Good morning Friends

Hope you all are having a great week so far. We are having more cold weather for us, in the mid 40's and feels like it's in the mid 30's. It is really windy out so that makes it worse. The sun is shining though and it may get as high as 64, we'll see.

DH is out working in the back north west corner, replacing a rotted fence post. Yesterday he dug out a Sea Hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum) stump from the same area. He's working on getting his 'junkyard' materials organized and stored behind outbuildings, so that we have a cleaned courtyard area from back of house and workshop to the outbuildings. He's trying to get this project done before the heat and humidity get here, because once it's here, we feel like hibernating in the air-conditioning.

I dismantled a falling down arched arbor, and DH is going to make another one to replace it that will last longer. The one that was there was covered in morning glories and Spanish moss. The new one will be too.

We also moved one of the shell planters back to it's original spot. Tree trimmers had moved it when they trimmed trees, but didn't bother to move it back. That was a job. Now comes the hard part for me, which is what to plant in these. I'm trying to work with what I've got so am looking around with my thinking cap on.

Below are two pictures taken this morning of Vincent Godsiff. A sweet little China rose found in Bermuda.

Here is the main garden with Old Blush and La Marne showing, also an orange orchid showing in front of the blue bottle bouquet.

Here is the back shed, with some things that will be stored elsewhere, marble and those weird drainage blocks, that I'm thinking of making some sort of raised bed with those as the border. I'll show more pictures as we get things straightened up.


The next two pictures are of cheese stuffed shells that I made up yesterday morning before leaving for work. When I got home I just had to heat the oven, sprinkle on some Parmesan cheese and bake. Yummy. I put home made sauce with Italian sausage and mushrooms under the shells and on top as well.

These were the eggs I made us for Valentine's day breakfast. Served with bacon, grits and toast. For dinner that night I fixed a NY strip steak which we shared, garlic mashed potatoes and sliced tomatoes. We had a margarita before dinner and wine with.



So, that's what's been happening around here. I haven't done any beading/embroidery in a few days. I'm watching potted seeds for any sprouts, so far red amaranthus and purple flowering hyacinth bean are up. I also have a cutting of Blue Sky Vine - Thunbergia grandiflora that is doing well. I need to take cuttings of other things to root, but for me it's too cold to work outside, I have to wait till it warms up a tad. :-)

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL