Coming up roses...

'Champlain' Rose

'Starry Night' rose


'Adalaide Hoodless' rose

'Aunt Honey' rose

'Gourmet Popcorn' with 'Henry Kelsey'

'Colette' with 'Hidcoat' lavender

I'm loving life right now. The warm, ok, HOT weather has finally come to my part of Idaho. I'm so loving it. I am one of those people who are always cold. I make everyone who visits my home suffer terribly by always having the fire blazing in winter and little or no air conditioning on in summer, just the windows open letting the breeze cool the house. On very hot days, we turn it on of course. The nights here are very cool and it's perfect for sleeping. To me the perfect day is getting up early, going to 'The Corner', as we all call our convenience store, and getting my Coke and visiting with my father-in-law and his pals for a few minutes at the round table. Have you ever seen those movies or videos of small town life, when someone rolls into town and stops at the bar or the gas station, and the locals just sit there and stare at them like they're going to eat them for lunch? Well, that's my town. (Hey, we get hungry here!) Then I go home and sit at the computer a few minutes and see what you are all up to. Then I love to see the smiling face of my sweet angel, Landon, when he wakes up. Then it's out to the garden to see what's new. I just walk around and say hi to all the plants and birds and check what needs watering and pull a few weeds. Usually without my gloves on, and that's why I could sand wood with my bare hands right now. My fingernails are never clean and my hands are rough this time of year. But I love the garden and would stay out in it all day. Some days that's exactly what I do. And that's why I'm lovin' life right now and things are coming up roses.