~ David Austin Rose ~
Climbing Graham Thomas
a fragrant and prolific repeat blooming rose.
It's a RIOT of Yellow blooms and the bees love it.
I have been busy with my new exercises and daily walks.
It's surprising how fast the days pass by...
home keeping, cooking, gardening.
My tea and book breaks several times a day
I seem to be busier than usual.
I have almost forgotten about blogging.
Today I finally answered the questions from my last post in May.
Roses are so beautiful right now...
the branches and stems are having a hard time holding up all the blooms!
I go out most days for a few minutes with my secateurs and snip off spent blooms, remove the black spotted leaves and as a wee reward pick a few roses to bring inside.
My "Work Station."
Always
at or near the sink.
The hard working tools at the ready...
The kitchen is the heart of our home.
Most of my time is spent in the kitchen prepping meals and cleaning up.
I sit at the trestle table to write my blog posts.
Darling daughter helped facilitate a purchase this week...
she has an Etsy shop and is always out and about looking for treasures.
I mentioned at least a year ago to her
that I was wanting a vintage or antique gold watch chain...
I had seen some in a local second hand shop that were lovely but far too expensive.
Since having my surgery, a friend suggested that I buy myself a treat,
to "mark" the hip replacement event.
It got me thinking and well the stars aligned and Jennifer found me an antique Albert Chain in 9ct rose gold...
(rose gold is perfect for a rose grower!!)
Thank you Jen
XO
Did you watch any of the Chelsea Garden Show coverage on You Tube?
My goodness it was fun...I can only imagine being there.
Our peonies put on a great showing this year.
Lovely frothy petals...we have 2 different peony plants.
I could not bring myself to pick any as they looked so stunning in the beds.
I just finished reading Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale.
It was definitely dystopian...
the book was well written (of course)
it felt plausible,
perhaps even possible considering the times that we are living in...
On Sunday I purchased the sequel The Testaments.
I'll read that after I read a few other books in my book stack.
What are you reading?
Well I had better close for now and get some dinner organized.
Thank you for stopping by The Humble Bungalow Blog.
Feel free to leave a comment and let me know how you are getting along.
In the meantime...
~ Be Well and Be Kind ~
1 comment:
The rose gold is very pretty and that is a generous chain. I have been watching the Chelsea flower show and enjoying it. The tickets are expensive - I think one person said ninety pounds. There are also the floral displays in the shops around Chelsea to look at - which some people covered. Also enjoyable. I expect it is quite a fun atmosphere. It would get the ideas flowing and end up potentially expensive at the garden centre's, I imagine.
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