hostess of the humble bungalow

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

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...

Sunny yellow California poppies peeking out from under the Hostas. These wee flowers pop up around the garden as they self sow like m...

The Romneya Coulteri poppy is a show stopper. Its flower reminds me of a Georgia O'Keefe painting. Crepe like pure white petals ...

To mark Remembrance Day and honour the veterans we visited the cemetery. We slowly walked along the rows of graves in silence and read the ...