May 13, 2016

Have I Mentioned ?

Have I mentioned
that Bella's Rose Cottage
is now on Instagram?
 
It's a fun way
that I can share a quick pic of my day,
or a teaser of an upcoming blog post....
 
Iris has already made a cameo
and the roses are blooming!
 
I would love to see you there....
 


 
Happy Weekend Everyone,
I hope you have Wonderful Plans...
I do...
 
Thanks for stopping by.....

May 10, 2016

Lily of the Valley....

the Lily of the Valley is associated
with the return of happiness...
 
no flower amid the garden fairer grows
than the sweet lily of the lowly vale,
the queen of flowers.
 
Keats 
 

 
the little bells
are pure sweetness...
 

 
 
small and grand
simultaneously
 









 
 I will have to politely disagree
with Keats...
my queen of flowers
is...
 well,  you know :-)
 
Happy New Week...
I hope you are off to a great start!
 
Thank so much for stopping by...

May 5, 2016

Calico, California...

 On my trip to California,
my brother took me to the small town of Calico...
 
 
Calico,
is a world completely different from my own...
 
a wide open space
of big skies...
 
void of trees
the contour of the land speaks for itself...
 
the drama!
 

 
 
Calico has a small population,
because well,
 it is a ghost town...
 
actually,
maybe the population is high,
just not with the living...
:-)
 



 
you can tell
from my series of photos,
my photography skills
do not include,
blaring sun...
 
it was a challenge!
 


a bit of gingerbread...
 



 
women of the old west
must have had is so hard...
 
a mans world.
 
there was nothing feminine about Calico,
except this delightful line
of frilly undergarments
blowing in the breeze...



 
this house made of bottles
was a favorite among the tourists...
 
who were mostly French?
 



 
 the very best part of Calico?
 
time spent with my brother James!
He is a wonderful photographer
and we had a lot of fun looking for the good shots!
 
Thanks James!!
 
 
 
Thank you all for stopping by,