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The Perch

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I figured that since I’ve been talking about the wildlife in my garden this week that I should probably post some photos of the creatures that I’ve been encountering.

This mourning dove photo was actually taken last year at my in-laws but the four mourning doves that are hanging out in my garden naturally look quite a bit like this one.

I love the way they stare at you. Their feathers are of a lighter color around the eyes, and I think it highlights their eyes and makes them look larger and well, if truth be told, a little empty at times. They always look a little perplexed to me.






An antique Souvenir

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Souvenir de la malmaison rose

This is a small but lovely rose called Souvenir de la Mal Maison. It’s an antique rose. It’s also fragrant, not as fragrant as some of my other antiques like Compte De Chambord, but fragrant none the less.

I say this is a small rose because mine has only ever grown to a maximum of 2 feet in height. I believe that I’ve read it would grow larger, perhaps to three feet, but mine has never grown larger than 2 feet. Being a small rose I have it placed near the front of my flower bed so it doesn’t get lost among the plants that often grow tall.

Does anyone else grow Souvenir de las Mal Maison or antique roses? I enjoy growing the antiques for their beauty and fragrance. I also enjoy growing them because they are often hardier then many of the hybrid teas.

I have another rose photo on Tricia’s Musings that is a must see!

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Millennium Park

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Chris and I went to Chicago last summer and while we were there we toured downtown Chicago.

One of the places that I liked best in Chicago was Millennium park – see photo above – with it’s large outdoor entertainment theater and lovely flowers, and shrubs planted around it, and Cloud Gate.

I have photos of Cloud Gate on Tricia’s Musings. That’s the coolest sculpture ever so you must visit my other site too.

I’d love to go to Chicago and attend a concert or play or whatever they might put on in the outdoor Millennium park. I’ve heard the acoustics’s there are supposed to be amazing.

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