wine on the keyboard

by Kay~Kacey on 7/2/2012

Pink knock out roses with sun burst

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose. ~Anne Bronte

These are the beautiful pink knockout roses that are out my office window at The Love Nest. I have to admit, I will miss them when we move. Hm, note to self…ask SuperGuy to plant some out the window of my new office. Anyway, I love the light. I actually shot these right through the screen and you can see a faint pattern of the screen in this shot. Love that.

Now, I’m back to picking out faucets for the new place…which still has no name, but does have a walls and a roof. I need to get on an update post on that too. But right now I’m knee deep in deciding on faucets, carpet, and tile… I cannot believe how many decisions have to be made when you build a house. I picked out siding last week. A medium gray tone. I think. And we spent hours deciding on exactly where to put the kitchen island so the plumber could come in this week…all while on pain pills for a messed up back…so I’m hoping I didn’t pick anything stupid… My sister doesn’t seem to have much confidence that I made any sane decisions…We’ll see.

Garden Self Portrait

by Kay~Kacey on 6/27/2012

Taking a bit of an artistic license with naming this Garden Self Portrait…

self portrait by shadow

But, see?? There I am in the bottom left corner. Hm, maybe I should title this Self Portrait by Shadow?

Anyway, see SuperGuy’s truck up there in the background? That’s going to be our garden :heart: I cannot wait. It’s right behind the house in a big old clearing. An expensive big old clearing…(we had to have a swampy lagoon cleared and filled in). I’m hoping to have some beds in and a fence around it in time to get in a fall crop. We’ll see.

Love Hate Relationship

by Kay~Kacey on 6/25/2012

So I have a love/hate relationship with hollyhocks. There, I’ve said it.

holly hocksThey are pretty, I’ll admit that.

pink hollyhockFor like the one week they look good and the other week they look kind of good.

hollyhocksThen they look horrible and beat up. All that garden space for like 10 days of pretty? I’m so over that…

If a big space in my garden is only going to give me a week of photo op…then it needs to be replanted with something that blooms longer. I’m just sayin’

Anyone want some hollyhocks?? (and is that one word or two??) I think it’s one, because my Apple spellcheck didn’t flag it as one word…)