where on Earth...

....have I been, you ask?



well, looks like April came in like a lion, and so did May. This month has been a whirlwind of a doozy. There's been a little of this:


and this:


and thankfully only a little bit of this:


and a LOT of this:


and this:



and my battered toes the morning after tango workshops...:




anybody else have a crazy May?

Cécile Brunner in the house....swoon!

my Cecile Brunner roses are blooming!

gawd, I tell you, nothing makes me happy like the first roses in the garden. Ok, I guess a few other things make me as happy, but right now I'm in bliss.

then I start wanting to take pictures, and then I get all distracted.....



I brought them in the other day and the whole livingroom smelled heavenly from just this little bouquet..sigh.



This is a rose that is famous for climbing and taking over--isnt' this just the most romantic thing ever? Why can't I have this in Arizona?? Maybe in 20 years my little shrub will look like this.



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