It's hot and humid in North Carolina now and I'm continuing to work on my garden. Here's a tour! First my ornamental garden. New this year is the semi-circular flower bed I put in at the corner of our patio. The flowering plants here are just for fun and beauty. Need to add a layer of mulch. I planted a passionflower vine in a plastic ...

A couple of months ago, we hired a landscape consultant to come out and look at our property and give us ideas to improve the landscaping. There is a lot we could do (the initial estimate was $12,000!), but we narrowed it down to the area directly surrounding our house to make it more affordable. The three-man crew came out yesterday a...

Mike and I went to PNC Arena in Raleigh to get our first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. They have set up a drive-thru vaccination site in the huge parking lot outside the arena, and I thought it was very well organized. We stayed in the car the whole time and there was very little contact with others. We made our appointments onl...