Hi Friends! I hope everyone is well here today! Well I don't know about where you live but summer has definitely hit Rockwell, NC!! It is hot, humid, some stray thunderstorms, etc., etc. I have been mulching like crazy around here but I have to do it early in the morning and usually about 2-2.5 hrs. is all I seem to be able to do in this heat! Here is some of what I have been doing:
 |
| The mulch came from the main big tree in this photo. Nothing grows under here so I decided to create an "island" of the big tree and the cedar tree next to it. Looks so much more finished! |
 |
| This is 2 bushes (more like trees) in the front yard. One is a crape myrtle (rt.) and the other is a deutzia (lft). I created this island around them too. |
That is it on the projects for this season though. It has about worn me out. I do love creating as you know! Some day I would like to put a nice cement birdbath between the deutzia and the crape myrtle. I have alot of birds coming to the bird feeder in the front garden and to my hummingbird feeder. All the flowers in my garden are growing and thriving. I don't think I have lost anything, which is so good! My friend, Janice from my church has given me some plants lately too, which helps with the cost of buying perennials, roses, etc. She has given me a bee balm (red), Blue Salvia and Black-eyed Susan. They are all doing so good! The other day she may have created a monster-she showed me a new garden center on the way to Mooresville and it is wonderful! Here are some of the flowers blooming in my garden now:
 |
| Daylily |
 |
| Foxglove |
 |
| Sombrero Adobe Orange Coneflower |
 |
| Zinnia |
When my girls were little in the summer we used to visit my Grandma and Papa every Wednesday. She lived a little over an hour from our house. We would visit, then have lunch and then visit some more before leaving to go home. I had a Tropicana Rose in my garden and I swear that thing would know it was time to visit Grandma because she would bloom right before the visit. I would cut one or two depending on how many were blooming and take them to Grandma. She had this one bud vase she would put it in. About 6 months before she died she gave me the vase and told me to always take care of it for her. See below my Tropicana rose from my garden here and Grandma's vase:
 |
| Tropicana Rose in Grandma's Vase |
It won't be this year but I saw this beautiful arbor with a gate. I really think I can make this. I would like to make this and then picket fence the backyard. It would be great for Riley to run around back there. This year is definitely out of the picture for this project but maybe 2025! Here it is:
Two Saturdays ago I went down to Gold Hill, which is the little historical town below me. I saw on FB that Gold Hill Flower Co was having an event. You could bring your own mason jar (or they provide one for you) and they would have a ton of cut flowers out of their gardens for you to arrange in the mason jar. I decided to go and I loved the experience! Melissa, the owner was so nice! Here is one of the bouquets I created:
 |
| Flower Arrangement I made at Gold Hill Flower Co. I decided it would look beautiful on my table in the eating area. |
Monday would have been John's 70th birthday. I cannot believe that he will be gone from us for 5 years on 11/27. Jenny posted this photo on FB and I just love this photo of him. He was such a good man and everyone should strive to be the kind of person he was!
 |
| John |
Well I am off to knit before I leave to have lunch with the Houses without Spouses group from church. Once a month we meet at Longhorn Steak House and have lunch without each other. They are a really nice group of wonderful ladies all widowed like I am.
Everyone have a wonderful week and enjoy your day!
Sherri
What a cute name for your group. Your garden looks lovely. (I was widowed at 29 years old. For fun, grins, and ideas, check out the book "Saturday Night Widows." Based on a true story of a widow's group, they have lots of adventures as they learn their new way in the world.) Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteLinda, I'll have to look up that book! Our group just does lunch. They are alot of fun to talk to and hear about the old days!
DeleteI'm so sorry you lost such a beautiful person, Sherri. Your vase contains such lovely memories. Your grandma was definitely a very special lady. I do love your garden. I probably should be mulching my garden also.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kay! It gets so hot here in NC, that the mulch really helps with water retension. Thank you for your words on losing John. I do love also that I can use my Grandma's vase and think of her. She was an amazing woman! She had polio at 12, was confined to a wheelchair but still managed to raise 2 children, do all her own housework, cook every night and basically love everyone.
DeleteI'm a big reader of your blog and today I want to share my life experience with a loan lender that help me throughout the time of pandemics Covid-19 when everything was falling piece for me and my business, but when I write Mr. Pedro a loan officer email address: pedroloanss@gmail.com, he advises on the current loan program that is available for someone like me on my situation then I proceed then after 3 days of the process I received my loan in my bank and today my business is going well and the loan repayment is 5 years of 2% rate and the loan amount that I received is 83,000. Euro. Mr. Pedro can help with any kind of loan or investment loan at a very low rate and a flexible repayment. WhatsApp Contact: +393510140339
ReplyDeleteThank you once again, you make everything look beautiful in your blog.
Adriana Rob
Reading from Greece.