Mostly Roses :-)

Hello Folks ~ It is Saturday morning in my part of the world. Today is the last day of work for me this week. Next week, I’ll only be working one day, next Saturday, so have a week off to putter around home.

This morning after I got the coffee going in our stainless steel percolator coffee pot on the stove, I filled up the bread machine pan with ingredients for a loaf of bread and that is now baking. It should be done around 9:30, about 1 1/2 hours from now. Pretty soon it will start smelling delicious in here.

Thursday morning I took some pictures when I realized Chrysler Imperial had two blooms. I had smelled a wonderful rose scent the day before and thought it was coming from all of the blooms of Cocktail, not even seeing the one opened Chrysler Imperial bloom. That scent is really an old rose scent, to me it’s what you think of when you see a rose and how it should smell.

Phyllis Bide

Louis Philippe or the Florida Cracker Rose

Smith’s Parish ~ a Bermuda rose

Maggie

Vincent Godsiff

Texas Sage

A sweet African violet my friend Nanci gave me. Her mother passed away recently and Nanci knows my love of flowers so brought this from her mother’s home in Vermont. I do hope I can keep it alive. It is in a north facing window. If any of you have good tips for growing these lovely indoor plants please let me know. I will greatly appreciate it.

That’s it for now. It’s time to get us some breakfast, then I need to gear up for work, getting my mind right. The past few days there has been someone there doing some work on pieces and she is what I call a psychic vampire, and it wears me out being around her. The past two nights I’ve gone to bed between 7:30-8 p.m. and slept like a log, waking up around 6. May I feel the peace and love of God surrounding me today, (something she doesn’t want to hear even the slightest suggestion about at all. I've known her for years and she's been in my prayers, it's all I can do). She is spoiled and seeks attention constantly. Fortunately for me, this has not been an every day occurrence for the past 13 years. I would have quit long ago.

May I see the good in this day, may I be nice and not nasty. May I keep my mouth shut when I might feel like saying things I shouldn’t.

Hope you all have a great weekend, with NO psychic vampires invading your space.

P.S. I just went in to the scullery and smelled the delicious aroma of bread baking and looked out the window and saw flowers and butterflies and felt God's love. That makes me feel better ready to face the day. I'm not perfect by any means and need God's grace each and every day, all day long.

Friday morning blooms

Good morning Everyone ~ It is another drippy morning as we had yet another thunderstorm pass over early last evening dumping more rain. Our jungle is growing like crazy.  It’s too wet to mow in the morning, too hot and miserable to mow in the middle of the day, and the mosquitoes are out at night.

I took some pictures earlier and wanted to get this post done before I head off to work.

So, here are today’s blooms.

This sweet little rose bud is Phyllis Bide.

Crepe myrtle

Another stem of Vanda orchids.

Resurrection Ferns growing up our Norfolk pine tree.  When there is no rain, this fern is just a dry, brown shriveled bit of stuff, but as soon as it rains it becomes this.

This is an unknown fern given to me by a friend many years ago.  Maybe someone who grows ferns will be able to give me a name.

These are Mexican petunias.

These next several pics are of the sweet little rose called Cocktail.  I’ve had her many, many years now.

Thank you for your anniversary wishes.  We had a lovely celebration dinner last night.

Hope you all have a great weekend whatever you are doing.

For those in flooded areas and those where the wild fires are burning, may you all have relief soon.

A Chill, Music is Back, More Roses :-)

Good morning Folks. Yesterday was a lovely foggy morning, today it is a lovely chilly, (53 and with wind chill feels like it is 48), breezy morning with the sun shining in a big blue sky. Tonight it's 'supposed' to get down to 39 and feel like it's 27. Our cottage is cozily warm and we haven't put the heater on yet. The heat was from yesterday's high of 78 and feeling like it was 81. I'll be baking a coffee cake later and that will add more warmth.

I've had several mention that they miss my music, I've missed it too, so I've re-installed my play list of soothing music again. If any of you would rather not listen, there is a pause button and the playlist is where it can be found easily, near the top of the right hand side bar.

Since it is such a lovely day I grabbed my camera again and headed outside.

I want to say to those who ask questions of me about growing roses, I am an amateur growing roses on a shoe string. I occasionally give them a dose of water soluble plant food, sometimes I give them Epsom salts, and sometimes I give them a drink of that nasty smelling alfalfa tea. I water, I pray, and I also talk to them. I've really gotten into the 'old garden' variety as they are much hardier, have wonderful shapes and scents. I've done research online, read books, blogs, etc. I'm still learning.

I hope you enjoy viewing these pictures. I enjoyed taking them, then editing them with my music was so soothing. Remember to click on pictures for a larger view.

The first two pictures are of Ducher.

This is Louis Philippe or the Florida Cracker Rose.


The next few pics are of Mm. Laurette Messimy











Here are some happy morning glories.


Mom-of-millions blooms starting to open.


This is Bon Silene


Here we have what is turning into one of my very favorite roses,

Penelope.

More sweet Phyllis Bide.








Pink Pet or Caldwell's Pink


Smith's Parrish





St. Francis



***

"He who works with his hands
is a laborer.

He who works with his hands and his head
is a craftsman.

He who works with his hands and his head and his heart
is an artist."

St. Francis of Assisi

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL

Foggy morning

It started out as a nice foggy morning,
one that drew me out with camera in hand
to see what I could see.

Click on pictures for a larger view.


I love seeing dewdrops clinging to flowers and leaves.


La Marne always lovely to see.









Blue mist flower,
with a Spiderwort bloom in the background.



Cape Jasmine below and next picture is of Mom-of-millions buds.

George Tabor buds


Old Blush Bud



Plumbago


Mm. Laurette Messimy


Smith's Parrish in next two photos.





A sweet little Phyllis Bide bud.


Here we have a back view of Phyllis Bide.


***

When you arise in the morning,

think of what a precious privilege it is

to be alive

to breathe,

to think,

to enjoy,

to love.

Marcus Aurelius

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL