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  I have been down with a nasty chest infection, like so many of us this month.....So much to do, moving back home but unable to...temporarily immobilized..it gives me time to reflect on tasks waiting and aspirations incubating in my mind... I ordered more rose bushes which will arrive in April... Centifolia variegata, Antonia d'Ormois, Blanc double de Coubert, and Empress Josephine...all very floriferous and shade tolerant ....hope to place these among more boxwood in the garden....if you live in the Niagara area, Palatine Roses is an excellent source of old fashioned roses, located on Creek Road in Niagara on the Lake...Ontario. They ship to the U.S. as well. Unknown to my husband, I am still hoping to build a little garden folly !! Perhaps my folly, after the renovation this year! This photo above is from Velvet and Linen....perfect as a storage area for garden tools or potting supplies...I would add a window somewhere...it would look great at the border of the woodland...

  A few days ago I learned that.... Life like love is fickle...but mostly, fragile..... When I think of Valentine's Day I think of roses, chocolates, cherubs and candlelit dinners.... ..... Over the years my expectations of this day have lessened..... .....all I need is my husband, my sons.....the loves of my life! Wishing my dear readers, every blessing and beauty that love inspires...... Happy Valentine's Day! N.xo   All the above images from my Pinterest boards.... Nella Miller on Pinterest   Posted with Blogsy

Les petites gens. Рост - 22см. Год рождения - февраль 2013 Трикотаж, хлопок, вельвет, флис, пряжа хлопок и полушерсть. Волосы - шерсть.

Every year, around this time, I begin to reflect on what I should have done, should do more of, or not at all! Inevitably, it always reflects around my surroundings, especially in the garden, when we all dream of what could be, when armchair gardening is so much more entertaining and achievable.... I look out at the snow covered beds,which have taken a bit of abuse from the work which was done to the exterior....I should have planted more trees, in lieu of annuals and perennials, more flowering shrubs instead of capricious climbing vines and more boxwood, never enough boxwood! ....but clarity, promotes wisdom, albeit too late it seems! The lovely little rose above, The Fairy, has been a consistent performer in my garden, and I wisely chose to include her several winters ago, while perusing the Pickering Roses catalog in January. She is thriving happily among Limelight hydrangeas in the south west border of the garden. All manner of armchair pursuits are possible in the gloomy,...

  I always had a bad habit of not thinking too hard or long, when making decisions about decor....I usually know what I want when I see it, and don't have the need to see more samples or continue looking for the better alternative.....my Aunt Carlotta taught me to stop looking....when your eye has made your heart respond.....I like that, and it has served me well! I have been thinking about how to furnish and decorate now, for seven long months! It is now time to move ahead with a few basic steps..... I have always admired the tufted ottoman, and liked it's use as a coffee table, multifunctional, topped with a lovely tray....I have just the large, vintage silver tray.....no ottoman! This photo, is as close to what my two love seats resemble now. Previously, they sported pink and green floral fabric...." Floribundas " as referred to by my friend Trish, from Trouvais, lively, bright, little flowers for the living room!! Now, in a heavy cotton duck fabric in cre...