Entry:
September 18, 2007
We have
a beautiful, fragrant red rose bush that has really come to life
the past few weeks.
We think it's competing with the rose sitting next to it (not
pictured), which came from the Biltmore Estate. They are both
now over four feet tall. Tonight, the roses seemed to reach up
toward the twilight moon.
Entry:
August 16, 2007
Coincidence?
A little praying mantis arrived shortly after we bought our
dancing (says Brigette) / boxing (says Dave) praying mantises
from Black
Mountain Iron Works. Brigette
noticed him when she was out cleaning up the rose bushes. We've
circled the real guy in the first photo; he's to the left of the
bottom far right rose in the second photo.
Entry:
August 2, 2007
It's
almost blackberry and grape "pick 'em and eat 'em"
time...we have lots of grapes growing along the orchard fence,
and blackberries are growing at the south end of the property
(where the blueberries should also be, but, alas, the late April
frost put an end to them for the year). Here are the early
birds, or should we say, early fruits. Expect to taste some of
these delicious delights in our fresh-squeezed juice at
breakfast:
Entry:
July 25, 2007
We had
some considerable rain, the most we've gotten all summer long.
In fact, we went through a five-week stretch of no rain and
started wondering when the rain would ever come. Well,
the clouds burst wide open and gave us a fantastic downpour this
week. The
water was gushing over the dam and our creek became a river. The
sound of a waterfall makes for a wonderful breakfast interlude.
Entry:
July 18, 2007
Check
out who decided to dip his toes in the lake this afternoon. This
is the first we've seen of this fellow...hope he comes back to
visit.
Entry:
July 11, 2007
Here's
a photo of part of the garden...almost a red, white & blue
theme with the mums, catmint and phlox. Next year, we will
definitely be planting more white and blue. The colors cool off
our sun garden beautifully.
Entry:
July 6, 2007
The
oriental lilies are starting to bloom...very fragrant! The
second shot shows their location with our orchard across the
road in the background.
Entry:
July 2, 2007
This
morning after breakfast, a tiny guest ventured into the dining
solarium.
We assisted the little guy (gal?) back
outside, but then our new feathered friend decided to hang
around near the door for a while, even glancing up when we
started chatting with it to convince it to fly away...
...finally, after a minute or two, it
took a few short hopping steps down the deck and flew
quietly back into the forest.
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