Today I was talking to my sister Gerry who lives in Atlanta and missing her terribly. She is coming for Christmas, though, so I will see her soon. My thoughts turned to Atlanta, that incredibly beautiful city, appropriately nicknamed the “emerald city”. I remember when I first moved to Atlanta - it was […]

Here is another of Patrick’s photos from the San Francisco show. Our last couple of moves had completely decimated my orchid collection. Our new home in Lubbock has a wonderful sun room, and I am having so much fun replenishing my orchid collection. I wish I knew the name of […]

The Peace rose is one of my favorite flowers of all time. No matter where I have moved - from Dallas to Atlanta to Santa Cruz to San Jose and finally to where I have retired in Lubbock, Texas, I have grown Peace roses in my gardens. This rose is perhaps the best […]

Here is another one of Patrick’s pictures from the San Francisco orchid show. Isn’t the color luscious.

Our rose garden has been a source of much pleasure and many pictures. Here is a photo of the rose Kordes Perfecta from our garden this past summer.
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The orchids at the San Francisco show are always stunning. I wish I had a place in my house for all of them. I have several photos that my husband Patrick took that I will share over the coming days.

Orchids bring the beauty of tropical flowers into my home at Christmastime.
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