Roses and Apples

Now, a few days at home in North Carolina, where the pollen is so intense that I seem to be looking through a golden veil.  Everyone is mainlining Claritin. The wild wisteria ramples through the pines and white dogwoods peer out from the edges of the woods.  With temperatures in the 90's we've gone directly from winter to summer. Much madness abounds because Duke's basketball team is rocking and rolling.

I have designed a post for pillar roses and just found my favorite Edens to make the...