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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful sister Koula Floyd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful sister Koula Floyd Carloftis who was taken away much too early from this Earth. Daddy nicknamed her “Doe” because of her pretty eyes. Her other nickname was “Sanitary Sarah” because she was a clean queen like no other. She woke up to strong coffee and started cleaning that MF kitchen up! She was Miss 409 and I’m Mr. Windex, but other than that, we had so much in common, both taking after Daddy’s beloved Mother in build, habits and looks. He would say to us, “GENETICS. Ya can’t get away from them, and why would ya want to, with your strong ancestors?” We both laid our clothes out for school the night before, preferred them very plain and simple, had photographic memories so that made most things pretty easy, business minded, couldn’t step on a sidewalk crack (me too 😩😂), giving, loved to cook for others and never used a measuring cup, LOYAL to the end, so kind/thoughtful to others, and, if cornered, could whip anybody that messed with her. Yep, GENETICS is a real thang! Please, go get tested in order to fight cancer. I was lucky, she wasn’t. 🙏💙 #carloftisstyle #happybirthday #sister #love #genetics #family #cleanqueen #beatcancer #fightcancer #memories #kentucky

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PRACTICAL If you really don’t know me and only s

PRACTICAL If you really don’t know me and only see my Instagram, at a party or a casual meeting, you might be surprised. Like most GARDENERS and FARMERS who rely on Mother Nature daily, we are all a practical lot. If something or someone doesn’t do what it is supposed to do, I’ll try it a second time but never a third. So, this damn Cyclone Bomb that killed every Skip Laurel and Cherry Laurel in the state, is a real pain. But, being practical, it’s time to take off the black veil, come out of mourning and make plans for spring. 1. If money isn’t an object, replace. 2. Cut back like I did covering the air conditioners, and plant a few in between to have green while the established ones come back from the root (read an earlier post on how to make this happen) or 3. Buy some packets of huge Sunflowers, Cosmos or Cleome and sow them to cover the space while they grow back. Bottom line: Although zero temps have killed some back before, zero temps AND 40 mph winds for 3 days has never happened in at least 85 years, talking to old timers, and they serve an important purpose in gardens, easy care, blocking ugly things, can be planted in black, heat absorbing containers or next to asphalt where the roots get 100 degrees without any problems. Yep, not giving up. What about y’all? Moving on? Cutting back? It’s simply a matter of choice and I’m curious to hear your thoughts. And BTW, me installing this gorgeous chandelier in @hartleyusa greenhouse we put into a garden for a client as a focal point that is used daily, well, that is damn PRACTICAL for the happiness and joy it gives them everyday! 😂💪🕺🇺🇸😇 #youcantfoolmothernature #garden #gardening #gardendesign #winter #weather #decisions #ilovemyjob

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Brother Dusty (Robert Dustan Car

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Brother Dusty (Robert Dustan Carloftis aka “Doogle”)! He is number five in the family and is five years older than me, so we were sort of the second group of children, that I always like to say were forgotten…🤣🤣🤣 only to stir up trouble with Momma and Daddy. Football star at Rockcastle County who later became football coach at Laurel county, won the weightlifting championship 4 years in a row @ekualums and most people wonder if we are just making him up, since they never get to meet him because he is out hunting and fishing and winning bass tournaments, right and left. He really hit it lucky When he met and married, Toni Hart guidance, counselor @chsredhounds and raised two brainiac, fiercest, tennis players in the state, who are also gorgeous, and have amazing manners. He and I played every day growing up and would have contests trying to swim upstream during floods in the Rockcastle River with huge logs coming down, hitting us, like pure idiots! There is no way anyone could meet him and not just fall in love with his easy-going, congenial attitude, and like the rest of my brothers and sisters, if they found a suitcase with $1 million in it, they would work to find out who it belong to, and are honest as the day is long. Happy Birthday! #carloftisstyle #brother #happybirthday #thebest #family #honest #love #rockcastlerivertradingcompany #wildchild #freedom

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TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY I’m not one of those peop

TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY I’m not one of those people that say, “This issue is not my problem, I’m only here to do the garden…”. Hell, while we are there, I look around and fix things, like rotten wood, drainage, clogged gutters,if their car doesn’t start, if their children needs some puppy love from my Girl-Rillas…because why wouldn’t ya unless you were a damn communist or slacker? 👊 Thus is what is wrong with the world. Man up and help the situation! I was once at my client’s (of 22 years) penthouse on Park Avenue and they were getting ready to have a huge party when their guest bathroom had issues and the building’s handyman had gone home. Of course, who wants to do this? But I WANT my clients to be SUCCESSFUL like their garden. Plus, I’m an old fashioned MAN that LOVES coming to the rescue and fixing every last problem! 💪🕺🇺🇸 At this historic home, we tore up the driveway which had clogged, filled up with water and froze, making them slip and break bones. Turns out, tree roots had grown into the clay pipe, we fixed it, looked at other problems, fixed them AND it turns out they make my Number 1 and Number 2 beer on Earth… @westsixth IPA and Fuzzy Fields. Things happen for a reason. 🙏 #ilovemyjob #makingmagic #transformation #transformationtuesday #beforeandafter #garden #gardendesigner #lexington #kentucky #historic #makingthingsbetter #miraclesperformeddaily #meanttobe #success #workethic

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