2005-07-17

Celebrations, Rain and Roses

   Boy ! What a month this has been so far! And it is not over yet! My son graduated from grade 12, my husband's aunt died, and my town has just finished celebrating it's 100th birthday along with our province.

    We still have a family reunion to go to plus the town where I was born is also celebrating it's 100th. Then it will be fair time.

   The saying goes , 'once the fair is over then it won't be long and winter will be around the corner! I really don't want to think about that. It's too depressing. :o( . Anyway I'll try to take one day at a time. :o)

   So today I'm taking it easy. It is blowing and raining outside so it isn't hard to do. My son has gone to the football game and my husband is having a snooze, so I thought it was a good time to write in my Blog.

  My grandson was down with his parents for the centennial celebrations but he was quite fussy so I didn't get to spend much time with him. I want to go visit him for a couple of days soon. I need to get my garden and yard cleaned up before I go. With all the rain we've had this spring and summer the weeds are trying to take over. I've been working on them but it will still take a few days especially since it is raining again.

   If it rains too much I will just go and the weeds will have to wait. We have gumbo here when it rains and it takes a while to dry. We try not to walk on it when it is wet because it packs the earth and it becomes as hard as a rock. It sure is good ground for growing though.

   Well I was going to end this and watch some of the football game on T.V. but it has been blacked out in this area. So back to writing!

  I had to stop and pour myself a cup of coffee. I started buying coffee beans and also bought myself a burr grinder. The only way to grind the beans. The blade grinders can burn the coffee beans and I'm not into burnt coffee. I no longer like the ground  coffee that you buy in the stores. To me they leave a sour taste in my mouth. I have been buying my beans right from the  Roaster.

   As I went to get my coffee I stopped to admire the roses I brought into the house earlier. They are so gorgeous! They are a deep red color. I brought in three stems, each with one bud in bloom and three more buds on the stem. The best roses I have ever had. The flowers look perfect. I am so grateful that they have survived our cold winters. I've mulched them in the fall and this is the third year they have bloomed. Roses are my favorite flower!

I had to stop to see if I could find the tag that has the rose's name on it but I couldn't find it. I know I have it somewhere, later..  I have bought two other kinds of roses but they are nothing like the red ones.

 Well, my daughter has just phoned so I will end this for now so I can call her back. I am just on dial up so I will have to shut down the internet. May the rest of your day be as beautiful as red roses!