Thanks, Patty for painting the haybale and setting up your fun folk art.  We love seeing it when we turn that corner entering the neighborhood.  

 

 

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, 2026!!!

 

And what could be a better way to welcome summer than a trip to the beach?  OK, we did it last week, but it sure felt like summer.  I loved walking along the beach, up to my knees in the Atlantic Ocean.  

 

Now we can welcome summer in our garden:  day to day.  I will share pix as the season moves along.  There is always something fun happening in the garden.  Well, to me anyway.  

 

HAPPY SUMMER!!!

 

Dads come in all shapes and sizes.  Here's my favorite.  

 

I'm sure you have your favorite.  Let's show 'em some love today.

 

 

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

 

We were in Nags Head for three sunrises, and we saw all three of them, from the beach.  We walked the two blocks to the beach at 5:30 AM!!  and watched as the sun rose out of the Atlantic Ocean.  

 

It was so great to have shells in our pockets and sand in our toes.  I can't wait til the next time.  

 

 

HAPPY TRAVELS!!!

 

 

 

We are home now, but you know we couldn't go all the way to the Outer Banks and NOT get a picture of THE SIGN.  

 

Of course you've seen the one just inside the NC/Tennessee border that says:  Manteo NC 563.  Well, the counterpart to that sign is in Manteo.  And since we were so close (10 miles) we HAD to get a picture of it.  

 

You're welcome.

 

 

HAPPY TRAVELS!!!

 

I had the nicest wake up text this morning:  My friend sent me this picture, and the caption was:  Amsterdam airport now.

 

How beautiful!!!  I'm not sure, but the ones in the bottom of the picture look like are carved of wood.  Anyway, they are all so PRETTY!!!!!

 

 

HAPPY SPRING ALL THE WAY FROM AMSTERDAM!!!

 

This bed of Bearded Iris took my breath away.  The purple was SO deep and its beard was bright orange.

 

I love how Iris bloom for a day or two, then close up and let the next one open.  It even works when you cut them and put them in a vase.  LOVE, LOVE LOVE!!!!!

 

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

Isn't this fabulous?  YES, IT IS!!!

 

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!!

 

I had never seen the Gardens at Duke.  It was part of the 3-mile Angels Among Us walk.  Oh my goodness!!!  What a gorgeous place.  Acres and acres of big trees and flowers and water features and on and on.  Right there on the campus of Duke University.

 

I just love these Alliums:  the flowers are about 3 feet tall, and there are 4 curved beds of them.  Don't they look just like my leeks?  I might have to plant some of these in my garden.  

 

It is definitely a place to go see if you are anywhere near Raleigh/Durham.  Do it!!

 

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!

 

On Saturday, my friend and I participated in the Angels Among Us Walk at Duke Medical Center in Durham.  Since she was on a committee to work with volunteers, we had to be there at 5:45 AM!!!  When I saw this cool sign for the walk the sun was just coming up and the sky was pink.  

 

What a great way to start the day:  seeing the sunrise.  I might start getting up early every day.

 

 

HAPPY SPRING!!!