More Rain.

9-17-18 SHORT HILLS: Except for yesterday, it has rained every day, and today the remnants of Florence are headed this way. In the dry spells, I have started on the weeding, and replaced a broken fence rail.

In the bed we recently planted on the site of the dead oak tree, the birdhouse bed, one of the successes was a currant bush, which grew to more than six feet and flowered every spring. Well, for no apparent reason, it died this August. To replace the loss, I planted three Rose-of-Sharon volunteers from our yard and two roses from the Farm nursery. A pink Rosa rugosa and a white rose, Milwaukee’s Calatrava. The latter rose is very aromatic, and it shows a red bud, but the flower is white.


Crape myrtle in pink, each flower has a tangle of many stamen and stigmas.

One of the new roses deceptively shows a red bud, but....

...opens a white flower. It is also quite aromatic.

Maizie is just back from a therapy visit with Judy.