Roses in the Back...

 Are you ready

to see the Roses in the back?

 

most of the established Roses

are in their first flush...

 

 

my old Rainier Cherry Tree,

isn't the prettiest of trees...

 

so I planted a climbing rose on it last year,

I'll show you a close-up a couple pics down...

 

this iron bench

was a Spring addition to the garden...

 

we had an old wood bench under the tree...

 

but, 

I love the way the white pops out...

 



 

the climbing Rose is

David Austin's

Paul's Himalayan Musk Rose...

 

it will grow to thirty feet,

the blooms start off blush pink and fade to white...

 

I have three more of these booming on the patio,

I'll show you the patio Roses soon...

 

up in front here,

is David Austin's

Princess Ann...

 

I have added forty David Austin Roses

over the last three years,

and couldn't be happier,

they just get better each year

and love my North West climate...

 



 

these Gertrude Jekyll Roses

at the back of the gazebo

were my first David Austin Roses...

 

and are one of my very favorites...

 



 

Gertrude and friends...

 

David Austin's

Mortimer Sackler...

 

 

Mortimer up close...

 

 

David Austin's

The Wedgewood Roses...

 

it make my heart skip a beat

 every time I see it...

 

It's a young and very lanky rose,

for now it's leaning on the gazebo rail

and being assisted by a Hollyhock...

 

I am trying to figure out what it wants...

 



it is completely worth the effort,

sigh...

 



 

besides the Roses...

 

I was surprised to see the Hydrangea,

beginning to color up....

 



 

the exotic

Oyama Magnolia in bloom...

 



 

the Deutzia are also beginning to bloom...

 



 

 

 

isn't June fabulous?

Iris certainly thinks so...

 

I am linking up to...

Outdoor Wednesday

and

WOW us Wednesday

 

Take Time to Smell the Roses...

Roses up Front...

After spending

a completely lazy week and a half

with my husband,

there is a lot of tidying up to do in the garden....

 

this morning,

 I worked in the front garden

and snapped some Rose pics along the way...

 

Tiffany,

which is my husbands favorite...

 





 

David Austin's

Charles Rennie McIntosh...

 

the giant heavy heads bending...

 



 

Sweetness...

 

and,

yes it is!

 

the deep ruffles,

on a Queen Elizabeth...

 



 

David Austin's

James Galway Rose...

 

sigh....

 

James Galway

in for a close-up...

 

sigh,   sigh...

 

 

Nancy Reagan Rose...

 

so heavy with blooms,

I draped her onto the fence...

 



 

the Ballerina Rose,

makes her first twirls...

 



 

 

 

a Rose gifted to me by a neighbor...

 

I suspect she is a Cecile Brunner?

 

But,  we always simply call her

Martha's Rose

for my neighbor...

 

tomorrow,

 I tackle the back garden,

I'll bring my camera along...
 

 

Always take time to Smell the Roses...



Surf and Sand...

These last days of May

have been beautiful...

 

I have been lucky that my Mr.

has had some time off...

 

a little R & R...

 

 

 

we decided to be local tourists,

Washington has a lot to offer...

 

I never like to wander too far,

I like my own cozy bed too much...

 

we spent a couple afternoons

 at beautiful Pacific Beach...

 

 

nothing is quite as grounding to me as the ocean...

 

this former California girl

misses it...

 



the energy,

the dazzling sparkle of the water,

the taste of salt air,

the lullaby of the waves...

 

it never fails to rock my soul...

 



a beachfront charmer,

greyed to perfection by the salt air...

 



 

with the sand dusted from our toes,

we are back at home...

 

I have lots of catching up

to do,

on-line and in the garden...

 

the Roses look amazing this year,

I can't wait to share some pics with you...

 

Thanks for stopping by....