Friday, September 30, 2011

The wind blew in some cool fall weather last night.
The Lemon grass grew well this year, in the pot with the mun.
The Mums are right on time. They will be in full bloom soon.

Arizona Red Blanket flower

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

We are going to have a new baby in December, so I had to get busy and see if I could sew again. I am making Christmas quilted place mats.

I did this and my sewing machine quit on me. We went and got me a new Brothers today now to get busy.
Have a happy day!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The fall Peace Rose is blooming ,they are so happy to have cool weather.
They smell so good like a rose should.
Have a happy day!

Friday, September 23, 2011

Trivia

September Flowers

The Forget- me-not flower

Folklore: In a German legend , God named all the plants when a tiny unnamed one cried out "forget-me -not " O Lord! "God replied that shall be your name".

Henry IV adopted the flower as his symbol during his exile in 1398, and retained the symbol upon his return to England the following year.
The Morning Glory
and Aster or other September flowers.
Have a wonderful Autumnal Equinox day

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Vichyssoise

Cold soup
I have been revisiting a Gladys Taber book and told the Bennie about the soup ,told him I would like to try it.
He read the recipe and said I don't know about Vichyssoise but I can sure make Potato and Leek Soup and you can eat it cold if you want to but I will have mine hot.

Will what can one do he is just a good old southern boy. We just call it delicious Potato Leek Soup.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

What Fun

I have been just sitting and watching my new screen saver of the family pictures I have put on my blog at sometime or other with a post.
I think I am going to like this new computer. The only thing you can't enlarge the pictures?




Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Back On The Blog And Other Good Places

The Bennie has worked over time to get me up and running on the new computer.
We have been on xp windows and this 7 windows was very confusing to me.
Now to catch up with all my blogger friends.

Friday, September 16, 2011

We are getting a new computer will be back soon.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The first nice Peace Rose of this hot dry summer.
This poor Autuma Joy is in bloom



Soon I will have Mums there are lots of buds.






Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Trivia

Today is the birthday of the real "Uncle Sam"
Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson
He was an Revolutionary War veteran who owned a meatpacking plant in Troy, New York.
He provided beef to the Army of 1812 in barrels stamped "US", indicating that they were "US" property. The soldiers began joking that the initials stood for Uncle Sam referring to Wilson, unwittingly inventing the character.Sept. 13 1766




Monday, September 12, 2011

Talk about freedom: We saw this beautiful Red tailed Hawk yesterday.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Saturday, September 10, 2011

From the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

The Japanese Flowering OnionIt offers up their beauty for the autumnal garden.
Clumps and grows 12-15 inches tall when in bloom.

Friday, September 9, 2011

My flowers have suffered from heat and this Begonia may not look very pretty but it has bloomed all summer.
This is one thing the grasshoppers will not eat Blue Fortune Mexican Hyssop.



My little Camellia is starting to put it's buds on.





Poor Neon Sedum it said on the tag it was upright but it sure lay down on me. Mildred said it would root well. (Look new growth).Thanks for walking around with me and looking at my flowers.

Have a happy day.








Wednesday, September 7, 2011

As you all know I have been working on ( parts of the person I am) genealogy. As I do my research I get it on Ancestry.com. My great great grandfather had 12 children ,so it has been exciting to find what happen to them and their children. I have made contact with so many family members I would have never known. This is a picture in 1930 of my great grandfathers niece and her son in his cleaning business.
This is a 4th great grandfather from a different side of the family we could not find until now.1792---1861




Tuesday, September 6, 2011

My secret garden cast your spell in mist. Mark down your truths on an unending list.From a Shakespearean Sonnet

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Gold MargueriteAlso known as golden Chamomile a tough, drought, tolerant perennial herb.

Flowers or oxeye daisy like.

The name Marguerite is a French name and used as a woman's name.

The English is Margaret.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Cleome's are funny plants last year More Family and Flowers (Darla) sent me white with little pink in them. I wanted some all white and all pink too so I planted some.This year I am back to white with little pink. They look funny so tall and well just funny looking.

But thank you Darla or there would not have been any this year.