Old garden book authors sang the praises of Souvenir du Dr. Jamain so highly I've wanted to try this beautiful rose for years. Lucky girl! Neptune's Harvest's a winner here, too, great stuff, goes a long way. Chilly rain let up this morning & it's sunny beautiful now in the mid-70's. Expected 60's tomorrow before the first snow flies that night & next day. Roller coaster change of weather not unusual through to Spring. On my way back out to cherish this gift of a day.

We live on an acreage in a rural area. For the most part, I have had nothing short of excellent service getting my parcels here and on time and right on the doorstep. This is important to me as I can’t drive right now due to two hip replacements . However I’ve had a few exceptions one being a few years ago I ordered an iPad for my husband for Christmas and whoever delivered it just must’ve flown it out the window to the end of our snow covered driveway and it landed in the ditch in the snow . Luckily we got home before the snow started again and I was able to spot the package and had to slog through the already deep snow to retrieve it. Thankfully it wasn’t damaged . And as I said for the most time packages come right to the door which is great but the odd time if I haven’t made it to the door fast enough they will take the package and drop it at the post office for me to pick up This is a huge inconvenience for me because I have to get my husband to pick it up on his way home from work which also means he has to leave work early as the post office closes before he would normally get there .

Interesting. Looking at Google maps on my desktop, the cars on the surface roads are there but hard to see due to the 3D effect. The interstates are completely empty (impossible in Atlanta). The cars that show up best on surface streets are stuck at stoplights. An occasional car stopped on the shoulder shows up too. I looked at Google maps on my both iphone and ipad, and there I can see cars both on the road and on the interstate. The satellite view is also much more recent on the iphone (but there is no 3D Google Earth effect in that app). I see cars and trucks on the interstate in the Apple map app as well. It looks like they do something to get rid of movement.

Amazon was a god sent when we bought our camp. I ordered a lot from them, even our beds. The closest semi decent size shopping area is a 40 mile round trip. Amazon has more of a selection than the big box stores. At home I really dislike having to go from store to store looking for exactly what I want. Plus returns are free and easy when you take them to Kohls. I don't count on the 2 day shipping anymore since covid. I just was doing some Christmas shopping this week on Amazon. I have everything shipped to camp since we are here 5 days a week and if it is delivered on the days we are not here you can be pretty sure nobody is going to take it. One thing I bought (prime) on Monday will come on Thursday to camp and if shipped to my home would come tomorrow. The jewelry boxes I order prime today will not be delivered until the 30th, but at home on Friday. So the delivery days are all over the place i assume on where the warehouse is located that holds that product. .