rose love

I've been wrapped up in blog hopping lately, trying to visit all of the beautiful creative spaces

of women all over the world who joined Karen Valentine's party.

I love the Where Blogger's Create event and look forward to seeing

where so many of you make your beautiful art.

I was going to link my garden blog to the party too, but it was all I could do to get the 

studio in shape for photos. 

It's always such a wreck in there.

But to me that's the fun of having a separate place to create...leaving the mess.

Before I had the studio space I would have to create in different areas of the house.

(mostly the kitchen table or kitchen island)

I would have to gather all my 'stuff' up at the end of the day 

or at meal time and that was such a bother.

(that is---when I used to cook) : )

In my garden is where I really love to create though.

Where I love growing things like these roses in my photos.

I found this old blue kettle at a yard sale one sunny afternoon a few years ago.

We stopped at the home of an old gentleman who's mother had passed away,

and she had many treasures like this kettle. 

When I went up to pay him for my things, he asked me what I was going to do

with the junk.

'Treasures' I said...'they are treasures'.

  Now for some of the roses blooming right now in my garden.
Where I really love to create!

rose---

Morden Blush

and 

Annabelle hydrangea 

rose---

Guy de Maupassant

rose---

Lambert Closse 

I really like the form of the Lambert Closse blossoms.

such a hardy and vigorous rose in my garden

 not to mention---the perfect pink! 

rose---

Aunt Honey

with clematis

rose---

Adelaide Hoodless

a pretty cherry red and so far it's surviving in the shade.
It's getting scraggly though so

eventually I will have to move it, but that will have to be next year.

my new little Mary Rose

It's one of the many David Austin roses I bought this Spring.

I hope it makes it through our cold, cold Winters.

I love it and all the others I bought and planted this Spring.

For more of the things I love to grow in my 'creative space' you can visit
my garden blog Grace Gardens.