Apricot Nectar Rose, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. November 4, 2009.
Betsy and I spent most of the afternoon trying to get some of the leaves out of our yard. I like our house in the woods most of the time, but there are disadvantages in the autumn since all of the trees around the house lose their leaves. Why couldn’t we have found a house surrounded by pine trees?
Actually, I shouldn’t complain. The back of our house is on the the rough of the golf course and the golf course maintenance crews remove the leaves from the rough. They will also remove any leaves we get from our back yard onto golf course property. So we busily raked and blew leaves from our yard to the rough. Since the houses above us have already done this, I’m sure the maintenance crews will be delighted when they get to this part of the course!
Even though it’s November, we still have roses in bloom. I brought in two blossoms for Betsy Wednesday and there are a few more out in the yard. I didn’t bring in Apricot Nectar, the rose in the picture above, although I may do so today. I’m surprised that we haven’t had a frost yet. The valleys on both sides of us have had frost, but so far we’ve been lucky. I’m not sure how much longer that will last.
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