Friday, July 31, 2009

A Garden Tour

The garden is full of blooms now so I thought you might like to take a tour with me.

I have several Annebelle hydrangea in the garden. I love how easy care they are as well as beautiful and long lasting.

Jackmani clematis with Mary Rose.

I love this yellow rose but I don't know the name of it. If I had more time I could maybe find a record of it.

We have so many daylilies in bloom now-I will share some photos of them later.

It is a just a quick tour today as we are taking our grandaughter Jessie out for a fun day-you will probably see more of that too as you probably know I don't go far without my camera!

Have a good day!

Carolyn

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Garden Tea

Today I thought we could have afternoon tea in this corner of our garden. It has lots of pretty flowers bursting into bloom so it is a cozy corner to sit for a spell.


I hope you like peach cream crumble pie-it is one of my favorites.

I collect red and white transferware dishes-so I have quite a few dishes in different patterns so I mix and match.

Today I am joining in on Tablescape Thursday over at Between Naps on the Porch. This is always a great event so a big thank you to Susan for hosting and enjoy checking out the other participants.

I hope you enjoy your tea in the garden and thank you for visiting me,

Take care,

Carolyn



Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A Spot of Tea!

It is a beautiful day to be in the garden today so I hope you can join me for a spot of tea and some strawberry shortcake.

I hope you can sit for a bit and enjoy all the beauty of the garden because this is probably the most colorful time in our garden. Later ,we can take a tour around the garden.


Hope you enjoy this beautiful day!

Carolyn

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Our Garden Roses


My sister is visiting with me for a week from Vancouver and we have been enjoying reminiscing about the good old days. I am sharing lots of pictures of the roses blooming in our garden now.We are off to visit with our Mom shortly so just a quick post today.
Graham Thomas
hardy shrub rose and late peonies

Linda Campbell- new last year in our garden but I am really enjoying it.

John Davis-easy care and a good bloomer

Graham Thomas with monkshood in background
Prairie Princess-a lovly hardy climber for our climate.



New Dawn-I love it!
Willam Baffin -a good climber in our zone 5b garden
A minature rose from the grocery store several winters ago that I love
Sally Holmes -a modern shrub .I love the apricot buds with the creamy flowers
John Cabot-another hardy rose for cold climates
Ballerina rose that looks like a hygrangea

The Generous Gardener-a David Austen rose.

Queen of Denmark

And last but not least the pretty little Fairy rose-such a prolific bloomer and so easy care-one of my favorites for sure.
I hope you enjoyed a quick tour of my roses.

Thank you for visiting and thank you to all who leave such sweet comments!
Have a good day,
Carolyn