Plum Cottage roses

Good day Folks ~ Hope you are having a good one wherever you are, whatever you are doing. It's is partly cloudy, warm and humid. We've had a little rain and more is expected, then a cold front will move in, with temps dropping to around 50 tomorrow night. That will be oh so nice.

Here are some rose pictures taken the last couple of mornings. I love roses and am happy to be able to grow some here in my gardens. I wish I could share their scents with you, but alas, they have not come up with a way to do that.

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Chrysler Imperial is the rose in the first three pictures. It's really a deep, dark, velvety red with a wonderful old rose scent.

Duchesse de Brabant

Golden Sun next 4 pictures.

La Marne

Maggie among her thorns.

Old Blush

Penelope





Here they are in a bouquet. I just turned the vase to see them from different angles.
















The perfume of roses

are like exquisite chords of music

composed of many odor notes

harmoniously blended.

N. F. Miller

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I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Emma Goldman

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This old world that we're livin' in

Is might hard to beat.

You get a thorn with every Rose

But - ain't the roses sweet?

Frank Stanton

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL

Today's pics

Good morning everyone. Hope you have a great weekend. It's gray, humid, looks like rain. Yesterday it reached 85. I'm about to head off for work so no gardening or needlework for me today.

Here are pictures taken this morning.

Blue Sage



A bromeliad bloom.




Golden Dewdrop




Hibiscus




Jasmine




Louis Philippe




Maggie




Mist flower




Mother of millions




Philippine Violet




Spiderwort




St. Vincent Lilac ~ Oh my gosh, the scent of this is heavenly.
I grew this from seed.




Workspace.




Work in progress.

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL

What a difference ...

in the weather this time of year. It is still hot and humid but not nearly as bad as it was last month. I am thankful.

This is when our gardens start to come alive. Roses are full of new growth, buds, and blooms. Everything else looks great too. Not having the sun blazing down from directly overhead makes a huge difference.

The last few days I've weeded the main garden, mowed, trimmed and cleaned up. I've got some potted babies and others to plant either in the main garden or in larger pots. All the potted babies were grown from seed, popcorn cassia, desert cassia, Jerusalem thorn, Vitex, Dwarf white orchid tree, white powder puff tree, lance pod or lilac tree (which the snails have eaten all the leaves from).

Right now, the sky is clouding up, and of course, I washed a load of laundry this morning and was going to hang it up on the lines to dry. Doesn't that figure.

Below are some recent blooms and one garden helper laying down on the job.

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Below is a wonderful statue of St. Francis that I've had for many, many years. I love the way he has become covered in various colors of growth through the years. He stand maybe 3' tall and is on a pedestal.

This next picture is South African foxgloves.

Here is Pandora vine flowers.

This is Mexican Bush Sage.

Maggie

La Marne

Homere

Basil blooms.

An unknown hibiscus.

Last but not least, my garden helper, Tork.

Hope you all have a lovely Wednesday,

and a great rest of the week also.

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL

Glimpses of beauty

Here it is a few hours later, and I feel a little better. I worked on editing pictures taken the past couple of days. These glimpses of beauty always make me feel thankful, in spite of upsets that happen during my life. I know a lot of you feel the same way about your gardens. You can walk out into them and your troubles seem to melt into the background. Living in the beauty of the moment is more important. All things will work out.

Go to a garden
And just stand in it.
Breathe in the air, the fragrances,
the light, the temperature,
the music of the different plants, insects, birds, worms,
caterpillars, grasshoppers, and butterflies.
Inhale the prana (cosmic energy) of all the abundantly
growing things.
Recharge your inner batteries.
This is the joy of natural meditation."
Lama Surya Das, "Awakening to the Sacred," 1999

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Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL