The Old, the New and the Now?

Keeping old bits from the garden

around the house in the winter is the normal,

around here anyway...

I especially like petals scattered

around candles...

memories of days gone by,

a romantic nod to the past...

a few fresh new blooms

tucked in around the house

add life to a winters day...

how can you not

feel the warm sun on your face

when you inhale...

as for the now..

is it spring already?

have I overslept?

or are they teasing us...

the stores are rolling out the racks,

cyclamen,  pansies and primroses...

too tempting not to indulge a bit...

when really

I am still hoping for snow!

Happy

Pink Saturday

Have a Great Weekend!

An Afternoon with David, Berry and Daisy...

I am not lucky enough

to have a garden full of roses

in the middle of winter....

and the long wait from the last bloom

till the first new bloom,

seems endless

on dreary winter days...

David Austin knows this...

that is why his beautiful catalog arrives

right around Christmas time...

whether you are a gardener with dirty hands

or a gardener in your heart...

his dreamy catalog

will have you oohing and aahing...

and they are free here is the link...

New for 2012

Princess Anne

has already stolen my heart and is on the

top of my list...

can't you just smell the Tea Rose now?

aah...

Berry my ever at the ready to snuggle buddy

waits for me on the sofa...

Daisy decide to get in on the cuddle too...

I have learned I will never be a pet photographer,

getting one to be still and sit pretty is hard enough,

two has been nearly impossible..

I was glad to get a nice set of pics of the two together,

Daisy is like looking back in time,

she looks just like Berry did

when he was a pup...

pretty pink roses brighten the day!

Whole Foods has free trade roses,

for only ten dollars a dozen

that last and last...

that is when there are not two rebellious

 wild puppies on the loose...

you know those romantic movie scenes,

millions of rose petals scattered down the hall

and across the bed...

the girls could be set designers for this

except they include the stems and leaves...

well, at least I have pretty pics:-)

Puppy Love...

Tonight I am joining...

Fresh Cut Friday

Show and Tell Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Home Sweet Home

and

Saturday Show Off

Thanks for stopping by today....

2nd Annual Parade of Roses....

Happy New Year!

I thought I would continue

 my New Years Day blog tradition

and host my own version of the Rose Parade....

if you missed the 2011 Rose Parade

the link is here...

the original posts are also linked under

each photo below...

(Rainy June Morn)

We had another wet spring,

but June brought the first

 of the roses to bloom...

(Rainy June Morn)

It's sometimes hard to love all that spring rain,

but the flowers do look pretty

 dripping wet...

(French China and Roses)

Eden Roses and Catmint

tucked in a Limoges sugar jar,

SWEET!

(Birds and Rose on the Mantle)

abundant and droopy...

(Tasha Tudor and Wild Roses)

wild...

(Bottling Summer Up)

pink summer Roses

and aqua Mason jars

are a naturally perfect pairing...

(Bonica Rose Tea)

Lazy summer days,

perfect for tea in the garden...

(Bonica Rose Tea)

(A Bouquet for the Weekend)

tender Ballerina Blooms...

(Playin' in the Sprinklers)

(Bonica Rose Tea)

this summer

I had a love affair with the simple

Bonica Roses...

(David Austin Roses)

and added some cherished David Austin Roses

to the garden...

(Are you a Bath or Shower Girl?)

petite bouquets...

(Just Pink Roses)

a curtain call,

September came too soon....

(The Queen of the Flowers)

Rose reigns Queen...

in my heart:-)

Don't you love a parade!

Today I am joining....

Show Off Your Cottage Monday

Metamorphosis Monday

and

Masterpiece Monday

Thanks for stopping by today....