Under the Bower of Roses

                                                         Hello everyone,
                    Our little enclosed rose garden surrounding the south side of the Gardener's Cottage

               was a mass of blooms last week but the heavy rain we had seem to have the rose petals falling to the ground a bit prematurely so I didn't have a lot of time to linger under the bower of roses.

                      It is a sweet spot to enjoy an afternoon with a book and a cup of tea.The old vintage chaise is very comfortable too-check it out!

                               The angel statue was gift from my children-they sure know how to please their Mama!

                                   I always dreamed of having a bower of roses spilling over an arbor.

                         Rose petals are covering the grass as they fall.There is also a beautybush (behind the angel) giving more pink blossoms.

                                                    Therese Bugnet

                                   In behind the cottage are more roses as you saw in my last post.

                                             The beautybush

                 Hope you have time to smell the roses today!

                        Thank you for visiting,
                         Carolyn

A Rosy Tea

                                                     Hello everyone,
        I hope you all enjoyed a lovely weekend- a long one here in Canada as we celebrated Canada Day. We enjoyed a lovely casual brunch with our family yesterday. Today, I had some lovely visitors for a garden tour some local friends and some special visitors from 'away'(New Jersey) who follow my blog.

                   Today, I thought the roses behind our Gardener's Cottage would make a nice backdrop for a little tea party.

                                      The cabbage and roses tablecloth and pillows go nicely with the hardy pink and red roses.

                                        William Baffin is a hardy climber that needs so special care to get it through the winters here so I have a few of them in the garden.

                                           A cheese biscuit with a cup of tea will hit the spot!

                                    A casual bouquet of roses and and a big fluffy peony.

                                           A red and white transferware tea cup.

                                                              Old British Castles teapot.

                                                Red Grootendorst rose.

                I hope you enjoyed a casual tea among the roses today.
              The rest of the week is looking nice and summery and I don't have any tours for a couple of weeks so I will be enjoying some lazy hazy days!

Today, I am joining Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday,
and Bernideen's Tea Time Blog for Tea in the Garden