P&B’s Garden

Shade Garden Progress

The drains are in and we are ready to plant.  A long road for Paul to get here…. and ……my heart goes out to him.

Floating at P&B Garden

Loved my yard and day off today as I floated around in the pool starting a long 4th of July weekend off from work.  Looking forward to more floating tomorrow !!  Happy Birthday to Rachael !!!

Lord Baltimore is Back

My favorite thing to do on the weekends is float around in the pool and gaze up at the Lord Baltimore Hibiscus.  My bush is full of buds today and I can’t wait until I am off to enjoy the view from water.

Dirt, Roots, Sweat…A Labor of Love - Thank you Paul

Paul spent his entire Father’s Day weekend in the shade garden and gave up a trip to Austin to continue to work on “go green goes bad”.    He made great progress and plans to start planting this weekend.  Our irrigator has also promised to come through for us this Saturday and hook up the old sprinker system.  Thank you Paul for digging me out of such a horrible mess.

These Elephant Ears Found Their Way Back through the Demolition - Amazing !!

Summer Phlox Adorn the Dirt and Mulch Piles in Front

Summer Phlox and Summer Flare Ups

This morning, I finally felt better and wandered outside through the garden.  My phlox were in full bloom and reminded me of our neighborhood in Chicago.

After a flare up I am even more humbled and appreciative of the world around me.   Thank you for my beautiful Phlox and the return of my health today.

Hidden Garden Tour

On Saturday I went on a Hidden Garden Tour in Fort Worth with Val, Shelley and Brian.  Our goal was to get ideas for the Fox Glenn Estates Garden Club’s project to beautify the front entrance.  We saw some incredible gardens and had a wonderful time.

Still raining in Big D….

Everyday I go outside immediately when I get home from work to see what has bloomed in the garden.

OMG…….  Our old shade garden has bloomed a pond !!!

But I can’t cry over spilled non-harvested rain water……..

…..should have learned by now to think with my head not my heart……..

A Winning Rose Repeats at El Centro College

Hello Gardeners,

In between gardening I am going to be teaching at El Centro College with Ms. Cindy Gassiot this summer.

Join us for a high quality, affordable on line class…..  $ 10 a CE  !!!

EL CENTRO COLLEGE
ONLINE CONTINUING EDUCATION
IN MEDICAL STAFF SERVICES

BASICS OF CREDENTIALING

In June 2009, El Centro College began to offer a series of affordable online continuing education courses in medical staff services.
The first of these courses, Basics of Credentialing, a three-week course, will be offered again beginning July 7 – 24 and following that on the first Monday of each month for the foreseeable future. Tuition is $99.00.

To register and pay by credit card, call the Continuing Education Division at 214-860-2260 or 214-860-2696 and ask for course number MSST 2000.54102.  NAMSS has accredited the program for 10 CEU’s.   Other courses will be offered at a later date.

The textbook, The Medical Staff Services Handbook: Fundamentals and Beyond, by Gassiot, Searcy and Giles, will be used for the course and is available online from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.  Please note that it takes two weeks to receive the textbook if ordered online.

If you have new staff in your department needing in-depth information on credentialing, this course is perfect for them.  It is also a good refresher for those of you who need CEU’s to maintain your credentials.  Don’t delay, register today!

For more information on the Basics of Credentialing course or El Centro College’s 64-credit hour online Associate Degree in Medical Staff Services, please contact Cindy Gassiot at cgassiot@satx.rr.com or  bonnie.conley@trinitymedicalcenter.com.

“Go Green”….”Goes Bad”

After six years of yard projects I wanted Paul to be able to just play/watch golf and lay on his float with me in the pool……but instead of golf gloves, Paul’s work gloves had to came out of retirement.

First a load of mulch and dirt was delivered on Saturday and dumped in the driveway

Then debris was cleaned up from yard and work started on “Lizzie Lane Garden”.  By Sunday afternoon a lot of progress had been made as we got ready to host the neighborhood homeowners meeting at 4:00.

Thank you Paul for being my hero and saving the day !! even after I accidently dump the chiminea in the pool, ashes and all…oops !!

The Sun Garden was not part of “Go Green” and is still in its full glory.  It was a fun weekend in P & B Garden.

Esperanza-Texas Native

Princess Diana Rose

The Great Reward of Digging is the Promise of Next Year’s Harvest

With guidance from the words of  William Cobbett,  Paul and I focus only on the positive as we peer into the huge hole in our shade garden and begin our plans to rebuild what we lost.

“Quotable Quotes-The Gardener”

To pour water therefore upon plants or upon the ground where they are growing or where seeds are sown is never of much use,  for the air is dry; the sun comes immediately and bakes the ground, and vegetation is checked, rather than advanced.  The best protector against frequent drought is frequent digging, or in the fields “plowing” and always deep.  Hence will arise a fermentation and dews.

The English Gardener

William Cobbett

(1762-1835)