I haven't been posting because we really haven't had any work going on the house. These are my flowers pics. First I found a nice little shelf in a garage sale and have put some of my plants in the upstairs, Kerlerec side dormer. That incredible orchid I got for my birthday is still alive, and I have added a few others since I took this picture.
Yesterday at the office, just as I was about to leave, a box came for me - roses from Mike!! These are called petite roses and there were bunches of them. Many years ago, our first few months in Cairo, Mike rode off on his bike to practice Arabic and came back with 12 DOZEN Egyptian roses, all packed together in one bunch. That's what these reminded me of. What fun! I have them in three places in the house and they are really even prettier as they have opened up a bit more.
About 3 weeks ago, leading up to my birthday, we tried to get the shutters up on the dormers in case of a hurricane. Mike dutifully climbed out the window and painted and I got the shutters painted. Umm - then my extended birthday celebration surprises began happening and Mike started traveling. However NO hurricane has come near, so we're safe so far. Soon our renters will leave and we will try to get some help in to actually get some more work done on the house.
