Romantic Garden Favorites

                                                                             Hello everyone,


                                                     It may be snowing here now but I have been
                                                     enjoying a little bit of summer as I scrolled through
                                                     my many photos of the garden looking for some of
                                                     my favorites once again.
                                                        I love the romantic look of the shot above with
                                                     the lilacs in bloom and the old wooden wheelbarrow
                                                     in the photo above.
                                                       

Lots of color in our summer garden

It is always so beautiful on a misty morning

in the garden.

Garden structures like this arbor and fence add

so much charm to the garden all year.

Can you imagine whiling away a lazy summer

day in our garden hammock?

I seem to always be drawn to lilacs.

Peonies in the garden add fragrance and beauty

not to mention beautiful bouquets.

Our garden gazebo

Clematis and delphiniums are also favorites

and I add new ones every year.

                                                            I took this shot several years ago but
                                                            it is still a favorite.

Our little secret garden.

Our garden in July is always

full of color.

Little hidden nooks and grannies

bring a little surprise as you

wander.

Of course every romantic garden has

to have roses...don't you think?

                                           In a few months I will be looking forward
                                                      to the return of the garden but in the meantime
                                                      I am enjoying the beauty of our winter garden.

                                                                                 Thank you for visiting,

                                                                                                  Carolyn                           
                                                                              

Lilac Tea at Ocean Song Cottage

     Hello everyone,

It is lilac time here on the Island so

  I have picked a big bouquet to enjoy

with my afternoon tea at our little

Ocean Song Cottage.

We are having some very cool nights with below

freezing temperatures even one night last week

and since we are in a low lying area some of my

lilac blooms were destroyed so I will have to

enjoy the ones that survived. I think the last

time that happened was over 20 years ago.

I love the fragrance as well as the beauty

of lilacs. 

I am using blue and white as my tea time

theme.

There are still some late tulips

blooming in our garden.

I can no longer send my photos over to my blog from

Picasa so it is taking me much longer to load them

from photoshop as I can only send one at a time from there.

Probably there is a faster way that I haven't figured out

yet though.

Is anyone else having that problem with picasa?

Wishing you a lovely week!

Carolyn

Garden Enchantment

      Happy Weekend!

       I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

       Even though it is cold here today I am

   starting to dream about the return of

      our garden. In our Zone 5b climate it

             will be April before we can get out there

          but time passes quickly and before we

           know it there will be signs of life again.

So, I have been enjoying looking back

at some of my favorite shots from

previous years.

Ah, Spring time with lots

of color as the daffodils,

tulips etc. bloom.

             Peonies, lilacs and lupins

                 make a pretty combination

                                                                  Tea time among the roses.....so enchanting!

   
                                                    I enjoy having lots of places to sit and enjoy the garden.

                                                     Arbors add so much charm in
                                                      the garden.

      I love garden rooms so fences and arbors

add a sense of enclosure.

    Early August is so colorful!

      Another garden room

   

Deutizas in bloom as well as lilacs

in the background.

    

When you are tired of gardening it

is good to have a place to relax and

enjoy the view.

                                                                      Lilacs add not only color but
                                                                      an amazing fragrance to the garden.

                                                  It is always fun to dream a little
                                                             of the enchantment of the garden
                                                             even in the middle of winter......
                                                             don't you think?


                                                                          Thank you for visiting!

                                                                                     Carolyn                

Happy Weekend!

     Happy Weekend!

        On this lovely sunny warm weekend

       I thought I would pop in and share a

few relaxing photos with you.

         Our lilacs are blooming so there are

lots for bouquets.

Our nook at our Ocean Song Cottage

by the sea is still a work in progress

but I took a few pics to share with you

anyway, I will share the finished nook

and cottage

when it is completed.

                      There are lots of places to relax and enjoy

the view.

     Tea on the deck........... by the sea.

               Grab a book and relax.....I

          saved a chair for you!

                      I hope you have a Happy Weekend!

        Carolyn

Flower Power

       Happy Weekend!

   I hope you are enjoying a

happy weekend.

Even though it is cold here this

weekend we know that spring

is on the way and next weekend

we move our clocks ahead so the

evenings are brighter.

Anyway, I have some pretty bouquets

for you to enjoy.

The photo above was taken on our

trip to England a few years ago in

Chipping Camden.

                                                                      Looking forward to the return
                                                                      of our spring garden.Daffodils
                                                                      are so cheerful.

                                                                          A simple bouquet of
                                                                          peonies from our garden.
                                                                          They bloom here in June and July.

                         Some English roses from our garden

  with a pink hydrangea.

                                                                        You can never get tired of
                                                                         peonies.

                                                                             I love lilacs too.

                                                                                Hyacinths in an old
                                                                                transferware pitcher.

                                                               Roses, carnations and tulips.

Not sure which I love the most....

the transferware pitcher of the

beautiful peonies.

                                                                                   

And roses....who doesn't love

a bouquet of roses???

   A late summer bouquet from

             our garden with a transferware tea.

Thank you for your visit!

Carolyn