May 4, 2014

Sunday Drives...

I have never been bitten
by the travel bug...
 
I am happy at home,
a true homebody...
 
but, 
 I do love a Sunday Drive...
 
it needn't be far,
just a lazy drive on a country road...
 
 
over the past few weeks
I have been enjoying the sights of Spring...
 
by far
these sweet lambs
were the highlight...
 
just look at the spots on the left one!
 



this one smiling,
he must know
just how sweet he is...
 


 
there were other Sunday's
enjoying Spring blooms...
 

 tender wild violets,
pushing up through the moss...
 


a rain soaked bog,
full of Skunk Cabbage...
 

 
roadside blooms...
 

 
Trillium on the forests floor...
 

 
a sandwich lakeside,
watching the world green up again....
 

young ducks,
falling in love....
 


 
this weekends Sunday Drive
was postponed,
due to rain....
 
lots of rain....
 
so I just made a quick bouquet of
 Tree Peony blooms and Lilacs...
 
 


 
I brought out
my new rosy throw quilt...
 
Daisy was sure it was
just for her...
 


as soon as I shooed her away,
Randy jumped up,
eager to take over the warm spot...
 
well, if you can't beat them,
join them...
 
Sunday Naps
 are almost as good as Sunday Drives....
 

 
I hope your Sunday was lovely too....
 
 
Thanks for riding along....

May 2, 2014

'Tis the First Rose of Summer....

Here in the Pacific Northwest
bare root roses arrive on my door step
around the first of April...
 
last year I added Old China Blush to my garden...
 

it is said to be the Rose
Thomas Moore wrote about....
 
'Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh.
 


wasn't I surprised
 to see...
 
it was my
First Rose of Summer...
 
maybe I should
write a poem...
 

 
 


sweet and petite...
 



 
Rose season has begun!
 
I am linking up to
and
 
Happy Weekend Everyone....

May 1, 2014

Unforgettable...

Hello May,
don't you love May?
I do...
 

last week,
my friend Jacqueline at Cabin and Cottage
showed off some lovely vintage fashions,
and mentioned
 the PBS show Mr. Selfridge...
 
well,  I have learned when Jacqueline recommends a TV show
to pay attention,
she has very good taste!
 
she was the one who pointed me at Downton Abbey,
enough said....
 


 
on an episode
of Mr. Selfridge...
 
when designing a signature perfume
for the store,
Lily of the Valley was chosen to be the scent...
 
Henri Leclair
explains to Angnes Towler...
 
in Paris on the First Day of May
young lovers
give bundles of Lily of the Valley to each other...
 
I find that completely sweet...
 


I may not be in Paris,
or exactly young...
 
but, 
still...
 


I picked a bundle for my lover...
 
for truly,
love is always young at heart,
and we can dream of Paris...
 

 
Happy May Day!!
 
I am linking up at...
and
 
Thanks for stopping by today...