Tea tins, vintage creamers, old mustard jars and, of course, summer roses.
After all our travels and house guests and assignments throughout spring and summer, at last we are taking deep breaths, relishing the fragrances and colors of the beauties that are blooming in our garden. The days are still long, sunlight lingers on the tops of the tallest trees and the weather is perfection.
‘The Lovely Fairy’ and ‘Lady Emma Hamilton’
Which is not to say we are not working – we are – but from our “summer offices”, next to the rose beds and and hydrangea walk and the most popular of the many birdbaths, in our zero-gravity recliners, perfect for those sudden waves of feeling nappish.
These are the days we love most in all the year.
Thank you, lovely friends, for your kind words on the last two posts on our trip to Canada. I’m pleased you enjoyed the tour and hope you visit there if you have the opportunity. And welcome to new readers – a lovely surprise!
The garden is fairly bursting with blooms – I have many images to share in the days to come.
xo – g
Oh my my my….I love your roses!!! Simply divine. You must feel such a sense of calm in your garden (all I seem to feel is work in my own).
These are so pretty Georgianna, with those pinks and sorbet blues… I can almost smell their candied fragrances. Happy week to you! x
Beautiful roses! especially the lovely apricot old-fashioned roses in the pink jug.
So Pretty!
~Dianne~
oh your photos make my heart sigh, so so beautiful. I love that Lovely Fairy rose, it reminds me of a rose we used to have in my childhood home that covered a walkway pergola. I used to adore walking under it in the Summer months. I must remember that name for one day to plant one myself. Love the colour combinations in these photos, just dreamy x
Roses roses roses I love it!!!
happy and sunny week
Yolanda
Beautiful. I love these colours.
Roses, roses glorious roses and that perfume in my imagination is glorious.
The computer can bring many things of beauty to my screen but not many can surpass the beauty of your garden roses Georgi.
They take my breath away and how you've displayed them is inspiring. I love the green tea tin. I have not seen anything as sweet as" the lovely fairy" what a delight of a name too!!!
Lady Hamilton is gorgeous as well must not leave her out :)
thankyou for this boost of beauty today my friend
love Kat xoxo
oh your flowers are always so so beautiful!
Dear Georgianna, Those pastel shades of your English roses are stunning. You have paired them so well with beautiful containers. I would love to experience your rose garden.
AHH… respite is the best after your Summer of creating. It is a harvest of sorts to be in that spot. Congratulations! I so very tired of late… hoped to be doing more… but lazy August days with the little ones are good, too. You refresh my spirit everytime friend. Blessings.
So beautiful! I love how you have arranged the flowers!
Donna
oh summer roses on your pink vase and the one with the summer roses on the blue tin.. sigh.. they look so beautiful!
Have a lovely day!
xo, Thili
Hello G
I have to agree that the dog days of summer are the nicest. The gardens are lush and flourishing on their own by now and the butterflies are more abundant during this time.
I'm off to my horticultural convention until Sunday afternoon so unless I find an internet connection, I'll wish you a nice weekend now.
Judith
Gorgeous roses G!! I love all the tins and am excited to see we have the same patterned teapot! (second to last image) :) I wish it weren't so hot and humid here. It's killing my photo mojo. :(
Thanks for sharing. Have a great week!
It's such a treat to wake up to all your wonderful comments! Thank you, each of you. Gosh, we all love roses, don't we? I should mention that 'The Lovely Fairy' is a hybrid of the better known 'The Fairy', very similar but the hybrid is darker in color. xo
oh georgianna…there is such beauty here in your images. of course the wonderful roses are spectacular, but the way you display them and the color combinations make for such stunning compositions…the work of a true artist. i am so glad that somewhere in the world the weather is tolerable…it is so oppressively hot here in tenneessee, that this outdoorsy girl has been playing inside…
I wonder if all the flowers are from your own garden…they are amazing!!!! Love all thoose different jars, pottery tings..lol..what are you calling them …sigh..I´m out of english words here..lol.. but they are so pretty dear :-)
The roses look so wonderful in the vintage containers. The garden is the perfect place to be.
I love the contrast from the pale roses to the torqoise. So pretty.
Oh and that castle! How wonderfull is that castle!!!
Your roses are gorgeous, Georgianna!!! And I'm in love with all your pitchers and vintage containers. Next summer I'm going to get a laptop for sure so I can work in the garden … you make it sound so wonderful! xox
Those are lovely, particularly the first two pictures…I thought those roses were peonies at first.
Hi Georgianna,
The roses,containers and photography are all perfect.
I am glad you are enjoying these lovely days.I look forward to each post.
Carolyn
Yes, I think that it is safe to say that we all love roses!
These are so gorgeous, G! I love your eye for beauty, so thankful that you share so much in this space ~
I'm looking forward to more from your garden. The extreme Houston heat is so hard on flowers here, that they are now rare, so I will enjoy yours along the way. I can almost smell them….
Debi
Ohhhhhh Georgianna! I've missed you so. These are so very lovely. I especially love the flowers in the tea caddy. I've been too busy to breathe lately, but decided in the midst of my crazy life to stop and create a photo blog. I posted the first time today. My soul was crying out for creativity, as I'm sure you understand!! ♥
Fairy roses + vintage jars = delight!
You have so many beautiful roses and I'm especially fond of all the sweet yellow-peach tones. :) I went to the garden centre a week ago but they didn't have the Austin rose I was looking for. I'll continue looking! :) xo
Those blooms are incredible! Love your vases too.
With each post from your garden I wish even more to see it some day! You have the most amazing blooms, I can only imagine what a riot of lush colour and light your garden must be, you must take such very good care of it. These roses are fit to crown the head of a goddess, they are sublime in colour and shape and I can imagine they smell like the sweetest days of summer too :)
Oh Georgianna..what glorious beauty you have here .. these roses and the tins are so beautiful! Abby Lane and I were just talking on the phone..and she sent me the link to here for me to see your roses! I am glad I got to see them!
Sigh. Oh my friend, I have no words. No words. These images deserve a sonnet. At least.