Ingenious Mr. Fairchild... One of my favorite English roses.
I love to sit on the porch with my coffee in the morning and just breath in, sit quietly and watch for birds.
Every day there are new buds... Soon they will be in full bloom
I like to use tulle to guide my climbers up the posts... It works very well... can you see it at the top left?
Hummingbird, hummingbird
so tiny and sweet
thank you for always
being there to greet.
Where is your friend so bright with color
I know you will look at no other
So sit little one and wait for him
Fluff those feathers and sing a song
I am sure he will be right along.
p.w.
Just look at this little hummingbird. Not very often I see one just resting.
Winchester Cathedral
My favorite English rose... It has a
Raspberry and almond scent...
The pink is Mother of Pearl.. A pretty Tea Rose, not a very heavy scent. White is Iceberg one of my climbers. There are four climbers running along the porch. The english roses are below down in front.
Would you like to take a peek at the flowers in the back yard?
Beautiful Iris sets along the house
This is an old coral Tea Rose.. It stand about 6 feet tall. Beautiful when it is in full bloom. Maybe about a month or so.
Oh the scent of a lilac! I am so excited.. I have been waiting for 3 years for my bushes to bloom.
Last year they gave me a little preview with one lone lilac.. This year I had enough to cut some for the house.
On the other side of the yard I have a dwarf orange tree..
It is in bloom right now and it smells soooo good.
Thank you for wandering through the roses with me... I hope you enjoyed my humble garden. Wishing you all a beautiful day
blessings,
Penny
It is so hard to believe that there is perfume, color and blooming life at this very moment, in our same COUNTRY! I hear the tinny sound of ice falling on my window, with a blanket of snow to complete the Minnesota landscape in April.
ReplyDeleteOh Penny, how I would LOVE and dream of sitting on my porch, with my cuppa, just listening to the birds. Your garden is a haven and that little hummingbird is so special.
Thank you for writing a poem. You are celebrating Poetry Month with me, Irina, and others who want to promote poetry of the people. Thank you for taking notice of your world and putting your observations into WORDS - the tools of the writer.
I wish I could smell that almond and raspberry scented rose! WOW! And the tulle my dear, what a brilliant idea to help along the climbers!
LOVE YOU my dear friend. Your imagination and courage build up my faith in those of us who just want to contribute to making this world a better place. LOVE! Anita
Oh my friend, it is a grand pleasure already to sit with you, though many miles apart. The joys of nature are best shared in person, for sure, but your words of inspiration in your poetry and photos lifts MY HEART today too! Ahhhhh....
ReplyDeleteBeautiful rosses.....your garden is wonderful !!!...lovely week darling...xxx...
ReplyDeleteWow Penny what a beautiful roses you have the pink and the white one are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI have also climbers the name is New Dawn.
Have a wonderful spring day!!!
Liliane
Oh Penny my friend your roses are magnificent, I could only imagine their sweet perfume ;) sure wish I was right there enjoying a nice cup of coffee and enjoying the sweet perfume and the gorgeous view of your roses ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post sweetie....
Hugs~
Mari
Your garden is lovely, Penny. And as I sit here on a snowy-rainy day, it is all the lovelier! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHola Penny
ReplyDeleteQue maravillosas fotografias de flores!!!
Tu jardin debe ser el eden, precioso.
Gracias por compartir.
besitos ascension
Just lovely and thanks for letting me join you on your front porch. Who knew that tulle could assist a vine to grow?! And the lilacs? My favorite of all time. Their fragrance is one that I could inhale all day long! Thanks for reminding me that spring and warm weather are on their way.. sunny today but tomorrow back into the low 40's! So sad :-(
ReplyDeleteHi Penny! Oh, your porch with the roses is amazing! It must be a lot of work to reach this beauty and now you´ve come to the season to enjoy it :D Here in Bavaria we had finally sunshine today, actually the first real day of "springweather" this year. And I am also looking forward to see the lilacs in full bloom here, as it is such a wonderful scent in the air in the mornings then. I hope you are having a lot of good weather to be able to enjoy your garden!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sandra
Hi Penny, it is nice to "meet" you :D! I have seen your name on other blogs, but I couldn't find yours....
ReplyDeleteIt was a great pleasure to sit in your garden for looking to these gorgeous roses, what a joy! Like at Sandra's place is here (in The Netherlands) the first sunny, warm spring day, we all enjoyed it so much after the hard winter full of snow and ice cold weather.
I hope you'll keep good weather to see your garden flowering in full bloom soon!
Greetings, Ilona
O My....how lovely...Miss Moussie and I would LOVE to sit with you and smell the roses..
ReplyDeleteOn the Hilltop we had our first warm ..well, kind of...spring day..!
Life is grand..xoxo
OH! Look who's here! The Dutchess and Miss M.!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to come back for a whiff of rose and almond....SNIFFFFFFFFFF!
Dear Penny,
ReplyDeleteWould so love to sit on your lovely porch sipping tea with you, thank you.
Your garden is so pretty and adore all the pretty roses and flowers. I can only imagine how gorgeous the fragrance must be too.
Have a beautiful new week
hugs
Carolyn
Oh wouldn't that be nice to have almond and raspberry scent in a soap or oil, to spritz with water on the sheets/pillows?
ReplyDeleteI WANT roses this year. I must dig up a photo of the William Baffin climbing rose that does well out here and send it to you. It is spectacular. Back in a jiff via email!
What a lovely day this was.. I am blessed to have such thoughtful friends to come and gather on the porch with me. Thank you all so much.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my new found friend Ilona... So nice to meet you, welcome to my little corner of the world.
Wishing you all a beautiful week ahead.
blessings,
Penny
Oh Penny, your roses are absolutely gorgeous! And you are enjoying all this beauty this minute....we are still surrounded by brown everywhere...we are at least a month and a half away, or more! Enjoy and drink in all the beauty! N.xo
ReplyDeleteFabulous garden photos! I love Old English roses, the smell is divine. I also have a lilac, but a standard one. We're a little behind you, ours is budding, but not yet out.
ReplyDeleteYour post made me hanker for the smell of roses.
Hi dear Penny,
ReplyDeleteI identify with your passion for flowers particularly , roses .... One of my favorite! Some of mine are in full bloom already, and like you, I enjoy the quite moments when I can hear and see how marvelous God express His love to us through His creation!
Have a blessed day Penny, and thank you so much for taking time of your busy schedule to visit me!
Love~
Beautiful roses and lilacs are one of my very favorites! Your flowers show the care you have given them, and are smiling all around you Penny! Lovely, simply lovely thank you for posting photos of your beautiful blooms! xoxox Christel
ReplyDeleteHi Penny! What a lovely yard of roses you have. Must be so delightful to have coffee amongst them and watch the birds. Oh and you have hummies ...I can't wait for ours to be back I love them so. They usually come to our area around April 21 each year, wont be long now. I am getting the hummingbird feeders ready :)
ReplyDeleteSweet Penny, Thank you for visiting my last post. Yes I made those roses I'm still learning they are not perfect, is was fun to make those roses.
ReplyDeleteSo terrible what happens in Boston, this is so bad!!! I hope that one day all the terror will stop in our world
Blessings for you my friend, Liliane
Yes dear Liliane,
DeleteMy heart is heavy with the thought of all those lost and injured today in Boston.
I am at a loss for words. All I can do is pray that one day we will have peace and say a prayer for the families.
Bless you my friend.
Your paper roses are just beautiful
blessings to you my dear friend
Penny
Your roses are beautiful Penny, I wish I could share a cup of coffee on the porch with you.
ReplyDeleteI truly enjoyed your pictures.
Bless you for sharing.
Judy
Hello beautiful rose!
ReplyDeleteThis is the world I love. A quiet garden, a wonderful friend up the street (how I wish you and I were near) and a quiet community of people who care about each other.
Life is beautiful, but tragic; and that will never change. But I know it in my being, I just KNOW that there is paradise waiting on the other side of light and goodness wins. Thank you my dear one for coming to comment. Anita
I can almost smell the roses and the lilac. You are truly the queen of roses! Tulle up the posts? What a marvelous idea. I have two that need to climb the porch posts, do you just wrap it around the post? Our roses are just now budding and leafing out, yours are a bit heavenly.
ReplyDeleteYes Jeri, I just wrap it around the post and branch, tie a bow and that's it.. It has a bit of a give so as not to hurt the stems and it fades away. Works pretty well!
DeleteYour porch looks like an ideal place to sit and listen to bird song and smell your roses. I like Mr. Fairchild, it seems like a rose from a Jane Austen book somehow.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Terra,
DeleteSo nice to ~meet you~ I have visited your beautiful blog and am now following along with you.
Thank you for your most welcome visit and kind words.
blessings,
Penny
Oh my sweet friend Penny...What I would give to have a garden like yours. You are surrounded by beautiful flowers. Thank you for sharing it with us. Hope you are doing well. Sending you a big hug.
ReplyDelete❤Ana
This is very close to heaven on earth, dear Penny!!
ReplyDeleteI am so late here, but so HAPPY to see these gorgeous flowers surrounding your home...
Spectacular roses...and lilacs...mmmmm...I can smell the fragrances now....thank you!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful oasis....
And I love the sweet hummingbird poem..you are so talented, dear friend!
Aren't hummingbirds magical??
I have hope that we will be seeing Spring buds here soon...
Our apt. building has a very long row of various lilac bushes in the back yard...the fragrance wafting inside is amazing...
They usually bloom around Mother's Day...I will post some photos...
Enjoy the beauty, dearest Penny!
Sending love across the miles,
- Irina
Wow! These are awesome. I would love to have flowers like that but I have no green thumb at all.
ReplyDeleteSweet Penny, Your rose garden is so beautiful! What a great idea you had to use tulle to tie them up. I'm going to do that from now on also. Your porch looks like the perfect place to enjoy the springtime ...or any time! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThank you, dear friend!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing the flowers again...hopefully they will be blooming here soon! :))
And our sweet Anita showed me a picture of the precious wee ballerina...oh so WONDERFUL!!! You are amazing... :)))
Blessings and hugs,
- Irina
Hola Penny
ReplyDeleteMe ha encantado el paseo por tu precioso jardin, lleno de fantasticas flores y ese pequeño colibri.
Preciosas fotografias, gracias por compartirlas.
Feliz fin de semana
besitos ascension
I love pink roses, my favorite! ...love the little birdie too. Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures with us :)
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed week!
Kerri
THERE HE IS! THERE'S MY HUMMINGBIRD! Ohhh...he is humming to the tune of Paul McCartney, "Til there was you...." I can hear him!
ReplyDeleteThank you dearest heart for visiting! Anita
O, Penny what à porch of all porches and your spring morning view is a view to behold. I have taken the time to stop and smell all your roses.
ReplyDeletePenny if I were a porch this is exactly where I would want to be attached to.
Thank you for your beautiful visit, and your comments always joy my heart.
Xox
Doré
...and Penny, if I were a real rose, your garden is where I would want to be planted! You have made a bit of heaven for yourself, my friend. I can sense the peace, and smell the sweet fragrances right where I am sitting...thank you for sharing your world with us...lovingly, Rose
ReplyDeleteOh my!! Such beautiful roses. I adore roses too. They are so worth all of the work to keep them. Thank you so much for stopping by. We are moving to a few acres so you know what that means…more flowers to plant!
ReplyDeleteI had to come back and visit your roses again, they bloom so lustily! Don't you just love the names of roses?! I am awaiting the blooms of my small lilac bushes, they remind me of my childhood.I just don't know what smells nicer, a rose or a lilac.
ReplyDeleteDear Penny...what a absolutely beautiful post!!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your Roses and I wish I could grow them...unfortunately I do not have a green thumb...it's more of a grey shade...lol
I can only imagine the beautiful aroma...probably smells like an expensive french perfume around your yard.
See if you can post a scratch and sniff post next time you show us your Roses...lol
Well you take care...and have a wonderful week!!
XOXO
Dessa Rae
Thank you for the garden tour. I love how spring is in bloom. It fills my heart with hope.
ReplyDeleteI miss you, know that you are thought of and I care so much. I have no idea why I'm not on everyones blog roll anymore, but I am here. For awhile, as you know I was working three jobs but now down to two and it's made a sweet difference in my life, to STOP and smell Penny's roses.
Bless you as beauty surrounds you. Hummingbirds are dear to my heart, my mom and I fed them at the Fairyland for over 40 years. I have some that come to my yard but only a few select ones. They must be able to fly free and often land on the gnomes caps.
Lovely blossoms, Penny....I sure can't wait for my rose bushes to bloom! You are so lucky to have Spring come so early....enjoy!
ReplyDeleteGood morning dearest ones! I just came in from taking a walk to the post office...brrrr! It is supposed to hit 50 today, so I risked taking a three mile walk and it was fine, but NO GLOVES!
ReplyDeleteI am thrilled that you and BEBE will be coming to France with me! Let's see....I wonder what that little mouse has up her little sleeve...a romp in Provence? An excursion on the Riviera? WOOO HOOOO! In her little French bikini bottoms while she goes TOPLESS like les dames in Nice do? tthehehehehe....whatever you have in mind, it will be a blast. LOVE! Anita
I am so excited to see you and Bebe on May 17th! I am still waiting for Maurice to get here! teehehehe
ReplyDeleteHow HOW did you get your orange tree to blossom? I have two I've grown from seed (the babysitting method) and they produce masses of leaves, but never a single scented blossom! I've had them about six years now but no sweetly scented flowers /sadface, I bet yours smell fab.
ReplyDeleteOh, those roses, such lovely roses you have. Here in Ar they bloom for a while but the nasty humidity strikes them all down with mildew. it's very sad. I miss roses.
Your lilacs are lovely. Do the leaves smell nice too? I know some have scented leaves.