Rocking the Diabetic Clinic with Two Easy-Does-It Roses

Today's Easy-Does-It roses were a deep orange and a bloom that was completely pure orange, like the central bud in this one.

We know many fine medical people in this area, but our favorite - Melanie Sutton - deals with diabetes. She has always been an advocate for the right meds and measurement tools. She especially loves roses. Today, after our brief frost on Saturday, we still had two perfect Easy-Does-It roses with long stems. I placed them in a bud vase, which we accumulate in yard sales and hints to people about having more roses than vases.

Floribundas like Easy-Does-It are long on blooms, short on stems, but this one has long stems and "autumn colors" with orange variations.

The reception area lit up with the staff and patients enjoying the beauty and the sweet fragrance of the two roses. One staffer said, "I love it when you two come, because the office smells so good from the roses."

 This comes closer to autumn colors, but the variations are unpredictable.

I had a conversation with one nurse who loves cinnamon scent and butterflies, so I wrote down Clethra (Summersweet) for both interests and Joe Pye Weed for butterflies (with a vanilla flower and foliage-created medicinal scents). The beneficial insects seem to enjoy most the scented plants and those with tiny flowers.

Everyone had a good time, and the appointment went well on many levels. The blood test showed exceptionally managed blood sugar levels for three months.