How about an update, mboston?

Bambi. I was two. We were at the drive-in. I still love deer and put up with them in the garden because of Bambi...and then Rudolph : ) House items...probably the brick fireplace in our farmhouse. It's one of the reasons I want to remodel our farmhouse, just to use that fireplace! Oh, and Belle de Crecy gallica roses. They are absolutely beautiful. They change color and look like something you would imagine a fairytale rose would look like. Other favorite, Celsiana damask rose...because it also changes from pink to light pink to almost white. And both bushes have roses in all the shades at the same time, as they open on different days.

High Point NC Furniture Market Dates are Oct 19th to the 23rd. Sherrill has a huge showroom at Market which is always hard to miss as Buddy Sherrill parks one of his Ferraris or Bentley's on the sidewalk out front. If you can make a trip to that part of the world during those days there are ways to get in through your selling dealer to see this piece. Note this is a "To the Trade" show only, however I routinely can send my better customers to Market so they can see pieces as long as they are "cool" about it and don't expect to be waited on and can go in "under the radar" so to speak.

Yesterday, I stepped out into the yard and saw something zip across in front of me and around a hedge. It took me a moment to realize it was a hummingbird. I'm not sure what it was visiting, possibly a tiger lily on one side, either that or the back garden, which has purple coneflowers and red yarrow blooming currently; I'm not sure of it's destination, though, as I lost track of it around the lilac. That's awesome that you've got a pair visiting your garden! Pineapple sage definitely has a pineapply flavor. It fan be a challenge to get it to bloom around here, as it's not hardy ... flowering in the basement isn't super helpful to hummingbirds. The bees definitely adore the purple coneflowers ... it seems everytime I look there are at least two or three bees of some sort on them, usually little bumblebees or honey bees. The little bumblies love our lavender (we put a flowering lavender on the deck, and it had a be on it within an hour) and the tomatoes on our deck, too, particularly Maglia Rosa. (I watched one visit every single flower ... it visited a couple on the other plants, too too, but it kept going back to Maglia Rosa.)