter winds charging from the west doesn't whip at it. Each year it blooms better than the year before. Definitely a happy plant that will start blooming in the next two weeks.

My most adorable alpine primroses are up and dancing now, getting ready to strut their blooms again in the next two weeks. Such pretty little things! They will need divided this year and I will get to stretch them out over a larger area. Yippie!

The snow has stopped now and the sun comes out. Such is March!


Memories come back of April of 2006, and finally putting in the last of the largest hardscaping we had planned for this property -- the patio. It's been almost two years now! Incredible. Would you believe we're still giving this patio it's finishing touches? Each year we do something else. I don't know yet if we will be putting in the path from the driveway to the patio or not. I'll see as time goes on.




The patio in 1007

Right now, I have all the evergreen shrubs fertilized. The azalea, rhododendron and camellia are also fertilized. The very early trimming, such as the Japanese willow, vitex, butterfly bushes, beauty berry, and grasses are all pruned and starting their spring growth. I've transplanted one of the two or three roses that need done, and planted one new one that hadn't broken dormancy yet.

When it's not nice enough to be out, I've been potting up my new roots and summer bulbs to give them a good start. Even though it's a bit cool outside today, it's not to cold for these little potted roots and bulbs and tubers to be outside on the deck to bask in the sunshine and get well watered. I've even considered putting up my little hothouse that I keep on the deck every early spring so these plants can stay outside even at night. I only use this for about 2 weeks out of the year or I will roast anything that's in it.

It's time to start getting ready to open the garden for the season. I still have to fertilize and prune the roses, but not yet. There's to many other things that I do have to get done right now. It's time and so far, I'm right on schedule.

Happy Easter to everyone who visits this journal.

A New Tree

The past few days while I've been at work, Husband has been going around looking at different clump trees. I wanted an understory tree for a spot between my forsythia where there is a hole.

5 or 6 nurseries later, we finally narrowed the group down to about 6 or 8 different varieties. The original thought was for a Service Berry. I like this tree because it is native and is a big draw to some small birds such as wrens and buntings. I like the tiny but distinctive white flowers early spring and the medium green leaves in the summer. The fall color is yellow.

Other varieties we looked at were the Ironwood tree, not a clump but with an interesting red flower very early. Several different clump dogwoods including a very rare but extremely lovely yellow dogwood, clump maple, clump lilac, and clump hawthorne.

The one clump dogwood we found that was the right size for us to handle turned out to be a Kousa dogwood, probably the one variety of dogwood that I don't really like. My reason for not liking this dogwood is because the flowers come out so late in the season and are lost in the dense foliage of the tree. The flowers are generally a creamy color and just not as showy nor does it have that wonderful open branch pattern or the deep dark bark as the florida species. The Cornus florida has more problems with canker, sun scorch, blight and scale, but it is an earlier bloom and an extremely showy plant.

There was a wonderful yellow Cornus florida, which I'd never seen before. This was a strong contender. It was the species of dogwood that I really liked, but it was an earlier bloom (starting now) than the other dogwoods and to put it in a row of forsythia, I was afraid it would get lost with the color. The flowers are approximately the same color as the forsythia flower and to bloom at the same time in the same area..... However, I've not forgotten this beauty. If I decide on another understory tree, this one will be given first consideration. It is a beautiful conversation plant.

I didn't like the Ironwood tree all that much. Very early spring (now), it bursts into these tiny red brac type flowers. Though not big, they are somewhat showy, but get lost in a mess of strangling branches. Even with the exfoliating winter bark, this tree just gets lost with no attractive branch pattern. An open branch pattern would be nice to see this wonderful exfoliating winter bark and to show off those wonderful ruby red flowers.

The clump redbud is a lovely small tree that has these really showy pink/fushia colored flowers that stay very close to the gray/black bark of this tree. Yet, the open branch pattern is designed to really show off this very early color. However, I drag my with this beauty because I had one just a couple of years ago that simply dropped dead after 4 years. It was never discovered why this tree died and that makes me nervous. Still, it remains a favorite for me. The dark bark, open branch pattern, multiple trunks and those very tiny but plentiful fushia pink flowers make this tree a real eye catcher. Put it over top those yellow forsythia flowers and you will have the color that will stop traffic.

So the picture above is the tree we picked. I went back to my original desire for a clump service berry. It should bloom tiny white flowers just as the forsythia are finished with their blooms extending the flowering on my side yard to the entire summer, coming to an end about the time the roses begin. And then a mid summer show a nice crop of purple fruits which the tiny birds will fight over. The fragrance of this small tree is also a huge asset. With it right at my office window, I should be able to enjoy this wonderful fragrance on nice days when I have my window open.

The Service Berry in the picture is the one we chose. The nursery will call us when they dig it so we can collect it and plant it ASAP. They will probably dig it before the end of the week, since we were told it is becoming the end of the season for digging the early flowering trees. There has been so much rain lately that the nurseries haven't been able to dig these early gems this year and are struggling to get them balled and ready for sale.

So now it has come to the conclusion that I am a fuss budget when it comes to my trees. It takes a lot out of us to choose a tree. It must be the right tree for the right spot from the right nursery. But then, trees are long lived, and an asset to a property, offering shade and protection from the elements as well as food in more indigenous cases and shelter for animal life.

The Day Before

It's the day before the 1st day of spring. I was home from work today due to a lovely stomach virus that hit me hard last night. Though feeling better, my appetite still isn't what it should be or maybe I'm still a little nervous about eating anything. But I'm not really all that hungry either.

Anyway, it's been showering steadily since early last night. Today, feeling better except for the eating thing, I decided to do some non-strenuous stuff. I had some canna bulbs that I'd been wanting to get planted up and started while waiting for the more perfect weather for them in about a month. But the pots I needed were in the shed. So I donned my hoodie and a pair of boots and trudged up to the shed. When I got out there, the rain was actually warm, so I took a pleasant few moments to walk about, inspecting my plants (established and newly moved).

Here's the verdict:

Blanc Double de Coupert in the front, which was struck by lightening last season, is alive and well and pushing.

Maple trees are blooming. Forsythia are ready to open their blooms. The flowering Almonds are also pushing buds. Flowering Quince is pushing it's flowers, Cleveland Pear is also pushing flowers, Snow Fountain weeping cherry is pushing blooms. Dogwoods are changing colors, their buds getting a green base to them, though they won't be ready to bloom for some time. Purple cherry is fattening flower blooms but won't be ready for a while yet.

There's been a lot of rain so far this spring and the plants are all loving it. Everything, including the grass is showing signs of chlorophyll production and all look strong and healthy.

My world is about to start showing color and I am ready. I have the begonias started, three of the canna started and sitting in the rain right now. The elephant ear is potted and getting the benefit of the rain as well as a day lily that was a door prize and a rose Dream Come True that I picked up at Costco. I also have a primrose and two pansies that I also got at the symposium on Saturday that are outside enjoying this wonderful early spring weather.

Even though the calendar says that tomorrow is the 1st day of spring, it's been spring here for the past week. I always say that you know it's spring when you hear the toads sing. The toads have been singing for the past week.

This evening I will clean and oil the cameras for the start of the new growing season.

Today

Today was the Penn State Master Gardener's Symposium. Of all the functions I go to, this one is one of the best. This year we had speakers about naturalizing your garden with native plants and trees. There was a Continental breakfast and a catered lunch. I came home today with two lovely pansies, a day lily and a primrose. The two pansies were the table gifts (for the past two years we got lettuce). The day lily was a door prize and the primrose, I bought.

When I returned home, after feeding the dog and having a nice glass of wine, I ventured outside to do some work in the garden. In the past two days I've fertilized all the evergreens, started the pruning and begun moving plants with the help of Husband. During the week, he had cut down the grasses and pruned and shaped the willows and vitex. Yesterday we heavily pruned the butterfly bushes and beauty berry, moving the last butterfly bush to it's permanent home. It's a big thing so I hope it makes it. After that we decided to go out for dinner (moving that bush was a lot of work and it took both of us), then off to Costco where I found a pair of roses that I liked....Veteran's Honor and Dream Come True.

Today after my wine, I pruned down Pearl d'Or quite heavily and had Husband move that rose to it's new home. Another large plant but luckily not one of the most prickled ones. That's one less plant to have to think about moving. Now I will watch it to make sure it adjusts to it's new home well. Then, I dug up a dead rose that I knew wouldn't make it last year. There I planted the Veteran's Honor that hadn't yet broke dormancy. It should do quite fine there. I hope it does anyway. Veteran's Honor was a rose I've had on my must have list.

As long as I can get these plants moved before the break dormancy, they should be fine. Right now I think I'll make some dinner and call it a day.

Yet More!

Hershey Botanical Garden, Class 10 "A Rose Society or Garden", 1st place in Class and 3rd Best-In-Show!

Ok, now. I've finally heard from the National photography show I enter. The surprise was an ultimate for me. A huge win, I should say and I am really proud of myself now (slap on own back). Of all my photos, this Hershey Botanical Gardens was the one I had hoped would at least place in it's class. I never expected a Best-In-Show with it. It is a really great shot!

Another surprise was again the 2nd place win for Summer Fashion. It took Best-In-Show in the Districts, and 2nd in the Nationals. Again, something to be proud of. And to think that I almost didn't enter this photo in either contest. It was a last minute entry in both. First the Nationals since I had to have them in the mail first. Then I second guessed myself and entered it in the Districts. It did surprise me that it did so well, especially since I took it without props and I honestly thought that there were others that were better.

Chatting with some of the folks at the District Mid-Winter convention, I soon discovered that to get a picture of Summer Fashion like this one is almost unheard of in this area. Apparently the rose isn't considered a good one around here. We have to much humidity and it wilts with our temperatures. Some of the people were telling me that they've tried several and were totally disappointed in it's tenderness. That made me want to think twice about getting it for my garden.

On the other hand, Secret, the rose around the water bearer, has been at Hershey Gardens since I've been going there. This rose has also the reputation of being a fairly good one in this area. In my garden, I don't have Secret, but instead opted for Gemini, another of similar color, but I thought it had more substance in the flower petals than Secret. It is also slightly more salmon where Secret is pink.

So far, I don't think I'll be getting either Summer Fashion or Secret for my garden, though I do love that water bearer and might have to save some pennies to get one of those for my garden. Whenever we go to Hershey, the first place we head for is that water bearer to take pictures. I also have a water bearer fountain in the back garden already.

BEST IN SHOW!

Today was the annual Mid-Winters, sponsored by the Penn/Jersey District Rose Society. I will usually try to attend this. It is also one of the more major photo contests that I enter.

The entire day was wonderful with guest speakers, slide shows and general socialization with other rose growers from around the East Coast. Frank Benardella and Clarence Rhodes (two headliners in the rose world) were there as well as other renown rosarians from around the East Coast. While there I got the book Otherwise Normal People by Aurelia C. Scott. It is so far signed by Aurelia Scott and Clarence Rhodes. A very nice day.

Dinner was quite excellent with a choice of chicken or beef with roasted potatoes and green beans w/carrots. Annoucements were made at dinner as well as the raffle and door prizes. It was also the time when the winners of the photo contest were announced.

At the very end, my name was called for winning Best In Show for my photo of Summer Fashion. This was quite an honor for me to win this event. The trophy was several wonderful gifts.

It was a very good day indeed.

The Westminister Dog Show

The beagle won the best in show at this prestigious dog show. OK, I'm accepting that. This little guy was just a show stopper. Even with the 2 diamentional viewing of the TV, he was full of spirit and personality.

For the working class, I was hoping the Tibetan Mastiff, a new breed accepted into the AKC this year, would win. Now there is a dog! I seem to have a deep fondness for the working class dogs. They are bigger, stronger, powerhouse dogs. Just more impressive. http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2008/show/news/newbreeds_111607.html I was impressed with this dog. I can see the Saint Bernard, Newfoundland, Mastiff, Great Pernese and any number of other large working breeds in this dog. He is quite a beauty. The only thing I don't like about these impressive giants is their life span. 8 to 10 years is usually all you get out of them. They seem to have such big, wonderful hearts that burn out just a little to quickly. I know. I had a Newfoundland that died way to young. The Tibetan Mastiff seemed to be a favorite of the spectators of the show as well.

The Herding group was an Australian Shephard. A dog in the collie family. I like the collies too. I should. I have a Shetland Sheepdog. My personal feelings on this dog was his color. I guess I'm not much for the merils. I like the sables and tri-colors personally.

It was an interesting show. I enjoyed watching it this year, especially since I have no real preference for the dog what wins. The beagle was the cutest little guy and so full of himself, he was hard to resist.

The Hearlds of Spring

Always, the hearlds of spring, in this area anyway, have been the robins. It isn't unusual to see them singularily or in pairs over the winter, but it's usually around mid-March when they start coming in flocks of a dozen or so.

Such was the case today. I was doing my housecleaning, outside shaking rugs when I noticed two robins in the oak tree. It's not the most common sight, but I've seen these birds when they've opted to stay rather than make the migration to the south. I mentioned them to Husband when I went inside to collect another rug. Almost immediately he called me in to look out the front windows. There were at least a dozen robins on the barbarry bushes, eating the berries. Now this was amazing. Husband tried to sneak outside around the house to get a picture of them, but they were rathe skittish and saw him first.

To have this many birds in the garden at once is a sign that they are migrating. Could it be that they are migrating now, the first week of February? Could this be due to global warming? I'll have to wait and see. March is usually our very worst of the winter months because it is starting to warm up and then will suddenly go into a deep freeze. February averages around 38º with snow. There hasn't been much snow so far (knock on wood), but there has been a good deal of rain. There has also been two ice storms so far this winter. I could live without those.

Today is a beautiful day, around 40º. The wind has a bit of a chill in the air.

Some Wedding Pics

My niece Rachel got married the other week. Today I received a few pictures to share. After all she's been through, this is a very good thing.

Thanksgiving Is Over

For the past couple of weeks, when I have to report to the workplace at 9:00 am, I stop at the stop sign at the bottom of Green Hill Road. Across the street, at the church parking lot, is a bus stop where three little girls catch the bus.

During these past couple of weeks, they've been at the bus stop along with a wild tom turkey that seems to have adopted them, or maybe it's the parking lot that it's adopted.





Anyway, today while out and about, there was the wild turkey, in all his glory prancing around the church parking lot. When he saw us, he chased the big red truck up Green Hill Road. Amazing.

Finally, we just couldn't take it any longer. We had to go get the camera.



We returned to the parking lot and got some amazing pictures of this very large tom turkey that was in full feather display and prancing round with his courting song, pretty as a picture and knowing it. He even allowed us to touch him.

A woman stopped by and asked if the turkey was bothering us. "Of course not." We just wanted pictures. "Yes, he is a wild turkey." "He has adopted the three little girls that live in the house next door." "He's the neighborhood turkey and everyone is feeding him." "We worry that he might wander into the road and get hit or someone will shoot him." "He sleeps on the little girls deck railing."

I have to admit, I do enjoy seeing this turkey around. He is just a beautiful bird, though be it a little strange. He just came around and stayed. I have an idea that when breeding season does start, this turkey will leave the three little girls that seem to love him so. He just needs practice to intice the girls of his own kind.

Yummy Chocolate!!!

I had promised Husband yesterday that I would make my chocolate tapioca pudding today. OK. This morning came and I did remember the chocolate tapioca I wanted to make. While waiting for the recipe to rest...it sits before and after cooking to let the tapioca become saturated, I went looking through the tiny cookbook where this recipe resides and found several other recipes that I had at one time and lost. Some of my favorite recipes and I wasn't aware that all this time I had them.

Once the tapioca was finished I started putting this one and all my other favorite in my personalized cookbook of all the recipes I love the best. No hunting for anything in this book. It is just my recipes that I enjoy cooking the most. I am filling this cookbook up now.

Winter Continuing...perennials

Finally, my last order to date was with Wayside Gardens. This possibly could be the most disappointing of all my orders, since I've had good and bad with them. I kept my order smallish, however, with the idea that I might order some other plants that I want closer to spring, or after this shipment comes and I can see what their stock is like. There have been years with Wayside that I've been impressed and other times when I wasn't. They do seem to run in cycles. Last year I was impressed.

From Wayside, I will generally get perennials. This year I ordered 3 Ajuga Black Scallop (Bugleweed). I've been getting about three of these a year for the past three years. I'm using it as a ground cover around the edges of one of my major flowerbeds. I like this plant and it's grown nicely for me over the past couple of years. I want it thick enough to prevent weeds from coming up and it's been good at this.

I also ordered 3 Hypericum 'Briggadoon'. I have one of these plants from last year and will move it to another major bed where I will use it as a ground cover. Another nice plant as a ground cover.

Then I ordered 2 Aruncus dioicus 'Goat's Beard' for the back of the large perennial bed. This plant will get about 5 feet tall and resemble the other grasses in that bed. It should fill in the edges of that bed nicely.

Then, of course, another Heuchera villosa 'Encore'. I must have about 25 of these now of different varieties but am always looking for more.

Last but not least, I found this Paeonia 'Bartzella' very interesting and want to try it. It's a new variety that is a cross between my beloved tree peony and the herbacious peony. I'm curious to see how this one grows.

For now, these are my spring orders. Now for spring to get here.

Winter Continuing...roses

I've also ordered my roses for next spring. I got these coming from two different suppliers, one of which I've ordered from before and have always been totally impressed with their stock. Vintage Roses http://www.vintagegardens.com/. This company send own-root rose slips that are strong and grow into nice bushes in one season.

There are a lot of folks who don't want to wait a year to get a rose bush, but I've found that to get the own-root slips makes for a stonger, healthier bush that is less prone to the common blights of this area. Own-root roses can live much, much longer than grafted roses. I have own-root roses in the garden that are almost 20 years old now and have been moved all around two counties while I built my home and they are stronger than ever. Most of the grafted roses I moved have since perished.

From Vintage I ordered some lovely singles, Ellen Willmott, Mrs. Oakley Fisher, Vesuvius. Until recently I didn't realize that there were more hybrid tea single roses besides Dainty Bess that is already growing nicely in my garden. From Vintage I also ordered Smoky, virus indexed variety. I find the color of this rose quite unusual, a red with a smoky haze. I'm hoping the virus indexed variety will be stronger and better producing than the one I had before.

From another company I've never ordered from before, I ordered 3 climbing roses, Dublin Bay, a beautiful red, City of York, white, and Summer Wine, peach/apricot. Even though I've never ordered from Roses Unlimited before, they don't come without a great reputation so I'm fairly confident that the own-root rose slips I get will be very nice.

I am considering ordering one more City of York from Vintage Roses so I can compare the two. Besides, I really want two of this rose and two of Summer Wine. However, Vintage doesn't sell Summer Wine.

It's beginning to look like spring is going to be a good season.

Winter Continuing...seeds

It's 18º outside right now. This is the coldest so far this year. This is usual for these parts. Sometimes it gets even colder. But I'm near the Mason Dixon line here, surrounded by two major rivers and am usually warm compared to other parts of this same county.

We're reaching toward the end of January now. I'll have one more free weekend before the gardening fun begins. February starts the conventions and very early shows. March is completely filled now. Somewhere toward the end of March I must start finding time to get outside and start my late winter gardening chores. Things will begin to slow down by the end of April. That's when spring planting begins.

But for now, I think I have most of my garden ordering done for this spring. This year I went to a new supplier for seeds. Well, at least one I'd never ordered from before. Vermont Bean Co. From them I ordered Cranberry and Blue Lake bush beans for fresh and dried cooking, atomic red carrots, a mixture of loose leaf lettuce which we love and look forward to fresh every year. Oh, BTW, my co-workers have asked when I'd bring fresh salad greens in for a treat. I promised them and haven't done that yet.

All my seed packets I've ordered from Vermont Bean have arrived in good time and await planting when the season arrives. They are wintering in the garage where it is cool and dark. I've also ordered 25 Honeoye strawberry plants that should arrive just in time for planting. I've dedicated and entire raised bed in the garden for these little plants and will have some of the best strawberries around next year. In the meantime, I have some of last years crop frozen neatly in the downstairs freezer and they look sooooo good.

I have to admit, I've been pleased so far with Vermont Bean and hope that my strawberries come in good shape.

I'm making arrangements for a party in February. I'm planning on some light food and am thinking of making meatball sandwiches with cheese. Having the usual party food but also having some strawberry shortcake and a pumpkin treat which is my Husband's favorite, using both some of the strawberries and pumpkin that I have in the freezer. I'm looking forward to a really nice party.

It's That Time Again

Many years ago, I went to a seminar that a local, well-known nursery was having. There were several speakers and a number of subjects that I was interested in. After the seminar, I had the opportunity to visit with Mr. Stauffer, the owner of the nursery, with a group of other gardeners. After this visit and an inspection of the nursery's back 40, Mr. Stauffer offered each of us a plant to take home.

"These plants," he said, "are good plants. It's not that they won't be nice in your garden. It's just that they don't show well in pots. If they don't show well in pots, they won't sell."

Since Husband came along with me, I had a choice of two plants. I picked out two daylilies called Barbary Corsair. I took these two tiny daylilies home and chose a spot in my very front bed along the road. Within weeks they more than doubled their size and began to bloom. What little beauties! They were 3", rich velvet plum with a lime green throat. The plants were wonderful and the flowers seemed weatherproof. I really liked it.

When we sold that property, I left those little lovelies behind thinking that I could easily replace them. Of course for years afterward, I couldn't find them. But, now I have and I plan on purchasing a couple of roots for my garden. They are the perfect color and would really match my house. I'm also planning on another called Auroa Raspberry that does appear to match Barbary Corsair with contrast.

This will be my daylilies for this year. Of course, I might have to break down and order a Barbara Mitchell daylily as well. I'll see.

It's time to start ordering what plants I want for the garden now. My roses are ordered and waiting for planting season. I've already heard from both Vintage Gardens and Roses Unlimited about my orders. More on them later.

Winter

Well, it appears that winter made here to the homestead. We have a total of about 3" so far and it's hard to say if we'll be getting to much more.
It did make for a beatiful snowfall and I was awed as usual on my slow trip home from work. The snow is wet and hung on the trees and bushes so beautifully. It clung to my New Dawn rose canes over the arbor and shrowding everything in white.
However, this garden is no comparison to the wild forests around my property. Only nature can make anything that beautiful.
I can't say that it's bitter cold outside because it isn't. Still, even the sight of snow can chill one to the bones. So we stayed indoors this evening curled into a ball on the sofas in various spots keeping warm. Shalimar is taking advantage of the extra soft cushions of the ancient sectional in front of the fireplace. This girl knows what's good.

Florists Roses

Yesterday I received a bundle of 26 florists roses for the house. I also was taken to a rather nice resaturant for dinner. Of course I couldn't eat the entire dinner so a large portion of it came home for tonight's dinner.

Yesterday was my 26th wedding anniversary. Now, to look forward to 27. One year at a time.