The Joys of Scented Roses

One of the most enjoyable things about growing roses is to be able to pick their flowers-- heavenly scented flowers!!! I'm having a lot of fun playing with roses at the moment; and can you tell I really enjoy them? As autumn approaches, I'm sure I will have even more glorious blooms to enjoy. I keep putting my nose up to them, it's become a habit when I get near roses; I make sure there's no bees in them before I do that, I promise. Happy Monday to you, I wish you a joyous week. Take time to smell the roses...........

Fabulous Floribundas

These roses are both floribundas, the mauve ones are Perfumed Perfection and the cream and pink ones are called Seduction. The Perfumed Perfection is very strongly and heavenly perfumed, whereas the Seduction is only lightly perfumed. I grow floribundas for the abundance of flowers they produce, and they look spectacular on the bush, which is why they are named floribundas--flora abundance.Quite a few of you asked me how I faded the photos in the last post, so I thought I would share it here so you could go and try it out yourself! It was actually very simple, I simply hit the HSL (hue saturation lightness) button on my photo editor program which came with my camera, then it gave me the choice of those three things, I reduced only the saturation to the point I was happy with and saved it and that was all. It might take you a bit of exploring to find the same function on your photo editor but I'm pretty sure it should be there and it should be quite common. Have fun! Have a fabulous week, my dear friends.

Happy Valentine's Day

No doubt I really enjoy creating vignettes with my roses and taking pictures of them.
During our kids' school holidays,
I didn't have the luxury and the time to do all these,
so I've been hanging out to do it again.
This time I manipulated (edited) some of the photos just for fun,
they look so much dreamier and more romantic with their colours all washed-out, don't you think?
Roses to brighten up the home, here?Here?...........
Or here?...................

And last but not least,
I also took these photos below to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day.
These popsticks have the names of songs written on them,
they are my children's playlist of songs they have learnt on the piano.
They draw out some sticks each day like a lucky dip and play those songs for practice so they won't forget them.
I just think they look good for my photos!
The little white sachet with the pink heart on is my daughter's handiwork,
she made it for me when she was learning to use the sewing machine;
as well as hand-stitching some parts.
It's a sweet little thing that has become a decoration in my home,
and one I'll keep forever.
Alrighty, I wish you the most beautiful and blissful Valentine's Day, my dear friends,
till next time!

Bread of Life

Breakfast. What do you have for breakfast?
How do you have it?
Do you gulp it all down in haste?
Or do you sit and slowly savour it?
Or do you have it at all?
Is it an important meal for you?
Would love to hear from YOU!
I enjoy breakfast,
I'm usually very hungry in the morning.
Raspberries in natural yoghurt-- one of my favourite food for breakfast.
Some food for thought:

John 6:51 Jesus said,"I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever, and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."

Job 23:12 ........ I have treasured the words of His mouth, more than my necessary food.
Wow! I love the Word of God.
In other things, here is the space I made ready for the dining table, which I mentioned in the last post.
The dining chairs are so arranged that they are out of the way for the time being.Have a fantastic weekend everyone.

Time Flies

Happy Monday, everyone!

We finally hung our clock up on our "nook" wall, it looks bigger in real life, apart from its beauty and vintage charm, it keeps reminding me of the time, and also to do the right thing while I have time. The time we've been gifted here on earth is precious and is a privilege. I've also painted some cushions, here they are sitting on our sofa. One says "Rejoice always" and the other "The wise shall inherit glory" in French. I'm happy with the way they look. The dining table is still not here yet, But I have moved some furniture to make a space ready for it. Hope it's not going to be too long, will show photos later. Have a wonderful week, dear friends.

Dining Chairs and Happy New Year

Our custom-made French-style dining chairs have finally arrived! I thought I'd give you a little look-see of them. Unfortunately the table is still getting made due to a mistake they made in size. I'm very pleased with the way the chairs have turned out. I drew the design for the chairs and they have translated my design into carving very well. The upholstery I picked is "Classic Ticking" in blue and white. There are eight chairs altogether, including two carvers (with arms). We would have ten if we could, but the space we are having the dining suite is not spacious enough for a ten-seater. Will have more photos with the chairs against the table when it arrives, hopefully soon. One thing I know is they will go well with everything in our house, wink** In the mean time, I want to say Happy New Year to all of you kind bloggers and readers, may you have joy, peace, blessings and all good things in the year 2010.

Rosy Picture

What is this? You might ask. One of my rosy pictures? Yes, you're right. With roses out of my garden? Yes, right again. But hang on, what's that behind the roses? Let's have a closer look. Its a canvas. Yes, a canvas. Not just any canvas, but a canvas of my very own photo! I think it is so cool. I decided to have mine propped up against the wall on a hallway stool so everybody that enters our house can see it. It suits the stool so well.You can have one of these made from your favourite photo as well. Just go here (or Discover Personal Gifts under Lovely Websites in my sidebar) and you'll find all sorts of things that can be made from a digital copy of your photos. I'm very happy with mine and their service was wonderful, fast and fuss-free too. Have fun. This probably will be my last post before Christmas, So, I want to wish all of you lovely people a most lovely and blessed Christmas and I pray your 2010 will be fantabulous as well. Don't eat too much over the holidays, see you all soon.