Summer is in full force here in the sunny South, with the heat and humidity both turned up to 11. We are still a month or so away from the “dog days” of summer, those dry, brown, heat-baked days when the only sound is the […]

Our new heat and air system was installed Friday, just in time for the wicked hot weather this weekend. Unfortunately, there were some electrical issues that arose during the installation. We long ago reconciled ourselves to the fact that the last people who remodel our […]

Monday was Memorial Day, which as we all know, is the traditional American holiday to purchase a new mattress. Since our mattress is about 15 years old and decidedly saggy, we decided to take advantage of the sales and splurge on a brand new, not […]

Here are a few photos of the latest blooms in the rose garden. I want to also say that all of these roses smell deliciously rosy! The Alnwick Rose (English rose) Kathleen Harrop (antique Bourbon rose) Alfred Colomb (hybrid perpetual) Olivia Rose Austin (English rose) […]

Dogwood Winter is over and the weather has warmed up wonderfully. The warm weather has brought the very first blossoms in my new rose garden. Here is Kathleen Harrop. The photo does not do justice to the beautiful true pink color of her blossoms. And […]

It’s time for yet another installment of Building a Rose Garden! {cheers, applause} Wednesday was the most gorgeous day I have seen in a long time. It was warm, but not too warm, and breezy, with expansive blue skies dotted by white puffy clouds, like […]