{ROSES}

Just a short post with some photos taken by Pieter on October 25 with our Canary Island Date Palm. All of you know for sure that I LOVE roses and angels... So these photos are part of that love. Usually I don't like to wear anything red but the ROSES did change my mind in a hurry.

Escada silk blouse with Escada wool stretch skirt. Charles Jourdan "1921" shoes. Wolford Individual 10 soft control top panty.  Always do I call in: Wolford  @ Woodbury Commons Premium Outlet, Central Valley, NY  1-845-928-5818 for a great discount!

When we used to work as consultants in Connecticut we would drive to the Woodbury Commons Premium Outlet and shop there. 

There now also is a Wolford Outlet at Sawgrass Mills Outlets - 1700 Sawgrass Mills Circle -  33323 Sunrise, FL 

They also do have an Escada Company Store in Central Valley, NY and at Sawgrass Mills!

Learn from Mariette about YOUR CLOTHES, ONLY BETTER!

Here you also see the Eco Friendly Tree Ring around our Canary Island Date Palm.

Our verbena is still blooming here!

Escada wool cardigan with roses and the same, but larger, buttons than the blouse has.

Color, style, fit and more! Sure I can help you restyle your existing wardrobe to create a fresh, new

look that's right for you. For that, I will peruse your existing wardrobe and suggest ways to alter

selected garments for a better, more flattering fit. It will also provide personal shopping advice, giving

tips on shopping with thrift and quality in mind.

Wool starts feeling good again...

Do you have a favorite flower too?

Related articles:
{Our Canary Island Date Palm + Eco Friendly Tree Ring} | previous post by me
Wolford Fashion | FB Page link

{Summer Fade-Out & Fall Fade-In + Update}

Just got home today from a fairy tale wedding in Toronto, Canada. Quite a trip for getting home, the day after the wedding, but we made it to Atlanta by coach, plane and car. Now catching up at home and first having a good night sleep! As soon as I do have some official wedding photos I might post some, but in general we do respect other people's privacy and for that reason we ourselves did not make any. Leave it to the different professional photographers and it's up to the bride and groom for granting permission to publish any. Hope this does answer some blogger friend's request for posting wedding photos...

What do YOU think about this?

As I'm worn out, I will post just some Summer Fade-Out and Fall Fade-In photos from us in our garden.

Dear husband Pieter on August 16, near our Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) and our feline girl, Tiggy-Tiger, to the left.

Only a small section of the Variegated Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea 'Variegata' is alive, due to the scorching heat.

Did you lose some of your ground covers or perennials this summer?

Tiggy-Tiger our feline girl is next to the palm tree...

Our soft leave Agave Attenuata or Fox Tail Agave is drought tolerant! This photo is from November 6 and it did very well as you can see.

Do you have any type of agave?

Of course, this pot has to go inside for the winter season!

Wearing my rib cord Newsboy cap, similar to a French beret.

One of my several Hats...

Woolen gray pants are from Escada as is the orange blouse.

On October 20, with gardener Pieter, next to our evergreen oak. To the right you can see the Agave!

Until next time and I would love to hear from you about those questions...

THANKS for taking the time to reply!

{Our Diospyros virginiana L - Eastern Persimmon}

In our wood garden we discovered for the very first time lots of fruits on a tree we have had for many years. It appears to be a Diospyros virginiana L or Eastern Persimmon. When ripe, the sweet fruit of Persimmon somewhat recalls the flavor of dates. Immature fruit contains tannin and is strongly astringent. Persimmons are consumed fresh and are used to make puddings, cakes, and beverages. American Indians made persimmon bread and stored the dried fruit like prunes. Opossums, raccoons, skunks, deer, and birds also feed upon the fruit. Principal uses of the wood are for golf-club heads, shuttles for textile weaving, and furniture veneer. The word persimmon is of Algonquian origin, while the genus name Diospyros, from the Greek, means fruit of the god Zeus. For more info just click on the hyperlink in the name above of Diospyros virginiana L.

October 13 shows perfect fruits and as we tasted them, they indeed somewhat recall the flavor of dates. They do have several stones so there is not that much fruit-flesh left to eat from. We leave them totally to the wildlife for snacking on.

This was on November 10. They kind of cling to the branches with no stem on the fruits. You see the leaves turning pretty yellow already.

This and the next images are from October 13 with still green leaves. Someone is also snacking on the leaves...

It will ask for some skill for getting those fruits off. We had a hard time doing so...

Maybe a raccoon or possum will get to them easily?

Providing Food & Shelter for our Backyard Wildlife HABITAT for which we earned our certificate: Our Backyard Wildlife HABITAT Certificate from August 1997