25th ANNIVERSARY TRIP

Dear Blog Friends,    Our 25th wedding anniversary was on June 23rd.     SO we spent a few days at one of our Favorite places,  Mt. Pisgah Inn,  along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.   I'm sharing a few pictures today from our trip.  Hope you enjoy them!!!! 

Love,  Betsy and George 

 

View from our Room at Pisgah Inn

Sitting on our Porch enjoying the View

Two Lovers --still happy after 25 years

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

Rhododendron on  the Blue Ridge Parkway

 

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

Anniversary Pork Loin Dinner--Pisgah Inn

 

 Happy Man on our Anniversary

 

YUMMY DINNER on our Anniversary

 

Beautiful Sunrise from our Room

 

Beautiful Morning at Pisgah Inn

 

One more view from our room at Pisgah Inn

 

 

 

 

 

 Dear Blog Friends,   Welcome to June!!!!   (Where did May go?????  The older I get,  the faster time flies!). June is a month of ROSES.    Hope you enjoy seeing some of our 'beauties'.    Have a great month.

Mother of Pearl

Full Sail (a new rose in our yard this year)

Double Delight 

Love and Peace (beautiful rose blooming on our deck now)

Daring Spirit (a beauty)

Strike It Rich (always a beauty)

Pink Peace

Anna's Promise (named after Anna in Downton Abbey)

Radiant Perfume (always smiling)

Finally,   Meet Raspberry Cupcake,  another new rose in our yard this year.


Have an awesome month, my Friends.


 Much Love,
BETSY and GEORGE

 

Certainly Certainly

 

Concertina

 

Halloween Halo

 

Garden Grace

 

Lady Essex

Blatant

 

Orange Harvest

 

Iceland

 

Slapstick

 

Victorian Falls

 

Autumn Circus

 

Eggnog

 

 Dear Blog Friends,  Can you believe it is MAY?????   Time flies when we're having fun,  doesn't it?   George and I are doing as good as possible so far this year.  George turned 84 in March and I'll turn 84 in August. AND---we are both still 'kicking'!!!! ha ha

Last month I shared some of our Tulips,  and this month,  I'm sharing some of my favorite IRISES. We probably have over 100 different varieties.   Today I'll share a few for you to enjoy. 

I hope all of you are well and happy.   Have a wonderful MAY!!!!

BETSY and GEORGE

APRIL BRINGS OUT THE TULIPS

 Welcome to APRIL,  another favorite month of mine.  March brought us Daffodils,  Crocus,  and Hyacinths.    April will bring us Tulips and Irises.   Isn't Spring marvelous?

If you keep up with me on Facebook,  then you know that my middle son, Mark,  was diagnosed with CANCER.   He is a home builder and works outdoors most of the time.  That sun caused a Melanoma on his face which was cancerous and had spread to several Lymph Nodes.  A PET Scan  revealed that the cancer had NOT spread any farther,  thanks be to God.   SO --on March 25,   he  had surgery to get the cancer on his face out and also to take several Lymph Nodes.  It was a 6 hour surgery --but as of today,  he is doing quite well.  He had the drain removed today and on Friday he will get his stitches out.  Then after he is completely healed,  he will have Radiation Treatments to keep the cancer from returning.... 

As you can imagine,  this has been very hard on this Old Mama...  I lost my first son to Thyroid Cancer in 2023....  I certainly didn't want to lose another child.     SO---I turned it all over to God and asked for prayers from loved ones and friends....  So far,  everything is going GREAT.    But--I will ask for continued  prayers for Mark as he continues to heal and continues with the Radiation..   THANKS.

Other than this,  George and I are doing well.   George had his 84th Birthday in March --and I'll turn 84 in August.... 

Have a great APRIL.Enjoy some of the Tulips we have seen through the years.

Much Love, 

GEORGE and BETSY

  

MARCH---a month of new growth and Spring Colors

Dear Blog Friends, Welcome to March,2026. I love March since it's the month that our beautiful flowers return and bloom.... George and I are doing pretty good for two 83 year-olders. We both have our mobility issues (me with Neuropathy problems and George with terrible back problems)...BUT--that doesn't stop us from having a fantasic life together!!! Here are some of our March Blooms for you today (Daffodils, Crocus, Hyacinths). They will make you smile. Hope you are well and happy and loved. Have a great month, my friends. Much Love, BETSY AND GEORGE

HAPPY MARCH from US to YOU.