The DFW area has experienced rain the last 3 days that was needed and yet can be a problem. A moderate flooding has been warned, with possibilities of it getting worse. We are glad that the weather is producing rain rather than drought, which we have in recent years had.
The flowers and plants will thrive much better with this slow soaking rain. I fear the sun will come out with fierce rays that burn the new growth. One thing has been nice and that is the fact that this rain didn’t come with bad storms, we so often experience here in the Texas area.
April 18, 2010
Rains Came
December 29, 2009
Dream Wedding……
I not sure if you are one of those “little girl romantics” as I am. Down through the years I would dream of this outstanding wedding, held out in the yard or garden. I could see me walking down the path, all decked out in my wedding gown. Ahead of me would be my waiting groom, with a big smile on his face.
My yard wasn’t the most outstanding of yards, so my child like mind would adapt to the differences and figure an illusion beyond it’s limits. It all would be handled in some sort of form or fashion, I dreamed. I could see the roses, the bouquets and even the gazebo. I had to have one of those to stand under, in my dream.
I could see me going to the store and picking out a dress, trying it on and moving about the wedding accessories trying to choose my veil, plus amenities. There had to be this and that to accompany my bridesmaids and maid of honor. I could see it all coming together in my small girl dreams. This was going to be one of those fairy tale type weddings, with all the trimmings. Everything was supposed to fall into place. Unfortunately, the fair tale didn’t come true and our finances were lacking as well.
July 30, 2009
Storms
Storms tore through the DFW area in Texas early this morning, knocking out power for awhile. There was severe lightning and loud claps of thunder following it. The wind was blowing an rain beating against the house in torrents. Once again, our area got a good rain and this gives us more than we’ve normally had during the summer months. It’s brought cooling temperatures, which help as long as it doesn’t get humid right after. The humidity, makes you have to turn the air conditioners back on or suffer.
April 13, 2009
Rosebuds…….
I always love to see my roses bloom, I know that spring is finally here………As you can tell the buds are ready to pop open in a day or so……
March 10, 2009
Much Needed Rain
We are sitting here waiting for the much needed rain that they are predicting we will be getting tonight, tomorrow and the next day. They say we will get a good soaking rain, which we have needed for some time. Our state is in a virtual drought area and it was beginning to look bleak. Maybe this will give us the water to raise the lakes and streams giving us plenty to use this year.
February 21, 2009
Roses
The experts say to trim you rose bushes back in early spring, around January or so. I haven’t trimmed mine this year…….purely out of laziness, I suppose. I guess they will just need to survive on their own, since I’ve gotten this way. It’s merely a proxy to the extra work that will be needed later in the year. I guess that’s better than nothing.
September 30, 2008
My Yellow Rose……
I have many plants in my yard and a few days after the hurricane Ike, came through this beautiful rose, was blooming and so were many other flowers in my yard………wouldn’t it be nice if things this pretty would stay around and be this beautiful longer? 
I can always count on these two to bloom for me, even when the others don’t.
July 15, 2008
The Clouds Tease Me..
The sky is teasing me… 
If I think it’s going to rain, I’ve got another think coming.. It does this every few days. The surrounding areas here where I live, get the much needed rain, in fact they get too much. I must not be living right, it will rain, everywhere else, and bypass my dry dying lawn.
My poor vegetable garden has burn up and I didn’t get very many nice veggies, because of the drought in our area. The heat has almost killed everything, and I only water when I have to.
The breeze is getting cooler, so someone is getting rain……..just not me!
May 2, 2008
I Love Roses………..
I love roses…….I was told many years ago, that if you want roses, you’d better grow them yourself. Because if you wait on a man to give you roses, you’ll be waiting a long time…..unless your one of the lucky few women in this world. 
So, you can see I grew my own………
They have weathered the storms we have been having lately.
I keep pinching the dead hips off, so they will make new blooms….. ………………..
I’m glad I fertilized the other day, it rained the next and watered it right in.
April 17, 2008
My Lovely Roses
I now have beautiful roses blooming in my yard. This is the same bush in full bloom now. 
They say if you can’t get someone to buy you roses, then grow your own, and so I did. 
this is the first few blooms and now it’s in full array. 
The next rose is my yellow rose and the bud was taken before it opened, 
one week ago this lovely rose, was the bud above
This is the bud that started out the next picture 
here’s the beautiful rose that opened from the bud. 
This bush has many buds yet unopened but it will be full once they do.
This is just my front yard, the backyard has a vegetable garden in it. I’ve put pictures of it here, in previous posts.
