Showing posts with label Roses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roses. Show all posts

Saturday, May 15, 2010

More roses....

Thought I would post some more rose photos before I get busy with Jack's birthday party tomorrow.
It's been raining here for days on end. Our seeds have sprouted in the vegetable garden, but it's so muddy we haven't been able to thin the sprouts out yet. The poor roses are so heavy with water, I've had to go out and trim them of their largest blossoms just to keep them off the ground. The only good thing about that is that I got to bring some in. I arranged them in my Mothers Milk Glass vase (which I'm pretty sure she has forgotten I have) and snuggled them in along some recent purchases I made from The Shabby Chic Cottage's Etsy store.



I did manage however (rain go away) to take a few shots of the pink climber that grows atop the pergola. It's beautiful as ever, but does seem to have less blooms hanging down then usual, yet plenty up top and on the side for my neighbor to enjoy...... I'm thinking dear husband used some of his "pruning" magic on them....~@~ (that's a little evil eye there)



Once the rain stops...(any day now please!!) I'll get the outdoor cushions and umbrellas out and take some pictures to share. I bought all new cushions this year, with a change in color schemes and am VERY excited to get to this! Hope everyone is having a wonderfully relaxing weekend!




Friday, May 7, 2010

Roses…and trying to de-stress….

Things have been very hectic this week around here. My Coffeehouse Cafe that my business partner and I sold in Oct. 2009 is coming back to us as the owner financed sale has failed. Many decisions having to be made at this moment, all while the Stock Market is doing it’s latest swan dive and I’m trying to photograph my beautiful roses while they are at their prime!
Soooo…I’m going to try to free myself of all worries and move it along here…:) This is an English Rose named Lady Guinevere. It is a Floribunda, shrub rose and one of my favorites. All of these pictures are of the same rose bush, one day apart. Amazing how different the rose looks at different stages of blooming.








This picture above is my favorite, and to my surprise and delight I was able to right click it and save it as my desktop background on my computer without any degradation.. If you love roses, give it a try!



Might as well throw a kitty picture in at this point…yep, that’ll make me smile…my little demon Althea…

Roses….de-stressing in the garden

Things have been very hectic this week around here. My Coffeehouse Cafe that my business partner and I sold in Oct. 2009 is coming back to us as the owner financed sale has failed. Many decisions having to be made at the moment, all while the Stock Market is doing it’s latest swan dive and I’m trying to photograph my beautiful roses while they are at their prime!

Soooo…I’m going to try to free myself of all worries and move it along here…:) This is an English Rose named Lady Guinevere. It is a Floribunda shrub rose and one of my favorites. All of these pictures are of the same rose bush, one day apart. Amazing how different the rose looks at different stages of blooming.

If interested, you can read more about this rose HERE. I bought mine many years ago from Jackson & Perkins, but they don't seem to have it available at the moment.