FINALLY two successful grafts of our Grand View Gold Live Oak

On April 3, we received the great news from tree enthusiast Adam Black, that he had FINALLY two successful grafts of our Grand View Gold Live Oak!

We got to know Adam in November of 2012, when he was still with the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens in Gainesville, FL.

He made the trip to our garden several times, trying to graft this very rare species.

On April 16, Our Quercus Virginiana Grand View Gold looks almost as golden as my Escada leather skirt!

April is Grand View Gold Oak's most stunning season and on April 13, Adam got to see it in all its glory as he once more did make the LONG drive to our garden...

Coming all the way from Peckerwood Garden in Hempstead, Texas!

You can find the article by Adam about Preserving a Stunning Golden Live Oak in their Peckerwood Garden Newsletter, just scroll down to read about it.

Of course, Pieter too is feeling very proud of the fact that this unique tree will get preserved for the future!

Pieter is wearing his Patrick James Herringbone Tweed Ibizza grey sport coat, woven in Italy with Alberto Tonal Stripe Five-Pocket Jeans from PatrickJames.com. with his Ermenegilda Zegna shirt and Escada silk elephant tie.

My Escada leather skirt and Escada shoes.
Wearing it with my RED Valentino sweater.
To the left you can see our Spooky on the lawn...

Of course, our loyal Spooky boy is always near us, he follows like a doggy!

Thanks for your visit!

Catching up on things, slowly...

Related links:
{Princess Diana's Elephant Tie just like Pieter's} | previous post by me showing Pieter's silk tie
{My Escada & RED Valentino Score} | previous post by me showing the above outfit...

WOW Finally my Tonelli Design Strata Desk from Italy is HERE!

A very long wait from March 2, but so worth it!

When I found this DREAM desk Strata by Tonelli Design in Italy, it made me search for a USA connection.

Sure enough UltraModern could handle that!

It had to be shipped all the way from Italy and of course there had to be a FULL order for making it worthwhile.
Speckie-–irl is inspecting it...

But this morning at 10:50 AM we got our truck delivery with the heavy 80 kg/176 lb plus the added weight of pallet and crate.
This photo shows the removed crate...

This was the picture that made me fall in love with it... from the above link at the top.

Perfect ergonomics!

FB Page Tonelli Design does show the special structural glue, used for the welded glass parts!

It looks like a dream...

Quite an upgrade from June 2013, when we just had remodeled our office.

This old PC crashed in August of 2015 and we replaced it with an Apple.

So my Summer started off perfect; even if the weather was a bit rainy.

Perfect for getting the office ready, cleaning it out and receiving my new treasure.

Hope you like it too.

Thanks for your visit and comments!

Related link:

{Our Smaller Office} | previous post by me, showing the remodeled office

Surprise Clematis Josephine - Bird Poop GIFT

Already inside the greenhouse, on March 29, this new Surprise Clematis 'Josephine' was blooming.

We never purchased it so it must be another gift from some bird...

It sure is a lovely one with its very double center!

Do you love Clematis?

Thanks for your visit.