'Dark Purple' Passionflower
Hymenocallis sp. (Spider Lily)
'Lichterloh' in drought stress
'Ducher' China rose
Granny Babe's live oaks, Morgan City, La.
Mom's new study curtains
Matt replacing fascia
My French radish harvest
'Louis Philippe' China rose propagule
Our Little Pony
Quail - Thanksgiving 08
Christmas 08
Quercus buckleyi - Texas Red Oak
'Souvenir de la Malmaison' bourbon rose
Izzy after a bath
Lycoris radiata - Red Spider Lily
Rhodophiala bifida - Oxblood Lilies
Orange bulbine
Clerodendron ugandense - Blue Butterfly Bush
The dining room as it looked when we bought the house
The juncture of 3 horrible floorings that came with the house (hideous 20-yr-old carpet, peeling linoleum squares, and fake linoleum "parquet")
The study as it looked when we bought the house
Painting preparation in the living room
Mattchew & Bianca help with the paint
The kitchen, half painted
The study after its 1st coat of paint
The living room's 1st coat of paint
Fresh paint in the kitchen and dining room
The floor underneath the dining room carpet. WTF!?!
Fresh paint and spare mirrors in the study
Matt inspecting a little spot of rot in our dining room floor
New bamboo in the dining room
The former breakfast nook
The painted kitchen
Front porch from living room
The front porch
The Furniture Shuffle during carpet installation
Our newly painted and carpeted master bedroom
Tile removal can be hazardous.
Ladonna's new valances
Original glass door knob
The walls of our hall closet
Our pedestal tub
'Fruit Cocktail' shrimp plant (_Justicia_)
The house with new rose beds
Hidden lily (Curcuma)
Our late lamented mystery rose
'Autumn Damask' rose
_Agave victoria-reginae_
Matt contemplating the idiosyncrasies of our house's wiring
Antique doorknobs from the Round Top antique fair
New (old) doors (Thanks Mom & Dad!)
Dottie, Greg, and Ezekial
Stylin' fin-de-siecle knob plate
Our new chandelier
Our deep-fried Christmas turkey
Our old pecan's trunk
Our lovely slag
Glass slag
Our new antique hardware after Dad polished it
My Christmas present (the lamp, not the gourd art)
Fall color on our baby Bur Oak
Camellia 'Yuletide'
Matt raking under our old pecan
'Green Ice' miniature rose. I'm not a fan of miniatures as a rule, but this rose is tough, healthy, free-blooming, and has the daintiest little flowers with a funky green eye.
Matt compressing the leaf pile in our new compost bin
Our cottonwood's trunk
Original bathroom/new bathroom
MLS picture of the house. The oleander and boxwood are no longer with us
The kitchen as it was when we bought the house
The guest room as it was when we bought the house
360 of the kitchen as it was
Green slag
The west side before the roses
The house in spring/summer 2007
Po at 2 mos.
Po & Matt
The ash, conquered
Christmas in Elgin
Turkey frying
Mr. Ugly Car's vile handiwork
King cakes for 12th Night
Edith, stripped
One of the oxblood lilies on our property
Oxblood lily bulb
Pecan with husks
Jan 2008
Christmas with the Ulrichs, 2007
our new RL. Co. rimlock
Ducky little yellow-and-white miniature narcissus
Pink hyacinth of mysterious provenance
cybister-class amaryllis 'Merengue'
blossom-like new leaves on the white oak (Quercus alba)
Mystery tea by the study door
Mystery tea rose by the study
New leaves on the red oak (Quercus... something or other)
Po amongst the books as I organize our new shelves
Rosa x 'Mrs. R. M. Finch'
Hippeastrum x 'Charisma'
Hippeastrum x johnsonii (Hardy Red Amaryllis)
Rosa x 'Belinda's Dream'
Rosa chinensis 'Comtesse du Cayla'
Rosa x 'Green Ice'
Our wonderful, lamented mystery rose. At time of writing, we have 3 rooted cuttings, though 2 of them have shown signs of fungus, darnit.
