hostess of the humble bungalow

Please join me on the porch of The Humble Bungalow. Not in person, of course, but in the spirit of friendship. Our porch is a quiet contempl...

  Golden Celebration  a beautiful yellow David Austin Rose This rose has black spot on the leaves  besides dead heading the roses  I hand pi...

  Jude the Obscure Rose Buttery yellow Julia Child Rose Golden Celebration Jude the Obscure up close Jude the Obscure Rose is full of blooms...

Abraham Darby David Austin Rose Fragrant frilly and frothy petalled rose in The Humble Bungalow Garden. How is your summer going? Ours has b...

Himalayan Blue Poppy  snapshot from my latest visit to Butchart Gardens. These poppies are so pretty but are not all that easy to grow. I ha...

  We escaped to the cottage for a few idyllic days. The weather was mostly warm and sunny albeit a bit breezy. The first night it rained lat...

Sayward Beach  We packed a wicker picnic basket with some sandwiches and fruit popped in our water bottles  got in our car and drove out to ...