Floral Friday Foto

  Spring is just around the corner

and it's almost tulip time here

however, my photos today are from the archives.
In another 4 to 6 weeks
I will be out and about with my camera
searching for this year's tulips!

I'm linking to Nick

for Floral Friday Fotos

thank you for hosting Nick!

 Wishing you all a

happy weekend!

Take care

and be kind to one another

Merci à bientôt

Shane

Flowers on Friday

Today I'm looking back to Spring 2013,

with photos I took of my hydrangeas

for this floral post.

This month Trishie gave us a theme of 

"flower in focus"

As I'm working full time at the mo

I haven't had a spare minute to get out

and photograph winter flowers in the garden....

so it was back to the archives!

This is my fave white hydrangea

"Bridal Bouquet".

It is exquisite in bud

and I'm told it is used in wedding bouquets

hence the name.

However, after the initial 'first flush'

the heads become huge and quite ordinary!

I've decided she is worth keeping

at this stage - but we'll see!

As my townhouse garden is small

I really do need to be much more selective in my plant choices.

I am now quite brave at culling

plants and shrubs that don't make the cut for me,

however, I admit it's difficult.

Another hydrangea I love

but sadly I've lost the original tag

so I can't tell you the name.

It's very pretty and a good picker too!

I'm joining
Sharon for July Garden Party 

Liz for Fresh-Cut Friday

Trishie for Floral Friday

and

Mary for Mosaic Monday

Thank you all for your kind comments.

Only another two weeks of this crazy

full time work.... 

then things will return to normality

and I will be visiting you all again!

Take care and

be kind to one another.

Merci à bientôt

Shane x

Floral Friday Foto

Beautiful sunflowers

vast fields of them everywhere

when I was in France

last year visiting my family.

It is winter in my neck of the woods now

so these photos are wonderful reminders

of summer and the joy of

sunflowers!

I'm joining Nick for

Floral Friday Fotos 

Wishing everyone a very happy weekend

doing whatever you enjoy most.

I'm hoping to catch up with you over the weekend.

Take care and

be kind to one another

  Merci à bientôt

Shane x

Last rose of Summer...

Photo taken April 2013 Nancy Steen Rose Garden, Auckland, New Zealand

ROSES

You love the roses - so do I. I wish

The sky would rain down roses, as they rain

from off the shaken bush. Why will it not?

Then all the valley would be pink and white

and soft to tread on. They would fall as light

as feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be

like sleeping and like waking, all at once! 

                                                                            George Eliot

I'm joining

Floral Friday Fotos 

The days are flying by so fast now I'm a working girl!

My energy levels have reached a low  point

by the end of the week!

The weekend is all about relaxing

easing into the day and doing little bits

of everything....

from cleaning and cooking to

time in my garden

with phone calls to friends

and visiting you my bloggy buddies too!

 

My birthday was last Wednesday and my

husband's the week before

so last night we celebrated with dinner at our local

Italian cafe 'Bosco Verde'!

Thank you all for your visits and thoughtful messages.

Special thank yous to Patty and Suzi for your

sweet "on-line" cards

♥♥♥  you both made my day ♥♥♥

I will be visiting you all again
very soon!
Take care and be kind to each other

   Merci à bientôt

♥ Shane ♥