For Older People with Sense

Too funny Chrissy! I was going to say it looked a little shop-worn, too!

Lisa, love the butterflies!  Yes, the Monarch looks a little travel-weary but is still exquisite.

I'm doing laundry before our Charleston trip (leaving Thursday) and will finish packing tomorrow in spite of keeping DGS after Preschool.  Then Thursday morning we'll drop off the dog at the vet's and be on our way.  

I'm looking forward to seeing what DH will eat on our trip.  We've both been on diets, but I'm just eating sensibly and cutting down.  He read the book "Eat to Live" and has followed it religiously.  So far he's down 20 lbs and I'm down 10.  Enough so I can wear clothes I hadn't worn and can button shirts I used to have to wear open over a cami, and they're loose.   He's gone from a 38 pant to a 34 and looks  great.  Yesterday morning he left for an overnight meeting and left me 2 oil-free black walnut waffles he'd made---he thought they were great.  I thought they were  like eating cardboard with black walnuts in it. 

Alyson, I so like your ceilings.  Really, I like everything about your home!  The quilt is beautiful.

Kathy

Alyson, I love the pictures of your house! It's welcoming, warm, and elegant.

Leah

I will have to look for that when I go to the rose garden in Balboa park, they have them all labelled

Lisa, that could be it. If you goggle lagerfeld rose, Jackson & Perkins will come up with a photo. I wish I could figure out how to do photos. It worked before the upgrade and never since.

I thought it looked like Blue Moon but some are very similar.

Chrissy, Mine looked more like the one at the top. More blue than pink. Now I'm thinking I'll have to replace it with a new one. There were roses lining the driveway when we moved in to our house. We have gradually replaced them with ones we like more. We have Mr. Lincoln for the great smell. We also have an Impressionist which turns multiple colors as it matures. It's from Heritage Roses in Oregon.

hi ladies, lovely roses! I have never had much luck with growing roses. I have one bush, and it grows straight up and only gets a few blooms a year. I hardly have paid it much attention but last year I cut it way back so I'll see what happens this year.

We finally are getting warmer weather. It got up to 60 today and it was wonderfully sunny. I went and met with my designer and the carpenter at the house this afternoon. I took some pictures from the roof deck. You would be able to see the water if the railing wasn't right in the way. The house in the front left is my brothers and the one in the front is mine. I think I will have enough energy to move there this summer. 

Chrissy, Sounds a lot like our yard. We plant stuff and let them duke it out with what's already there. There is usually something going on from spring thru fall. People here don't water their lawns in summer either - and for the same reason. We watered the lawn our first summer and dozens of people stopped to tell us how sorry we would be when we got the bill. Besides, brown grass doesn't need mowing.