2013 Parade of Roses...

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

I always think of the New Year as a fresh page,

an empty journal,

full of possibilities...

 

2012 was a good year for me,

still I am eager for a fresh new page...

 

 

Pasadena has had it's Rose Parade,

and it's time for mine...

 

My 3rd annual!!

 

if you really love a parade

here are 2011 & 2012

 

(It's happening so fast)

 

Therese Bugnet was first to pop this spring,

back in May,

an early beginning this year...

 

(Rainy Days and Roses)

 

Aloha Roses

in the rain...

 

(Eye Candy)

 

the first sweet blooms

of my new David Austin Roses...

 

 

(Stormy Early June in the Garden)

 

Time for the first Bonica Roses...

 

(Stormy Early June in the Garden)

 

Zephrine Drouhin's on the arbor...

 

 (Last Tea of Spring)

 

Gertrude Jekyll

joined me for tea...

 

(Blue)

 

roses for the table...

 

(Blue)

 

 

(Hello Summer)

 

the Sweetness Rose

welcomed in Summer...

 

(Summer Garden)

 

my new James Galway's ruffled petal

stole my heart...

 

(my New David Austin Roses are Blooming)

 

tender Mortimer Sackler blooms....

 

(Blue Skies and Pink Roses)

 

Climbing Eden Rose

is always a star...

 

(Last Garden Stroll of Summer)

 

Summer passed so quickly!

 

(Tea for One)

 

 

I hope you had enjoyed my little parade:-)

 

I love looking back at the year in the garden,

and Roses are a nice welcome to the New Year...

 

it is time to break out the garden catalogs

and start planning my 2013 garden!!!

 

I wish you all a wonderful year ahead!

 

(eye candy)

 

Today I am joining...

Show and Tell Friday

 Pink Saturday

and

Saturday Show Off

 

Thanks for stopping by...

Bringing in the Christmas Greens....

There are only a few days left until Christmas...

 

this year,

I waited to bring in the greens,

the smell of fresh pine and cedar,

the icing on the Christmas cake...

 

 

I added a few sprigs to all my chandeliers...

 

on this one I clipped on a couple glass birds

that I bought at the Christmas shop

on my trip to Leavenworth...

 

roses for the table...

with a bit of cedar tucked in...

 



I dressed up the over mantle,

in the dining room...

 

it's another non-working fireplace,

I'll be showing you more about it next month....

 



 

my Winter Wonderland,

under glass...

 



to my complete excitement

we are having some light flurries of snow,

and may have a White Christmas!

 

Are you Dreaming of a White Christmas?

 

 

Tonight I am joining....

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Show and Tell Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Saturday Show Off

and

Pink Saturday

 

Thanks for stopping by....

O Christmas Tree..

It's about time for

my Christmas tree reveal...

 

 

I feel I have been quiet a tease :-)

 

but,  really I just loved it "just flocked" so much,

I sat back and enjoyed it that way for a week or so...

 

all dressed up...

 

I love icicles

and always use them...

 

snow and ice

are a constant Christmas theme

in some form for me...

 

growing up in sunny California,

I always dreamed of a White Christmas...

 

here in the Northwest

White Christmas's are still pretty rare,

so I create my own :-)

 

in the beginning I was a purist

and used only glass icicles...

then at an after Christmas sale,

I found a big box of plastic ones,  cheap...

I tried them,

and when they are hanging

it was impossible to tell the difference...

 



a pop of Pink Shiny Brites...

 



white doves,

perching...

 



 

there is always a bell for Clarence...

 

 

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me;
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me;
How often has the Christmas tree
Afforded me the greatest glee!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me.

I have had a lot of questions about my new flocked tree,

here is a link to the trees unboxing

 

I bought the tree at a local hardware store

McLendon's for you local gals...

 

The flocking has been so much less messy

 than I expected...

 

the flock is stiff,

so wide wires on ornament hangers helps...

 

and don't be silly like me

and buy lights on a green cord,  haha!!

 

I LOVE MINE...

 

Tonight I am joining,

Feathered Nest Friday

Home Sweet Home

Show and Tell Friday

Vintage Inspiration Friday
Pink Saturday

Saturday Nite Special

 Saturday Show Off

and

Metamorphosis Monday

 

Thanks for stopping by...