Autumn Roses & Such

Hello everyone,

Just a few roses and such that are blooming in the garden now.

                                              Kitchen window sill.

                     I walked through the garden alone when the dew is still on the roses. I would sing that for you but you would all leave!

                                                             Polaris

                       I planted these hollyhock seeds in the spring and was surprised that they bloomed this year but they came on strong in spite of the dry summer-although I did baby them a bit since they were new.

                                                  Raindrops

                                              Macro shot of the hollyhock

 The different stages of them-you can tell I loved them.

  It was a beautiful day today to do some much needed garden chores. I planted a few fall bulbs looking ahead to beautiful spring blooms.

Thank you for visiting,

Carolyn

Grapes of Wrath

                                                                      Hello everyone,
                   It is a sunny but breezy day here today but a perfect day to enjoy a break in our vine covered terrace(gazebo). The vines are virginia creeper on the front but on the side and back we have a grape vine.

                                          And the grapes are starting to ripen.

                  So let's enjoy a glass of grape juice with some cheese and a handful of grapes.

                                      Some of the grapes are still green-mostly the ones inside as they are not getting                                            
                                     the sun.

                               But the grapes in the sun are turning purple.

 Our bouquet today is some hydrangeas from the garden.

                                     These cute little cherubs are playing in the corner of the terrace.

                 Well,these are not really the 'grapes of wrath' but it was the only tittle that came to mind.The only problem with these grapes is that something seems to know the perfect time to harvest and overnight they can disappear-we blame the raccoons but have never caught them in the act.
  I hope wherever you are that Hurricane Leslie didn't cause any really serious harm. We got several inches of rain that we needed  anyway and  thankfully we escaped the high winds.

I am joining Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday today.

Take care,
Carolyn

The Cosiness of Autumn

                                                         Hello Everyone,
                                      Hope you had a great weekend.
                We have been getting a downpour here today and a lot more rain is expected for tomorrow so we are making up for our dry summer.

          I got in the mood to do some Autumn decorating one day last week. So I gathered up some of my Fall/Autumn linens and got my husband to put up the old lovely wooden doors from the Restore.The bed was one that I had bought for our grandson at Coulson's in Summerside a few years ago and he has changed to a single bed so this one(a 3/4) came back to me.
       
             

An Autumn vignette on the table with old books ,a birdhouse and dried hydrangeas from our garden.

The needlepoint pillows add a nice warm touch. This tea set is the perfect match .

                                   Where do you think this little nook is-can you guess?

 On a sunny warm late summer or Autumn day this is the perfect place to curl up with a book.

 And even on a warm rainy day like today it was a great place to relax and listen to the rain.

                                    If you guessed it is our veranda you were right!

                              This is the other end of the screened porch/veranda where we eat our meals.

                                         The reflection in the old mirror over the bed.

This is the summer look that it had before I started to give it an Autumn look.

I am joining Matamorphsis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch today.

Thank you for visiting me.

Carolyn

One Rose......Twelve Looks!

                                                           Happy Pink Saturday!

                           I went out to the garden today to see what pink beauty I could find.

                                            And this is what I came up with.

                 The Mary Rose is getting some new blooms.

                            The Mary Rose is a pretty hardy English Rose from David Austen.

Well, once again you probably didn't know you could have so much fun with a rose or two!

Thank you for all your nice comments on my last post and once again welcome to my new followers and to you 'old' followers thanks for staying with me.

I am joining How Sweet the Sound today for Pink Saturday and The Rose Garden in Malevik for Show Off Saturday.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Carolyn