Garden Variety Rose

Well! Hello there. 

Happy to see you.

I hope you are having a wonderful week!

So, I came home from work for lunch and got it into my head that I needed to 

pick some of my roses. Almost all of them were full bloom. No buds. Isn't that

odd? I think it was because it was the middle of the day maybe...

Anyway, they made my day and I just couldn't pass the photo opportunity up. 

Just thought I would share. :)

 "I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday 

sweet and fragrant, between its leaves."

 L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

What a great Fresh-Cut Friday! 

Thank you everyone for joining in.

May's Fresh-Cut Friday

Welcome to Fresh-Cut Friday #33

I'm so glad your here! 

Come on in and see what I've got going on!

Not much really.

I just added some roses to my dining room centerpiece.

Whenever I see these I just have such a hard time passing them up. 

They have such a pretty touch of green to them 

And they look so pretty with the blue and white that I always have going on.
Oh and P.S.
They were $5.99 for a dozen! How's that for inspirational?

So that's it. 

What about you? 

How did you enjoy flowers this month? 

I can't wait to see. 

I'll be joining:

Richella at Imparting Grace for Grace at Home

Cindy at My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

Courtney at French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Diann at The Thrifty Groove for Thrifty Things Friday

Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday

Sherry at The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Jennifer at Jennifer Rizzo for Fabulously Creative Linky Party

Karen at Redoux Interiors Friday Party

Winter Roses

The cold weather has been so good for our roses! I wish you could smell them.

Just a little bit of rose heaven.

Don't Forget...

To stop and smell the roses!

Just a Perfect Rose

I just had to share these pictures with you. You can almost smell the fragrance. This is the first rose this year. Usually, in Phoenix, we would be cutting the bushes way back. But I didn't this year and they are already blooming. I may just see what happens....
Have a lovely weekend!

Winter Rose

Happy 4 days from Christmas! In all the hustle and bustle I just wanted to share a little non Christmas thing. I went out to the back yard and this beautiful rose was in full bloom.

Isn't pretty?! Just a little gift from our garden to yours!

Merry Christmas!

I love Goodwill!

When I go into Goodwill looking for something specific, I never find it. But I do usually find something wonderful!



Look at these great plates that I found a couple of weeks ago. They were a $1.99 each. I thought that they might be ruined because they had rust and black marks. I brought them home and cleaned them up. I wish I would have taken a before picture. I think they look really nice in my office.



When I bought this one I couldn't think of where it would go. But I think it looks pretty here on the sideboard. It's perfectly shabby/cottage for $1.29. Don't you think?!

How I Knew I Loved Cabbage Roses

When I moved into my current home I had the luxury for the first time of having a "Living Room" and a "Family Room". Decorating the family room was easy. Blue and White of course! It is right off of our Kitchen and all of my dishes are blue and white (Blue Danube).

But the challenge was deciding what I would do with my wonderful new Living Room! Well I found a great sofa and love seat at Levitz when they finally really did close. It had a great country look and was buttery yellow with soft pink and red cabbage roses on it. I couldn't pass it up. I purchased it and then using that as the inspiration I started collecting all of the "rose" items that I already had. When I finished I found that I had plenty to complete the room. Here are some pictures.








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