Chickamauga

30 years after the battle, soldiers from the North and South returned to dedicate the area to the memory of the fallen. The survivors marked the places of significance on the battlefield, and later monuments were erected at the exact sights pin pointed by the soldiers who fought.






Beautiful Battlefield park. Lots of monuments, pristine environment. We were very impressed by the beauty of the area.

Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, TN

Garden Journal 5/7/11

Lots of planting today.

In a month these will be overflowing with morning glory, vinca, gladiolas, mexican heather...fingers crossed
Vinca
Sweet potato vine.





Impatients all around the deck in the backyard.

Wine and chocolate make you smarter!

Scientists have come to the conclusion that a limited amount of dark chocolate and red wine consumed together may actually be good for the brain, enhancing its capacities of resolving complex matters.

If this is true...a "limited amount" makes you smarter...I must be a genius!!!

Garden journal 5/1/11

This weekend we planted nasturtium seeds in the front flower bed and the back "rock hill".


Hopefully they will fill in the empty areas. The perennials will become larger as well. It worked last year, so my fingers are crossed for this year as well.

We noticed the honeysuckle was coming back nicely after we drastically cut them back this year.

We also planted another honeysuckle to replace the one that died last year.

Bede had planted grass seed in spots throughout the lawn and they are sprouting nicely.


My seedlings in the green house are coming up well. I'll be able to plant most of them soon.

The irises we got from my father in law are promising to bloom soon. He died last July. This is our 1st Spring without him. He was an avid gardener and I treasure the fact that we have a little of his garden here with us. Every time I look at them I think of Pete and smile. I know it would make him happy to know his flowers bloom here!