My long awaited post on my garden is not coming to FRUITION as I had hoped. WE have had odd unexpected weather and just GRAY DAYS! So, I decided to DON A GOWN from THE WARDROBE VAULT and open a HATBOX that has been closed for years! Found the MAGNOLIA branch on the ground and began to take photos!

THE THINGS WE DO TODAY.

TO ENTERTAIN OURSELVES AND OTHERS!

YES, I TAKE MY OWN PHOTOS……….BETTER THAT WAY. YOU CAN TAKE AS MANY AS YOU WANT AND DONOT HAVE THE ITALIAN OR SON SAYING HURRY UP!

I DELETE MORE THAN I KEEP.NOT EASY BEING THE STYLIST AND WARDROBE MISTRESS AND PHOTOGRAPHER………….

I AM POSITIVE A FEW OF YOU ARE SURPRISED BY THAT INFORMATION.

BUT IT IS TRUE.

THIS IS WHITE SWAN…….

NO FRAGRANCE BUT A BEAUTY.

THE GARDEN BLOOMS HERE ARE A TYPE OF YELLOW JASMINE.

I PLANTED YEARS AGO AND HAVE MOVED THREE TIMES.

IT STARTED OUT IN THE FRONT YARD.

NOT ENOUGH SUN THERE.

IT FINALLY FOUND ITS FOREVER HOME CLOSE TO MY BEDROOM AND AS YOU CAN SEE I HAVE A SECOND BED JUST IN CASE THE AFTERNOON NAP NEEDS TO BE OUTSIDE.

IT HAS FRAGRANCE! TONS OF FRAGRANCE!

MY ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE GARDEN WAS TO HAVE ONLY FRAGRANT PLANTS!

THE ROSE NAME IS BOLERO HERE………EVERY YEAR I PURCHASE ONE MORE!

THE CLIMBER BEHIND ME IS NEW DAWN.

I THINK!

IT REALLY NEEDS MORE SUN BUT I’M LETTING IT STRUGGLE……….NEED TO CUT BACK THOSE GREEN LEAVES WHICH WILL KILL ME.

MAYBE I WILL.

MAYBE I WILL NOT!

I SHOULD HAVE INSISTED ON ONE OF THESE DURING MY LIFE TIME!

NOT IN MY GARDEN NOW, BUT FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE ROADSIDE!

I HAVE HAD LOTS OF TIME TO DWELL ON THE WHAT I DID AND THE WHAT I DID NOT DO…….in my life time so far.

THE WHAT I DID OUT WEIGHS; THE WHAT I DIDNOT DO!

I AM A PERSON THAT SHOULD HAVE HAD A MENAGERIE OF ANIMALS.

AS A CHILD MY FATHER BARELY LET ME HAVE A CAT.

I SO WANTED TO BE A VETERINARIAN GROWING UP, BUT SCIENCE WAS JUST NOT MY CALLING!

MY MOTHER WAS AN ANIMAL LOVER LIKE ME AND WE MANAGED TO SNEAK IN GUIENA PIGS, RABBITS, A ROOSTER, A HORSE AND THATS ABOUT IT!I DID GET TO TAKE CARE OF THE CLASSROOM RAT OVER A VACATION HOLIDAY!

I REMEMBER THAT WELL AS WE KEPT HIM IN MY CLOSET!

ARE YOU OUT THERE SHIRLEY NOAKES?

A WEEPING ROSE……..

I HAD NEVER HEARD THAT TERM BEFORE I MET A DIVINE GIRLFRIEND FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

THEY WERE HARD TO FIND THE YEAR I PURCHASED THIS ONE WHICH IS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.

SHE STANDS GUARD IN THE FRONT AS YOU WOULD ENTER…….MY ABODE.

SLIGHT FRAGRANCE.

AN ARTSY PHOTO of me in THAT HAT!

I like to think of it being an ICE CREAM CONE!

VINTAGE LUCITE AND NEW DAWN ROSE BELOW.

BASIL SEEDED BY THE ITALIAN FOR HIS PESTO.

WE MAKE PESTO FOR THE YEAR AND FREEZE IT.

THE CLIMBING HYDRANGEA I PLANTED YEARS AGO FINALLY GIVING ME MY MONEY’s WORTH!

I READ SOMEWHERE YEARS AGO IT TAKES SEVEN YEARS FOR IT TO BLOOM!

Well, it has bloomed in the past but not like this year and it has been close to TWO DECADES since I planted it!

SUNSHINE, FLOWERS and a CAFTAN in mid day……….PERFECTION!

ANOTHER MONTH HAS SWISHED BY………….I FROZE MOST OF MAY!

I NEED SUN IN MY LIFE.

IT MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE!

SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM BOYS?

LEAVE IT TO THESE TWO TO CHECK THINGS OUT!

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY THE ITALIAN AND YOUNGEST SON………..

TAKE CARE EVERYONE……………XXX