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.

‘White Chocolate’ is a cultivar selected by Dr. Michael Dirr, University of Georgia, Athens. Rated for zones 7-9, this is a moderate grower to 8 feet high and wide.

Although ‘White Chocolate’ is a difficult crepe myrtle cultivar to find, it is listed with Monrovia. (Their website allows you to search for garden centers in your area that carry their brand.)

Once established, this tree is drought-tolerant. It is also deer resistant. Japanese Beetles will chew on any crepe myrtle, but the damage is less as the trees grow larger.

The dark burgundy foliage of ‘White Chocolate’ is especially beautiful when it first emerges in the spring. As the season… Read the rest

Rarely traded J.L.Morison Sons and Jones (Ceylon) Plc was up by 135.20 to close at Rs 1561.70 while another illiquid stock E B Creasy and Co Plc gained seventy rupees to end the day at Rs 970.00. Ceylon Brewery Plc the country’s largest bear producer was up by twenty seven rupees to close at Rs 302.00 but on mere 100 shares. Ceylinco Insurance plc closed 17.60 higher at Rs 323.10.

Environmental Resources Investments Plc (GREG) lost 7.60 to close at Rs 95.80 while Ceylon Leather Products Plc closed at Rs 233.60, down 22.90. Aitken Spence Plc was down by 76.60 to close at Rs 2629.40. Dialog lost 10 cents to close at Rs 10.00.

There were 96 gainers & 96 losers for the day.   

From tomorrow investors will have another new stock to trade. PC House Ltd (PCH) the newest entrant to CSE… Read the rest

1) Laced up boots from Nine West ($209)
2) Modern Upholstered Bed from Brownstone (appx $1800 for queen, $2000 for king-COM)

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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:

To see the rest of the collection, please click here. You can find pricing and product information in our modern rug section.

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It’s focused on an area that I’m passionate about, information management. We think we can do something that will make a big improvement in the lives of people on the go who are overwhelmed by the flow of information through their lives, especially in business. I’m teamed up with two excellent software engineers I knew from Apple. Between us, we have a huge base of experience in both big tech companies and startups, and I feel very excited about what we’re developing.

The company is in the early stages. We’ve already started development, and the first version of the product is about halfway done. We’re raising a bit of angel funding to bring the product to market. If you’re familiar with the fundraising process, you know it involves a ton of networking. In that spirit, if you’re interested in what we’re doing and want to talk about it, please contact me at the address here.

Between the startup work and some consulting I’m still doing to cover expenses, there isn’t much time available for writing on the weblog. There are a lot of things I want to… Read the rest