Roses

The gardens of Linderhof have flowers as well as herbs

And 2014 is definitely a "rose" year!

The "Knock Outs" are well a knock out

for they're blooming profusely.

And this time of the year is the reason that I placed the bird bath there  . . 

for the rose petals in the water!

The William Baffin 

Reaching for the sky!

And a yellow rose

A last year's mother's day gift from Daughter Sarah

One of three

And the only survivor

The summer of 2012 was hard on newly planted plants.

With the abundance of roses in the garden

A trug of roses finds it's way to the kitchen

A plethora of colors

And the blossoms from Sarah's rose

Lined up on the drainboard

Vases

All freshly washed and shining

Ready to be filled with flowers

The filled vases lined up on the island

So that the inside of Linderhof

can have an abundance of roses as well

The yellow roses in the guest room

Daughter Sarah's old room 

Yellow roses because the room is yellow and white

papered in yellow because a frequent guest was 

Aunt Jewell

And yellow was her favorite color.

Roses in an amber Bohemian vase

on a side table in the living room

Pink roses in a crystal rose bowl

on the side table between the two chairs

Not roses but peonies

The fragrance is heady downstairs

In an old blue and white milk pitcher

A long ago gifted crystal ice bucket

filled with roses on Husband Jim's dresser

A crystal vase filled with pink roses on my dressing table

The sweetest roses

Pink and very fragrant

The plant came from Washington State

on a farm next door to the

"Egg and I" place

She, Betty McDonald, was a favorite author of mine

In winter we settle for dried flowers, potpourri and the occasional supermarket bunch

to decorate the tables at Linderhof

This year our daffodils were sparse

It was a long late winter

But the roses have more than made up for the lack of daffodils.

We'll continue to fill the vases as long as the roses last.

The fragrance in the house is amazing!

And there are plans to plant some more

On the south side of the house

And I'd like some climbers for the arbor that divides the patio from the herb garden

The latter will definitely be a purchase this year!

It's just a matter of price and color!