Holly & Joe Wed in Las Vegas

July 17, we all gathered in Vegas for Holly's wedding in Paris! The Paris Hotel's Chapel provided a wonderful setting for their special day. Holly and Joe became a Pair at the Paris. They wanted a small wedding and about 35 family and friends attending. Everyday is beautiful in LasVegas and everyday is hot in LasVegas. . .114 degrees all week-end! Thank goodness for great air conditioning! Roly & Candy were delighted and were great hosts. We even had a special pool site on Friday and we all enjoyed the cool pool. The wedding went well and the hotel minister did an excellent job making this wedding personal and just for them. His admonition was benefited us all. We then walked to P. F. Changs for the reception, about a block away - thank goodness it wasn't far! We all enjoyed a wonderful lite buffet and celebrated this memorial event. CONGRATULATIONS HOLLY & JOE!!! Holly is now Holly Pair!

Note: We could not use flash, so photos are not the quality I wanted.

Roses in Ashland

We're lover's of Roses and have 35 rose bushes mostly in front of our house. This year they had a hard start. . .Sending shoots in March and trying from then well into May between cold spells and warm days finally are hitting their stride the middle of June! But they're well worth waiting on. We are thoroughly enjoying them both outside and inside. Esther has her tricks on feeding and spraying and I do the pruning & most of the spraying. Because of the 35 varieties, we have name stakes on them all. And the nice thing about roses, they bloom until the first frost! And to be sure they do, I have installed drippers on each bush which waters them twice a day and all with a battery operated valve on an outdoor hose spigot!

And, Ashland has a long history of July 4th celebrations. We have a large parade and along our famous Lithia Park, vendors set up food stands and craft shops where 1000's gathered for a festive day! We enjoy a walk among the bazaar sights and tried several food stops. We were reminded that all food vendors get top dollar as we tried a $2 Taco. We could hardly see it. I've never seen a 4 inch taco with a tablespoon of meat! . . .but we sat by the creek and enjoyed all 3 bites along with a $2 snow cone that was worth 50 cents but was cold and wet. It was a wonderful day of remembering and being thankful for our freedom!