Eden Rose...

 

I gave my Eden arbor a big

tidying up...

 

treating myself to the remainder of blooms...

 

The Eden Rose's

formal name is Pierre de Ronsard,

in tribute to the famous French Poet...

 

my friends on the other side of the pond

 always remind me of so much...

 



 



 





Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585), French poet


SONNETS FOR HÉLÈNE

When you are truly old, beside the evening candle,
Sitting by the fire, winding wool and spinning,
Murmuring my verses, you’ll marvel then, in saying,
“Long ago, Ronsard sang to me, when I was beautiful.”

There’ll be no serving-girl of yours, who hears it all,
Even if, tired from toil, she’s already drowsing,
Fails to rouse at the sound of my name’s echoing,
And blesses your name, then, with praise immortal.

I’ll be under the earth, a boneless phantom,
At rest in the myrtle groves of the dark kingdom¹:
You’ll be an old woman hunched over the fire,

Regretting my love for you, your fierce disdain,
So live, believe me: don’t wait for another day,
Gather them now the roses of life, and desire.



 

tonight I am linking to

Show and Tell Friday

 

 

Take Time to Smell the Roses...

Garage Sale Finds...

If you were a reader

of my blog

in summers past...

 

you would probably remember

how much I love garage sales...

 

maybe?

I have talked about them too much

 in the past...

 

 

I haven't really shared

any of my finds with you this year...

 

the sales have been

so slow...

 

I hope you

are having better luck than me!

 



 

a trio of mix and match dishes...

 

the platter and green plate are Limoges...

 

the little soap dish unmarked,

but not unloved....

 



 

I have wanted a cheese dish forever,

I have no idea why!

 

but, they are just so quirky!

 



 



 

and well,

you know

 I can't say no to pink roses...

 



 

a compote

that will be so lovely in the fall

and maybe with roses now too...

 



 

a set of pressed glass tumblers,

they catch the light so pretty...

 



 

and,

make a pretty good impromptu

hat stand too...

 

old millinery is so romantic...

 



 

this blue hat just pops

and makes me think,

maybe,

 I need a little blue in my life...

 



 

this sweet cherub bowl

 was an early find...

 



 

the Mother of Pearl buttons

I found last weekend,

and the pretty cameo too...

 

I have made a couple bigger finds too,

I'll share one next week...

 

the others are stashed away 

awaiting their makeovers...

 

I hope the sales have been good to you!

 

I am linking up to...

Show and Tell Friday

 

Thanks for stopping by today....

After the Rain...

Last week,

late Spring was interrupted by a string of

wild windy wet days...

 

not that such weather is without it's pleasures..

 

I cozied up and spent a few days quietly

wandering around the house...

 

sometimes,

 I feel I miss my house in the summer,

since so much of my days are spent outside

 

 

the garden was left tattered...

 



 

then nature flipped the switch

and the cloudy days blew away...

 

the Mount Rainier view from my porch...

 

 



after a big prune

the garden began to tidy up...

 



 

 Glorious,

Ballerina Roses...

 



James Galway... 

 



 

the garden drank up all the rain,

lush and green abundance...

 



 

tiny Achillea

up close...

 



 

Feverfew...

 



 

my front porch washtub planter,

now in it's prime...

 

Valerian on the fence line...

 



Cupid's Dart....

 



 

a bundle,

salvaged from the big prune...

 

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature

 is that all of us tend to put off living.

 

We are all dreaming

 of some magical rose garden over the horizon

 instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming

outside our windows today.

Dale Carnegie

 

Don't Forget to

Stop and Smell the Roses...

Garden Roses...

The first flush of Roses,

has been breath taking...

 

I feel completely spoiled

picking bundles for the house...

 

 

I thought this bundle delightful,

paired with this rusty garden sign...

 



 

the Rose varieties are,

Paul's Himalayan Musk Spray Roses,

David Austin's Wisley Rose

and

David Austin's Huntington Rose...

 

they smell

 as wonderful as they look...

 





  The world is a rose; smell it and pass it to your friends
-  Persian Proverb -

 

blowing a whiff your way,

my friends...

 

 

tonight I am linking up to

Show and Tell Friday

 

 

Don't Forget

to take time

to Smell the Roses...

A Place in the Shade...

The soft days of Spring

are dwindling...

 

as the days become warmer,

I find my self more often on this little bench...

 

it is a new addition this year...

 

a simple bench,

in a simple place,

beneath the shade of the Pussy Willow Tree...

 

 

David Austin's

Wild Eve Rose is nearby

and one of my favorites...

 



 

she trained easily

onto this bird feeder,

despite her name...

 



 

I thought I would reshare

this little bouquet

 from last year,

Wild Eve's first blooms...

 

she has owned my heart since...

 

I hope you too

are finding simple joys...

 

 

Don't Forget to Take Time

to Smell the Roses...