Monday, August 13, 2007

Stop and Smell the Roses!


This summer Taggart and I thought that Quincey would enjoy taking care of a rose garden. We thought about a good spot in the yard (right by the front door) and when we found the roses on sale at Home Depot, we went for it! We bought Quincey 12 rose bushes. All of them are different colors and varieties. Quincey was crazy about the idea and did a wonderful job of planting them and clipping all of the dead leaves and stems off. She looks at the bushes every day and counts the current number of buds about to bloom. Twice we thought one of the plants was dead, but they both came through and developed new growth! Quincey has added wind chimes and stepping stones to her garden and often will kiss each bloom to help them to grow beautiful roses. We have had so much fun with this project. It is a GREAT success!