Roses

We drove up to the Antique Rose Emporium near Brenham yesterday. It is about 80 miles from Houston. I took a vacation day, but Doreen had the day off. They get off City of Houston holidays. It was Veteran’s Day. (well, TODAY is really Veteran’s day. But today is Saturday, so they got yesterday off)

It is a nice drive. When I first moved to Houston in 1980 it was a lot different. The freeway ended inside the city, and there were many, many lights on the highway between Houston and Brenham. There was even part of the road that was two lane. Now it is all four lane, and most of it is limited access. I think that the first light you come to is in Prairie View. Maybe even past that.

We got off in Chappell Hill (famous for sausage) and had lunch at place called Bever’s Kitchen. It is a nice little café with good pies (The staff wears t-shirts that say “Try our Pies”). I had an excellent burger and Doreen had the fried catfish. We split a cherry pie. A la mode.

We then rode the last 20 miles or so to the Emporium. There were very few people there. I only noticed two other patrons. It is a big place, with a huge selection of roses.

We bought five roses. One climber, three busy, and one container rose. We also bought some herbs. Parsley and thyme.

It was a good day.