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| Crepe myrtle ‘White Chocolate’ in August 2010 |
A scorching summer doesn’t deter the blooms of crepe myrtle, a “go-to” tree for southern gardeners. There are three varieties of crepe (crape) myrtle in my garden, but ‘White Chocolate’ is my favorite for mixing with perennials.
I stumbled upon this unusual variety in 2006. This year, the blooms are fabulous and have been going strong for a month.
A couple of our favorite things for the day:
1) Laced up boots from Nine West ($209)
2) Modern Upholstered Bed from Brownstone (appx $1800 for queen, $2000 for king-COM)
Interior designers are like movie stars. When they are hot you see them everywhere. Then a few years later they just disappear.
Thom Felicia is definitely hot now. He has a wide range of licensed products as we’ve mentioned in previous post–ranging from Kravet fabrics to furniture for Vanguard and now rugs for Safavieh.
His rug collection is actually very affordable. Very young and hip too. A 6 x 9 rug is about $600. Very reasonable don’t you think?
Here are some samples:
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| I love to eat blazing star leaves. |
Here I am, nibbling on the blazing star (liatris ligulistylis) while posing for my photo. This wildflower, blazing star, is a favorite nectar flower for Monarch butterflies. I think the leaves are yummy.
I live in Cameron’s deer resistant garden. I’m so cute and I hide out beneath the amsonia, monarda and agastache that is planted so thickly, Cameron can’t run me out. There’s always a place for me to hide.
If you watch the news and read the papers, you can get reallly confused. One day the housing index is up, the next day it’s down. One day the stock market roars for some weird reason, the next day it tanks for other weirder reasons.
And you know what the best economic indicator there is?
The Vogue September issue.
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