Jun 6, 2017

Daydreaming of Tufted Headboards...

 
In my new Single Girl life,
I have options
I didn't have before...
 
like dying my hair pink
or
redecorating in a way he didn't like...
 
I have had an insane crush on anything tufted forever...
and you know what?
all the pillows are always falling between the bars
of that big iron bed anyway...
 
so on a lazy afternoon
I began daydreaming about a white tufted headboard...
 
I have wanted one forever...
 
I thought I would share this with you,
because,
 I know you too do this...
 
the internet makes it so easy to wile away an afternoon
shopping in your comfy clothes :-)
 
 

I shopped at Furniture.com
they had a great selection...
 
 
it was kind of a Goldilocks experience...
 
this one was too boxy...
 I loved the fabric on this!
but is satin dog friendly?


 
this is almost,
just right...
 


 Now
 this is just right!
 
up against my pale pink walls....
heaped with fluffy white linens,
piles of soft pillows...
 
a perfect place to dream.
 
 
 
since I am daydreaming,
maybe I need a loveseat too?
 
 
Happy Day Dreaming...

Jun 5, 2017

First Rose Flush...

The first flush of roses...
 

 
it is captivating...
inspiring.
 

 
Eden on my now old arbor...
 
peeling paint
and fresh faced roses,
make such a pretty pairing...
 
 
my lovely lady appears to be humbly nodding
at Brother Cadfael Roses...
 

ah,
bright clear sunlight...
 


 
Gertrude Jekyll
tumbling into the gazebo...
 

 
and,
tumbling out...
 
so abundant!
I have never seen her bloom so heavily....
 


 
my climbing
Mortimer Sackler...
 
now so tall,
and painfully beautiful...
 



 
Eden Rose,
of course,
perfectly named...
 
Have  a Great New Week!
I'll have so many more photos to come!
 
Stop and Smell the Roses...

Jun 1, 2017

Gathering Roses...

What is better than roses in the garden?
why,
roses in the house for sure!
 


gathering them is a tough job,
but someone has to do it... ;)
 



 
my typical bouquet is a single type of rose
or a pretty pairing...
 
 
but when I gather
 and I see the wide variety
of shapes and colors,
I am newly struck by the never ending beauty...
 


 
my basket full,
my task complete...
 
I pause on my little bench
under the Cherry Tree...
 




 
next time
I think,
I will add a jar and water
so I can keep them just like this...
 

 
 today,
I build bouquets...
 
so glad to dust off my vase collection
for a new season...
 
  
 Stop and Smell the Roses,
they are divine!