Thursday, April 7, 2011

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses."-- Abraham Lincoln


"Winter Sunset"



"Joseph's Coat"

"Sunny Delight"

 plain ol'  "Knock-out"

"Kordes Perfecta"

"My prettiest rose whose name I cannot remember or find my book that reminds me"


waiting on.... "Savannah Silk"



Monday, March 21, 2011

"Not your Mundane Monday"

Color... finally~


The  "unknown" bulbs

Climatis

Hosta

More bulbs

Ferns awaking from hibernation


Japanese Maple


1st rose  "Winter Sunset"


Rhodies


Daffodills


Redbud


Crossvine #1


Crossvine #2

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Sunday, February 20, 2011

"Waiting for my butterflies"

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another."
  ~Anatole France



If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.  ~Author Unknown


Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sunday Roses

After weeks (or is it months?) of snow and sad weather, the sun is finally beginning to make an appearance.  YEA!

Since tomorrow is V-Day, I thought I would show the roses I have planted in the past.


"Winter Sunset"


"Peace"


"Savannah Silk"

"James Galway"  David Austin

"Joseph's Coat"


another of "Joseph's Coat"

"Winter Sunset" 

"Altissimo"

"Glamis Castle" (David Austin)

"New Dawn"

"Sunny Delight"

"Kordes Perfecta"

Tomorrow.... I prune~

Friday, February 11, 2011