General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse &What did I learnt today/Chat with Friends #47, 0 by Starzz

Starzz wrote:
Good Morning all.
I had my friend Gigi from Montreal area come for a visit this past week for a few days.
We went on a shopping day and I treated myself to a bamboo Dreamsack nightgown..it is so soft and light..I love it!
Gigi gave me a Bergere lamp as a gift. It emits a cleansing fragrant aroma. The fragrance I chose is Lemon Flower..so fresh. She has one already..and we saw it in one of the little fancy shops.
She fell in love with an entrance mat for outside her new condo. It is all flat smooth pebbles glued to a mesh backing..and then sprayed with a shiny sealer. Very unique...and heavy to carry..we left it at the shop till we were going back to the car. We sat outside a little shop at a littel bistro table and had Butter pecan coffee..and said we felt like we could be in Paris..such fun.

Betty..your low growing plant that blooms at night is Evening Primrose. I have some too.

We had the thundestorm and lots of rain last night...lots of lightning too..Your gardens are doing wonderfully. Interesting to see how your hops are growing..
Henry Hudson rose is blooming..it is one of the Canadian Explorer roses..nice fragrance..but you have to get down low to stick your nose in it...but I did..LOL

It seems this is the best year for my roses..buds on almost all of them waitng to burst open.
What I learned was to stay away from the Hybrid tea roses and go for the hardy types. I have been struggling with roses for several years..and lost as many as have survived..but I think I may have success now.

I really need to get to some weeding too..but it is not my favorite part of gardening.

Sharon..wishing you a safe and happy trip to Alaska. It will be good for you to meet Ava and all of Carole's freinds and family. Will Soferdig be there for the service..or any of the other DG friends? I am sure Weezingreens will be there..she lives not far from Ava. I used to follow her stories here on DG a few years ago about her life there in Alaska..and her hubby Dennis.