I thought I’d share some photos I snapped recently. The first two photos show the Ballerina rose (a hybrid musk) that is currently in full bloom in my garden. It repeats bloom throughout the summer and the foliage is healthier than my other roses even during summer’s peak heat.
The third photo shows the hills in the late afternoon as seen from my parents’ deck (the vineyard in the foreground belongs to the winery next door to us).
Most of the garden looks soggy and bedraggled this time of year, but we still have a few flowers: winter iris, cyclamen, violas, and lots of lovely camellias. The stalks of dried grasses were nice too, but we just cut them down so spring growth can begin. In this climate zone of California it’s tough to convince…
I have been testing small batches of Amber Incense as I scale up the formula, making twice as much each time. I think I will put samples on the site within a few days. I’ll post again here when I put them up. It’s always hard to let a new one go and call it done….
I’m nearly done with the new floral scent and am scaling up the formula. I’ll post more about it here on the blog, along with a link to the webpage for the scent. Some of the main notes are mimosa, orange blossom, jasmine, lilac, and beeswax/honey. I’m also hoping to finish the chocolate gourmand in…
I resisted cutting that rose yesterday since I had plenty others to cut for the house, and today I took another snapshot after it had unfurled for another day. This time the light was softer and better for pictures (in the early evening instead of noon). Morning is my favorite time for flower photos but…
One more set of spring garden photos. 🙂 I posted a picture of Climbing Pinkie rose last year, but here she is again this spring in the photo above. The bloom should get heavier later this week with warm weather predicted. While I was outside yesterday, a deer was munching on grass around the foundation…
Sitting on the front porch right now is delicious with the air scented by roses and pink jasmine. The jasmine scent travels literally 20 feet from the vine, but it is on the fence farther away and mingles perfectly with the fragrance from the roses that grow up the porch posts closer in. Clematis and…
Beautiful snapshots 🙂
Thanks, Lucas!
Beautiful, Laurie! And we are so very blessed to live in these parts!
Yes, absolutely, very lucky! 🙂