Helloooooooo lovelies! Thanks for the fashion love…if you had questions, I answered them in the post comments here.
Ooooh I am so excited!
Yep it doesn’t take much, not only do I dance at doonas and vintage things, I REALLY love having grown my first Australian rose in my very own Australian cottage garden.
This may not be the best cottage in town but it now is the proud owner of two rose bushes that have not only bloomed they have positively blossomed and are both sporting lovely WHITE roses.
So now not only do I encourage you here today to get out and smell the roses, now I really can do that in my very own back yard.
I love that.
Like really love that.
You see, because lots of people, including my very old and very very very good gardener neighbour, who is all of in her late eighties and tried to grow everything in her garden, have told me that I would never be able to have roses like I wanted growing in this sandy soil with the coastal breeze and all that salty stuff in the air.
Nup, they said…
She said she had tried all sorts with no success…
But, something was telling me to give it a go and so this time last year, in a budget department store there were Hybrid Tea roses, in white no less, selling for not much at all…
and so I threw two of them in my trolley along with my washing powder and thought that I didn’t have very much to lose…
and back at home I gave no thought much to where they would sit in my place…I knew I wanted them in the back so I could sniff them in peace in my pj’s or knickers without funny looks from the neighbours and so I shoved them in a semi-shade spot that gets fairly hot in the summer…by the fence so fairly protected.
…and by golly, not long after they showed signs of growth…and so I kept nipping them out to encourage them to grow bushy and not upwards…but never did I have a sign of a bud or a bloom…nothing…I thought I was headed for being rose-less for the rest of my life…
I kept my eye on them for about 6 months or so, maybe more and then I kinda gave up checking on them…
and before I knew it out shot big long shoots…and blow me down on the end of each one was a rosebud!
I could have kicked myself though because if I had continued to keep an eye on them I would have many more blooms rather than these ones on the end of long shoots…
but for now I am not complaining…
I have roses…
watch out David Austin
I am COMING
Now let’s see what you’ve got goin’ on for Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesday in your place this week? (Just add your link below…it doesn’t have to be fancy…we are just sharing…if you need more info on the how it works go here)
Sarah, they’re beautiful:) Well done! They will most likely last longer too in the Coastal air, here it’s very hot and our Roses tend to die too quickly or shrivel. So I clip them when they’re fresh and new. Gorgeous photos too my Dear, thanks for letting me link up. xxx
Ooooooh Sarah, they are beautiful! They look like whipped cream. What do they smell like? (and don’t say “a rose”) lol
Thanks for hosting again…I stuffed up my linky picture and i don’t know how??
x Marnie
Fabulous, we used to have some roses until some sheep we had got out and ate them one too often, I keep meaning to get some more.
You have inspired me!
I love white roses! Beautiful! And, as usual, fabulous pictures! So happy for you! I always get excited when my vegetables or flowers start blooming too!
I love the description someone made of your roses looking like whipped cream. Delicious.
I live in South Australia and roses love our climate(lucky me). My mum grows the best roses, yet does nothing except cut them in winter.So when I’m waiting for mine to bloom I pick huge bunches from her garden.
I was a little late to your fashion post yesterday and have a question ( i asked there first-then thought you may not go back)… you mentioned you used Lancome mascara for 15 years before giving it up for another new favourite…could you please tell me which one your using now. You see, I’m a huge fan of Lancome mascara and thought “whoa…after 15 years and have another bestest,must be pretty good.
Enjoy smelling the roses.( in knickers or jimjams or any other attire teehee)
Yay – well done, you. I was always tolf that ‘real’ gardeners frow roses!!! So you must be officially a real gardener now. Congratulations.
I looked through your ‘about me’ page the other day (stalker-alert!!) and I didn’t realsie that you were English. Well done for making the move to live in Australia – that must have taken guts. I’m English and live in England and sometimes wonder what it would be like to live abroad for a while…
Well done Sarah, I know that feeling, I live on the east coast of Norfolk, a few minutes from the sea and I struggle with my Roses but once the’re established and yours sound like they are now, you’re on a winner x
sarah- i so get this rosey feeling!!
there is nothing like growing something- rose lovely & white….or in my case, pinky round the edges too, that someone said couldn’t be done!
go girl!!
these are lovely…
Melissa x
and thanks for the plimsole link- everyone needs a shopping trip to melbourne don’t you think!!
So pretty ~ you are right, watch out David Austin! I’ve got some of my buttery white roses blooming now too and just love them. I’ll share sometime soon.
Hi there
You know, I’ve been trying to recreate that English garden here in NJ (very hot summers and frigid winters)… I have managed to lose a couple along the way, but this year I have had success. This year a rose that has been in my garden for almost two years and never had a flower on it, bloomed. We didn’t even know what colour it would be, as it was brought in a selection and two never made it. Anyhoo, it’s a beautiful delicate pale pink and smells divine. It’s rambles through our picket fence and as I walk up the path, I can smell the fragrance. Just divine. I’ll try and link up next week to show you. As it is, this week, I’m up to my armpits in paint! Lx
Love your cushions…… I ummmed and squished and carried them around the store before I popped them back. My Dad was born in Portsmouth so I almost HAD to have that one…. But I restrained. But I quite love how they look in the background at yours……nice.
Congratulations on those gorgeous white roses. Loved reading your story on roses. Roses are my favorite flower and I’ve tried growing them so many times but with our harsh winters and rainy springs I always have a tough time making them survive… my biggest problem with them are aphids… they suck those rose stems and they shrivel and die.. do you have any suggestions? Thanks for hosting and sharing these lovely pictures of your roses. Enjoy!~Poppy
Wow, You should be pretty proud of that rose bush Sarah. I love white roses, and pink roses. I just picked a bunch the other day from a white rose bush my daughter gave me last year. I was so happy to see it bloom this year….I wasn’t sure it would survive, but it’s thriving.
It’s such a treat to have them growing in your own yard isn’t it?
Love, love, love your site! Even though I’m landlocked in High Point, NC, and grew up in Greensboro, NC (about 40 mins. away), I think I inherited a love of the sea from my Mother’s side of the family from Southampton and East Hampton, NY. We used to spend a week each summer with my Grandfather, Grandmother, three sets of Aunts and Uncles and eight cousins. Seven of those cousins were close enough that we could play every day during our visit (at the beach, all kinds of games, hide and seek…), and we would always have a huge picnic each visit – kind a pot luck summer food feast. There were side of the road at the edge of farm fields fresh produce stands and my Brother and I always got to shuck ears of fresh corn. Those are some of my favorite childhood memories.
Anyway, I also share a love of decorating with white, things from the sea, crafts, thrift, and imagination. Hello Kindred Spirit!
And don’t let anyone ditz your photography. I love it. You help bring the sea to the landlocked like me. I always decorate w/ things from the sea for summer.
Gotta go, but I love your blue ribbon and pearl bracelet too. And I discovered button bracelet directions last night. I’ll have to try it with a variety of white buttons.
Oooooooo! So pretty!! Do you know what kind they are?? John F Kennedy? Pascali? So excited for you! I remember when my first rose bloomed. I could swear I heard angels singing. I always used to give my grandmother the first rose of the season.
Die hard rose freak here…One of these days I’ll send you a shot of my formal rose garden. It is LOVELY!
Hi I just found your blog a few minutes ago and there must be something in the air. For one I am sitting here with a broken foot, secondly my friend just brought me to the shops to find some shoes no high heels or flip flops. Lastly my 5 year old just ran down the street with a bunch of sweet smelling roses from her friends mum’s garden since she heard of my foot. I would love to live on the beach so I ll go back to looking for a beach vacation house. Enjoyed the pictures of yours.
Hey! Don’t you think your neighbour has French people on her family tree… Because I believe it’s one of their favourite phrase “it’s not possible”! Wonderful white (emphasis on the “white”) rose!
WOW what beautiful roses, definitely something to be proud of that’s for sure when everyone said you couldn’t get ‘er done. I’d love to have you share your roses on my blog today.
G'day! I'm Sarah, I live in a tatty old cottage, near the sea in Australia with a battered old deck & a big old fig tree out the back...stripped wooden floors, old sash windows & a jumble of vintage furniture. [Read More …]
Beach Cottage ladies, we have some vintage linen and some wood/twig washed up on the beach today here in Beach Cottage Land….don’t say I don’t keep you entertained now will you . Come on in. So, yep I have posted about colanders on this blog, about things sourced from the side of the road, about [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Sarah if only we could smell and touch through the screen! Congrats, your thumb must truly be green.
Congrats, Sarah! That is one gorgeous rose!! Mine are budding out right now – and I can hardly wait to show you the pink climber on my arbor….!
xoxo laurie
Sarah, they’re beautiful:) Well done! They will most likely last longer too in the Coastal air, here it’s very hot and our Roses tend to die too quickly or shrivel. So I clip them when they’re fresh and new. Gorgeous photos too my Dear, thanks for letting me link up. xxx
Ooooooh Sarah, they are beautiful! They look like whipped cream. What do they smell like? (and don’t say “a rose”) lol
Thanks for hosting again…I stuffed up my linky picture and i don’t know how??
x Marnie
rose scent
hahaha
xxxxxx
I knew you were going to say something like that….doh!
wow, beautiful flower! Thanks for hosting this blog party.
Oh my word! Those roses are beautiful! What a blessing they are!
They are JUST your color!! Perfect!! And as a kind gesture to an older lady, I’d take one over to her…. She’d be so happy for you!
Fabulous, we used to have some roses until some sheep we had got out and ate them one too often, I keep meaning to get some more.
You have inspired me!
Fabulous shots as always! Thanks for hosting..!
G’day
Sanghamitra.
I love white roses! Beautiful! And, as usual, fabulous pictures! So happy for you! I always get excited when my vegetables or flowers start blooming too!
thank you for hosting!!!
love your blog!
-emily
nestnestingnested.blogspot
Love your white rose….
Congratulations on your sweet success!
I am so impressed! You have every right to feel a sense of accomplishment, your roses are simply stunning!!!!
I love the description someone made of your roses looking like whipped cream. Delicious.
I live in South Australia and roses love our climate(lucky me). My mum grows the best roses, yet does nothing except cut them in winter.So when I’m waiting for mine to bloom I pick huge bunches from her garden.
I was a little late to your fashion post yesterday and have a question ( i asked there first-then thought you may not go back)… you mentioned you used Lancome mascara for 15 years before giving it up for another new favourite…could you please tell me which one your using now. You see, I’m a huge fan of Lancome mascara and thought “whoa…after 15 years and have another bestest,must be pretty good.
Enjoy smelling the roses.( in knickers or jimjams or any other attire teehee)
Yay – well done, you. I was always tolf that ‘real’ gardeners frow roses!!! So you must be officially a real gardener now. Congratulations.
I looked through your ‘about me’ page the other day (stalker-alert!!) and I didn’t realsie that you were English. Well done for making the move to live in Australia – that must have taken guts. I’m English and live in England and sometimes wonder what it would be like to live abroad for a while…
Thank you so much for hosting, Sarah.
Sarahx
Well done Sarah, I know that feeling, I live on the east coast of Norfolk, a few minutes from the sea and I struggle with my Roses but once the’re established and yours sound like they are now, you’re on a winner x
Well done! I’ll bet the old lady next door is baffled, but impressed! Robx
Yes, but more importantly, which football team are you supporting? Go the Maroons!
Haha. Not yours!!
Cool! You’ll be having all the neighbours around for lessons
sarah- i so get this rosey feeling!!
there is nothing like growing something- rose lovely & white….or in my case, pinky round the edges too, that someone said couldn’t be done!
go girl!!
these are lovely…
Melissa x
and thanks for the plimsole link- everyone needs a shopping trip to melbourne don’t you think!!
Hi Sarah!
So pretty ~ you are right, watch out David Austin! I’ve got some of my buttery white roses blooming now too and just love them. I’ll share sometime soon.
Ciao bella,
Suzanne
Hi there
You know, I’ve been trying to recreate that English garden here in NJ (very hot summers and frigid winters)… I have managed to lose a couple along the way, but this year I have had success. This year a rose that has been in my garden for almost two years and never had a flower on it, bloomed. We didn’t even know what colour it would be, as it was brought in a selection and two never made it. Anyhoo, it’s a beautiful delicate pale pink and smells divine. It’s rambles through our picket fence and as I walk up the path, I can smell the fragrance. Just divine. I’ll try and link up next week to show you. As it is, this week, I’m up to my armpits in paint! Lx
Beautiful rose
Love your cushions……
I ummmed and squished and carried them around the store before I popped them back. My Dad was born in Portsmouth so I almost HAD to have that one…. But I restrained. But I quite love how they look in the background at yours……nice.
Might linky up tomorrow.. I should be sleeping x
Congratulations on those gorgeous white roses. Loved reading your story on roses. Roses are my favorite flower and I’ve tried growing them so many times but with our harsh winters and rainy springs I always have a tough time making them survive… my biggest problem with them are aphids… they suck those rose stems and they shrivel and die.. do you have any suggestions? Thanks for hosting and sharing these lovely pictures of your roses. Enjoy!~Poppy
http://withadashofcolor.blogspot.com/
Wow, You should be pretty proud of that rose bush Sarah. I love white roses, and pink roses. I just picked a bunch the other day from a white rose bush my daughter gave me last year. I was so happy to see it bloom this year….I wasn’t sure it would survive, but it’s thriving.
It’s such a treat to have them growing in your own yard isn’t it?
Love, love, love your site! Even though I’m landlocked in High Point, NC, and grew up in Greensboro, NC (about 40 mins. away), I think I inherited a love of the sea from my Mother’s side of the family from Southampton and East Hampton, NY. We used to spend a week each summer with my Grandfather, Grandmother, three sets of Aunts and Uncles and eight cousins. Seven of those cousins were close enough that we could play every day during our visit (at the beach, all kinds of games, hide and seek…), and we would always have a huge picnic each visit – kind a pot luck summer food feast. There were side of the road at the edge of farm fields fresh produce stands and my Brother and I always got to shuck ears of fresh corn. Those are some of my favorite childhood memories.
Anyway, I also share a love of decorating with white, things from the sea, crafts, thrift, and imagination. Hello Kindred Spirit!
And don’t let anyone ditz your photography. I love it. You help bring the sea to the landlocked like me. I always decorate w/ things from the sea for summer.
Gotta go, but I love your blue ribbon and pearl bracelet too. And I discovered button bracelet directions last night. I’ll have to try it with a variety of white buttons.
Keep up the good work!
Oooooooo! So pretty!! Do you know what kind they are?? John F Kennedy? Pascali? So excited for you! I remember when my first rose bloomed. I could swear I heard angels singing. I always used to give my grandmother the first rose of the season.
Die hard rose freak here…One of these days I’ll send you a shot of my formal rose garden. It is LOVELY!
Hugs and God bless Sarah!
Hi I just found your blog a few minutes ago and there must be something in the air. For one I am sitting here with a broken foot, secondly my friend just brought me to the shops to find some shoes no high heels or flip flops. Lastly my 5 year old just ran down the street with a bunch of sweet smelling roses from her friends mum’s garden since she heard of my foot. I would love to live on the beach so I ll go back to looking for a beach vacation house. Enjoyed the pictures of yours.
Hey! Don’t you think your neighbour has French people on her family tree… Because I believe it’s one of their favourite phrase “it’s not possible”! Wonderful white (emphasis on the “white”) rose!
thanks for hosting another great party! awesome pictures too!
WOW what beautiful roses, definitely something to be proud of that’s for sure when everyone said you couldn’t get ‘er done. I’d love to have you share your roses on my blog today.