Rainy Days and Roses...

Rainy Days and Roses

 are both abundant lately...

so I snapped a few photos

around the patio

 between showers...

I have a pair of big pots in a sunny location

on the patio...

no plant was ever happy there...

last year,

on a whim I bought a pair of roses

on clearance to try...

the pretty ruffled

Aloha Roses have thrived...

Neptune Rose in her lavender glory...

and her pinker bud beginning...

over the winter we removed several trees...

the Cecile Brunner Roses,

are so happy to have sunnier skies....

the first flush is withering,

too soon...

but the abundant new growth

 is peppered with fresh buds...

the Eden Roses are just beginning

 to put on the first show...

Pretty as they are,

the first flush here in the rainy Northwest

tends to be brown along the edges...

new buds waiting on the sun...

the first Scepter'd Isle bloom

stands alone...

perfect...

today I am joining...

Fresh Cut Friday

Saturday Show Off

Pink Saturday

Happy Saturday!

Old Dresser Planter...

I love unusual,

repurposed

 planters...

and have seen some wonderful

dressers turned into planters...

I had been wanting one to call my own...

when I found this beauty

:-)

for free...

I lined her drawers

with heavy duty garbage bags...

this will keep her glued joints

from breaking down...

and keep me from watering so much...

I nailed a couple drawers closed,

extra crooked...

for extra character...

planted her

and waited for her to fill in a bit...

she was looking pretty today...

so I thought

 it was time to share...

the small spaces

in the cracked open drawers...

are perfect for tucking little frilly plants,

that are easily lost in a bigger pot...

having a tabletop for my rusty urns

is also fun....

Happy Planting :-)

Today I am joining...

Show and Tell Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Home Sweet Home

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Saturday Nite Special

Metamorphosis Monday

Wow us Wednesday

White Wednesday

and

100 Ideas Under $100

Thanks for stopping by today...

It's Happening so Fast...

We have been having a much warmer

and much dryer spring

than usual...

the garden is moving

much faster than me...

I can hardly keep up!

wanna take a stroll

on a sunny day?

(Yep,  another sunny day,  I could get use to this!)

a view from above...

the Lilacs are in full bloom...

you can just see the  first blooms

on the Crab Apple in the foreground..

the Tulips are fading...

the Woody Hyacinths

are filling in...

tender Deutzia blooms...

the FIRST ROSE!

Therese Bugnet unfurled today,

beating out my old reliable English Lady

 Gertrude Jekyll by a few days...

she is but a tiny thing,

but it is wonderful to inhale her perfume...

Cosmo has been busy exploring the overgrown bog...

Iris has earned the nickname Mouse,

because her ears are usually BOTH inside out...

Daisy has been loving watching the fish...

or maybe her own reflection?

(Iris,  Randy,  Daisy, Berry)

most of all

they love sunbathing...

I haven't even put the nice covers

 on the ugly cushions yet...

the Akebia is dangling and twining

over the bench swing...

it's subtle flowers in bloom...

It's going to fast!

I want to bottle it up :-)

Today I am joining...

Wow us Wednesday

Outdoor Wednesday

Show and Tell Friday

and

Saturday Show Off

Thanks for strolling with me today...