Tomorrow, August 31st, is my dad's 80th birthday. If you met him, you wouldn't believe he's heading into his 80's. Keep up the good work, Dad. We want you around for a long, long time yet! I love you a ton.
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About Me
- kris
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- My passion is gardening - but I also enjoy kayaking, reading, cooking, travel, and playing with the two poodles who live with us. Email me at kkgardens AT gmail DOT com.
Blogs I Enjoy Checking Out
- A Study in Contrasts
- Abenteuer Garten
- Ahah...Le Jardin de Marandon
- Baking Blondie (Jessy and her dog Winnie)
- Beach(s)
- Books and Cooks
- Dream Just a LIttle More
- Edge Effect
- Enjoying My Every Day Life
- Farming Friends
- Firefly Nights
- GardenPunks
- Gingerbread
- Green Thumb Chronicles
- Greenie Gardens
- growing things
- Guildwood Gardens - Gardening with Love
- Kate smudges in earth, paint and life
- Ledge and Gardens
- Letters from a Hill Farm
- Lost Roses
- Lynne's Little Corner of the World
- Miss Flower
- Mountain Time
- MsGreenThumbJean
- My Country-Rose-Garden
- My Iowa Garden
- My Serenity Garden
- My Wildlife Sanctuary
- Nature Trail
- ndgardengirl
- Notes from a Cottage Garden
- One Year of Beauty
- Outside
- Over the back yard fence
- Paris Breakfasts
- Peacock Blue
- Perennial Passion
- Rosehaven Cottage
- Rurality
- Shabby-Chic Cat's Gardening Close-Ups!
- Susie's Space
- Tales From a Little FrenchGardenHouse
- The Giddy Garden Gnome
- THE KITTALOG
- The Rustic Garden
- those northern skies
- Thyme for Herbs
- Tip of the Iceberg
- Tristi Pinkston
- Upper Michigan Quilter
- Violetlady At Home
- Zoe Bakes (eat dessert first)
My Favorite Public Gardens
- Univ of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum - Chaska, MN
- Noerenberg Gardens - Orono, MN
- Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - Minneapolis, MN
- The Rose Garden - Lake Harriet - Minneapolis, MN
- The Tuileries - Paris, France
- Versailles - France
- The Keukenhof Gardens - The Netherlands
- Filoli - San Francisco, CA
- The Huntington Botanical Gardens - Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County Arboretum - Los Angeles, CA
- The Getty - Los Angeles, CA
My Roses
- Apothecary's Rose (Gallica) (1310 or earlier)
- Charles de Mills (Gallica) (1746 or earlier)
- Alfred de Dalmas (moss rose) (1855)
- Fantin-Latour (cabbage rose) (1900??)
- Rosa rugosa rubra (species) (very old)
- Gertrude Jekyll (shrub - David Austin) (1986)
- Nearly Wild (floribunda) (1941)
- Madison (shrub - Town & Country) (1998??)
- Belle Poitevine (shrub - rugosa) (1894)
- Souvenir de Philemon Cochet (shrub - rugosa) (1899)
- Magnifica (shrub - rugosa) (1905)
- Fru Dagmar Hastrup (Frau Dagmar Hartopp) (Shrub - rugosa) (1914)
- Therese Bugnet (shrub - rugosa) (1950)
- Marie Bugnet (shrub - rugosa) (1963)
- Purple Pavement (shrub - rugosa - Pavement) (1984)
- Country Dancer (shrub - Griffith Buck) (1973)
- Hawkeye Belle (shrub - Griffith Buck) (1975)
- Carefree Beauty (shrub - Griffith Buck) (1977)
- Jens Munk (shrub - rugosa - Explorer) (1974)
- William Baffin (shrub - Explorer) (1983)
- Alexander MacKenzie (shrub - Explorer) (1985)
- John Davis (shrub - Explorer) (1986)
- J.F. Quadra (shrub/climber - Explorer) (1995)
Gardening Books and Bibles
- Growing Perennials in Cold Climates (Whitman)
- Growing Roses in Cold Climates (Whitman)
- Growing Shrubs & Small Trees in Cold Climates (Whitman)
- English Cottage Gardening (Hensel)
- Monet's Passion (Murray)
- Gardens of the Wine Country (Chappellet)
- The Wild Gardener, The Life & Selected Writings of Eloise Butler (Hellander)
- Glorious Gardens (Heriteau)
- The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll (Bisgrove)
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- Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterflies
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- hooray, there are still things blooming
- odds 'n ends on a rainy day
- tomato time
- blogger seeds
- fireworks and rain, courtesy of Mother Nature
- photos of bridge
- the gardens by the lake
- fun day
- I'm feeling better
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11 comments:
Happy Birthday to your Dad! And I love the photo too. Cindy at Rosehaven Cottage
Happy Birthday from Georgia!!!
Good Morning,
Dad says "THANKS" for the Greeting.
I received a wonderful present today to celebrate-----about three years ago we bought a small Oleander which was to have dark, dark rosey/red blossoms! We planted it and took care of it so carefully because I couldn't wait for it to bloom. Well it grew alright----In no time the beautiful green boughs were up to the window awning----we have cut it down several times thinking it would branch out and start sending out my beautiful red blooms--NOT!!!!
This morning I went out and was looking around, and there they were, three beautiful dark rosey/red blossoms!!!!!!!! Of course that dosn't satisfy me---I want the whole thing to be covered in blooms. It is really pretty tho.
Cooler here today, had a little over an inch of rain yesterday while we were gone to Mexico.
Loved the picture,
Later--
kris, I tagged you for a meme.
Lovely photo - is that your gazebo? Happy Birthday to your Dad.
Happy 80th Birthday!!!!
I missed you this week hope all is well :)
Man, how lucky to live to such a ripe old age - and still counting! Happy B-Day!
Great picture. Hope your dad had a wonderful birthday.
Happy birthday for your dad and i want to congratulate you about your blog. Its amazing! Your photos
are so beautifull!
Vera
Thank you everyone for wishing my dad happy birthday - he thought that was very nice!!
Vera - welcome to my blog - and thank you for your very nice comments. I took a look at your blog - very cool! My first Brazilian blog!! Wish I knew Portuguese!
Violetlady - I WISH that were my gazebo! It's part of a public garden on our lake that we visited when my parents were here. I'll have to do a post - it's a very cool place.
Happy Birthday Gale from the 2 of us also! We've been busy helping a neighbor move to a condo in northeast Rochester today. Makes us want to clear out some of our "stuff"!
A belated happy 80th birthday to your dad. It's wonderful to have parents in good health - my dad turned 82 in March and never stops working in his garden.
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