I love to spend time with Brian. This weekend I enjoyed watching him work on all the arrangements for their trip to Antigua Guatemala. Amazing. He and Jennifer are going to have such a great time. While they are gone, I will sit in the garden and enjoy all the flowers of fall.
Our Christmas tree is up, decorations are hung and shopping will soon begin for the holiday season, however, the weather in Big D is not Christmas-like. As a matter of fact, we are still enjoying some of the most beautiful rose blooms yet this season, as temperatures have not been below freezing for long enough. [...]
Daylight savings time is over today and we fall back with one more hour of sleep tonight. But there are so many buds left to bloom in the yard and I fear that Old Man Winter is right around the corner. Enjoy every minute of the remaining days of this sweet season because soon the [...]
Paul and I walked around in our garden today and found so many beautiful buds and blooms.
David Austin Rose
Rose I bought for $5.00 in Tyler, unknown variety
Don Juan Climbing Rose on “Helen’s Arbor”
Day-lily along the pathway
The bud on the unknown rose – see bloom above
Peony – beautiful every year
Bud of Don Juan Rose on [...]
Tonight I came across a picture I took of a grasshopper that visited our garden on August 30, 2008. As there has been nothing to post about recently with all this winter weather and in extreme anticipation and celebration of Big D rounding the turn towards the most anxiously awaited spring in P&B’s Garden History [...]
Today I actually got home when it was light out !!! and I got to see my roses blooming…………………What a treat !!
………and then tonite Paul and I saw this guy come around for food……..good thing kitty was not around ……
This summer I was working on a project for my industry. My daughter moved in with us for a few months and through her I learned the latest technology and marketing skills which helped me fulfill this huge initiative for my profession.
Through the eyes of this young Gen Y’er, who clicks the mouse much faster [...]
What a beautiful day in the garden today !! Love the carpet of leaves and found this lizard in the mums. So happy to have Rachael home with us this weekend.
This rose produces a beautiful array of blooms every year and never fails me, just like my friendship with my two special friends Carey and Wendy. This weekend we had a wonderful time on a girls trip to McKinney, TX, great shops, great food, lots of laughter and wonderful memories. [...]
