I RECEIVED THIS AWARD RECENTLY…………!

They want me to SPREAD the WORD!

Even though I am NUMBER 42 out of 80 WOMEN who received it; I feel honored as I barely get One Post out a MONTH these days…..

I have found making friends after your kids leave school and or you STOP working is HARD!I think thats why we gravitate towards BLOGS so much and now PODCASTS.I have not committed myself to that YET!It’s a way of feeling INVOLVED and sharing YOUR OPINION with others.

Bottom line you can see what other people are into and wearing and get some good OLD INFORMATION ON ALL KINDS OF STUFF!

HERE IS THE LINK FOR BLOGS WRITTEN BY GIRLS/WOMEN OVER 50!

Just in case you NEED SOME NEW FRIENDS https://bloggers.feedspot.com/women_over_50_blogs/

My first BLOOMING rose EVERY YEAR!

She is called BANKSIA and she comes in white and yellow!

This is the second terrace which will CHANGE DRASTICALLY in the next couple of months.

I thought I would share the BEFORE and AFTER once it HAPPENS!

That Italian planted FRUIT TREES a couple of years ago and this year we will have a CROP!

Unless those BIRDS and SQUIRRELS get to it FIRST!

These Santa Barbara daisies did not get cut back this year!

They were MISSED!

You may not realize this but I have-not been able to Prune my garden for the last FIVE YEARS!

I miss that SO VERY MUCH.

It will be interesting to SEE how they do without a HAIRCUT!

MY SIDE GARDEN BANKSIA YELLOW ROSE!

MY LOVELY NEIGHBORS GET THE BOUNTY MORE THAN I DO NOW as it reaches for the SUN towards them!

This was one of the first ROSES I planted here.I can recall buying them at HOME DEPOT!

Carrying them to check out and lugging them to my station wagon!

It was all a BREEZE and I was so HAPPY about the new purchase!

ABOUT 29 years ago…………

OPPS……….MY FAVORITE ROSE!

THIS IS OUR MORNING LOOK!

MY SON got her HOOKED on CROISSANTS from an early age!

I am getting her HOOKED on VINTAGE LINEN!

BANKSIA BLOOMS in the backyard on Easter Sunday……..

Who can spy an EGG!!

THAT BUNNY STILL COMES TO MY GARDEN!

I LOVED those days of EGG HUNTS!

WE did an EGG hunt for our neighbors this year.

SHARING and offering HELP is a good way to be.

I have many of these like five or six.A soft pale pink rose that likes shade!

I found out recently it was brought from England.

However, I do not know the name!

MOCK ORANGE doing its FRAGRANT FLOWER FLIRT!

ANOTHER SHADE LOVING PLANT!

LAVENDER with YELLOW WALL FLOWERS IN THE BACKGROUND.

If the lavender leaves turn YELLOW like what they are doing here that means too much water.

Our water just got turned on a week ago this was from all the rain we have had………which is a GOOD THING!More rain today here in Northern California.I NEED SUN!

FIG TREE STARTING TO PRODUCE!

ROSE IS BOLERO……..and I have talked about it for YEARS!

MY FAVORITE as far as petals and FRAGRANCE.

CAN YOU STAND ONE MORE LOOK?

Have any of you purchased a BOLERO after I have talked about them for so long?

Note the petals MATCH MY SKIN!

A GARDEN URN that has welcomed LEMON BALM to its dirt!

Do I let it stay or pull it OUT?

HINT.I ADORE LEMON BALM!

ONE OF THE SIX GIRLS WE OWN NOW…………

THAT BLACK PLASTIC POT has to go!

It holds a DAHLIA from last year.

I cannot make up my mind where it should be placed!

I am not one to take so long in decision making!

What is wrong with me?

Maybe don’t answer that the list is LONG!

This area needs a bit of work!I collected old watering cans and similar vessels.

My ITALIAN loves to turn them upside down so the rain water does not collect in them.

That’s good as it reduces the bites one gets from mosquitos, but he never sets them back up right!

MY ART looks like a JUNK PILE!

Those large wine bottles I got out of the TRASH once upon a time when we lived in ITALY.

THAT WAS AWESOME DUMPSTER DIVING AS I CALLED IT BACK THEN!

BABY CHERRIES ARRIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN OUR GARDEN!

This reminds me of when we had pet wild bunnies in our yard!

Do any of you remember that?

DOT THE DIGGER and CARMEL just to name TWO of those BUNNIES!

They gave birth in our front and backyards.

MANY TIMES.

WHAT A JOY THEY WERE…………….

ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE FRAGRANCES since childhood!

PINK JASMINE LOOK UP!

I will take another SNAP when it is in FULL BLOOM!

I hope all is well in your world!I just received some bloodwork test results that put me into a PANIC MODE!

In February I was 100.

As of APRIL I am at 286.

Normal is below 100.

I will wait for the rest of the tests to come in then make a phone call.

I am really not ready for all of this and it SCARES me to DEATH.

HOWEVER, this has LIFTED MY SPIRITS!

A NEW BOOK by FIFI O’ NEILL called FRENCH FLAIR.

RELEASE DATE its MAY 13th 2025.

PENELOPE BIANCHI’s HOME is in this book!I did a post on her selling her house a few months back.

Well, guess what?

THEY ARENOT SELLING!!!!!!!!

Head to your nearest BOOK SHOP as we need to support these small shops, otherwise there will be NO PLACE TO ESCAPE TOO to feed our souls and brain.

YOU CAN FIND ON AMAZON as well.

I don’t know about YOU, but I still need to shop the little shops and get OUT OF THE HOUSE from time to time.Walk see a few people, smile ,say HELLO……….remember how we did all of that in a day and cooked DINNER TOO?!!

BE WELL DEAR READERS…………..XXX