I have always loved azaleas.  When I lived in Atlanta I had a yard full of them.  Although I moved several times, I always tooks my azaleas (and other plants) with me.  My husband is a saint - because when it came time to move, we were looking at moving 100+ azaleas and he never […]

Today, I needed a mood brightener.  Flu that lingers can really cause low spirits - and what better way to brighten my mood than flowers.  Yellow tulips always make me smile.

It is the middle of winter - there are still patches of snow and ice outside from the recent storms.  But look … I have geraniums blooming in my sunroom - as pretty as they were in the summertime.  Just the picture to cheer me during these wintry times.  Hopefully, this photo will do the […]

As I was reading MyBlogLog communities this morning I came across a post at River Bend Ranch that brought back a flood of memories. There was a picture of a gardenia. I could smell the fragrance of the gardenia that was my very first corsage - a wrist corsage given to me by […]

No matter where I have lived I have had irises.  This one is from my yard last year.  My mother once told me that where she was growing up they grew wild by the sides of the road.  I can believe it.  They are one tough little flower.  You can move them and they grow […]

On Friday we went to visit my granddaughter, her husband and our great granddaughter in Phoenix.  We got out of Lubbock just before the ice storm hit.  It was touch and go whether we would make it back to Lubbock without encountering the ice - but it had burned off by the time we were […]

I love the Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree and I have planted three of them in my front yard. The first time I saw the kwanzans in my neighborhood in Atlanta, it almost took my breath away. Big pink powderpuffs completely blanketed the trees. It was a sight to behold - and […]

When it is cold and wet, my thoughts turn to springtime and I remember springtimes past. My first year in Atlanta (actually I lived in a suburb of Atlanta - Marietta) was breathtaking in its beauty, particularly for someone raised in Texas. This was the scene on my trip home from work every […]