Sharing my special 77th birthday!
glenda_al
7 years ago
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Comments (35)Judith, I thank you so much for your kind words and we are keeping a few that have been able to cope on their own, but all the burdens of rosegrowing which we have experienced over the past few years have naturally pared the garden way back. We have had our share of RMV,the ravages of RRD, a myriad of fungi and insects, a blight that killed most of the Noisettes, and in the past few years, such very late and hard freezes in late spring that pruned some roses so far back, they never rebounded, so the garden began to look pathetic, and we knew we were not going to be able to maintain the laborious physical and monetary schedule we had, in the past, while acquiring so many roses and maintaining them. We needed a gardener 2-3 days per week, and sometimes more often, lots of fertilizer, pruning, using chemicals and our water bill was rivaling that of the national debt. We are slowly replacing our losses with a few evergreens, conifers, deciduous ornamental small trees and some lovely ornamental shrubs, e.g., camellias, tea olives, gardenias, etc. We still have many climbers and ramblers remaining, enough so that we will have a beautiful late April/early May show. We still love roses as much as ever and I love coming here to see what everyone else is doing but in our area secondary to the condition alluded to above, it is, unfortunately, a decision we did not come to lightly but growing and caring for hundreds of roses is a love we must leave to others....See MoreOT my birthday surprise!
Comments (19)So glad you had such a special birthday this year & that your honey remembered you! That was best gift. My dad wanted to buy mom a card for her birthday this Jan. I told him I would get it, he is housebound, he struggled to sign it "I Love You Honey" went from far left to far right of card. Mom cried when she opened it! These things are so important especially when you have been together for a long time. (70 yrs May 12 for my folks) Hope the meds are very helpful & you will get many more treasured days with your honey! Happy Birthday! Jan...See MoreMy Beautiful 'Non Fattening' Birthday Cake!
Comments (15)OMom...thank you. I agree for a Mother's Day Cake, it would be just beautiful. Check out the YouTube link I sent in another post. LOL Karen...with cake, especiall if it's MY favorite, I could eat the whole cake too! You're right there are many of us here who could make this. I've posted another link to see just how to do one. ALL I need is the Flowers...I'm not as fortunate as some here with such beautiful gardens to just 'pick' their cake flowers! lol jeanne...thanks, it was a really nice day. Gdson is growing so fast he's already over my head..and with his voice already changing...pretty soon he won't want to 'hang out' with his DGF and me, so anytime he's with us, we treasure. Frou..thank you.. This was the first time I saw this too. It's a great idea. Again, look at the link I sent on 'How To' make one yourself. I think it looks pretty easy. jane...See MoreIron Rose for my birthday/Mother's Day :-) (pic)
Comments (10)Thank you guys :-) I do love my rose and its uniqueness. My DH comes up with some different ideas sometimes and prides himself on not always being mainstream...lol. cooperbailey, On the way home with my rose I started wondering the same thing. It's a burnished finish. I believe if it was natural it would be black and it is buffed to give it a more pewter color. It has some black in the grooves but I'm thinking there's not a finish on it at all. If that's the case I suppose it would rust if exposed to humidity. You're not the first person to ask me that. I'm thinking I should email the fabricator and ask him about it. He was really nice and showed us his workshop which is located in his garage....See More
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