Violets

I picked up this lovely African Violet,

recently, 

in a flower shop 

and decided

to have a violet theme on my dresser

I added a mixture of Aynsley and Spode china

The Aynsley china is called

Wild Violets

The Spode....

Victorian Violets!

                I think the African Violet is beautiful
                            with it's fluted petals
      ....perhaps I'll try and strike some leaf cuttings!

I thought that I would post a picture

of a cluster of violets

that I saw growing in the hedge

on the way home a couple of months ago

Mum's Little Boxes



My Father gave Mum these little boxes

over several years

She always kept them on this tray which....

Dad was given  on his retirement



Some have further inscriptions under the lid!

This one says

St Valentine's Day 1980

This one is a tribute to Charles and Diana

on their wedding 1981

I am showing them it no particular order of importance as each has its own memories! 

Mum gave them to me a couple of months ago and I keep them as she did...

and enjoy them...as she did

Inside: "A Year to Remember"

It was the year of my Mother's 60th birthday!

October is the month of their marriage!

St. Valentine's Day 1979

This is a tribute to the Queen Mother

on her 80th birthday.

Mum share's the same birthday

and was 60 that day!

This last is one that Dad gave meand so....

 is

extra special to me!



"When this you see...remember me"



I'm joining Beverly at Pink Saturday

Wild Roses

Travelling home this afternoon

I noticed that,

although the local council had cut a lot

of the hedge sides,

there were still areas left for the wildflowers

and

the hedge tops are full of

wonderful honeysuckle and wild roses!

In the evening the scent is wonderful!



The wild roses in the hedgerow can be white

or pink.....

Doesn't creation do a wonderful job without our help?!

Sometimes...I am ...almost overwhelmed....

by

the beauty I see around me.....

Another Lovely Day



Last night was a glorious evening ...the sort that seems to go on and on....

I watched the sun....

slide down behind a neighbouring hill.....

.....and the mist

......roll across the valley

......and the mountains.......

settle down for their night's sleep

....and I thought....

all is well.

I'm joining Nancy at Rural Thursday

Patio Rose

Three years ago, some of the students that I was working with

gave me this patio rose.

It was absolutely beautiful

...a big plant with loads of roses blooming on it.

I've lost the name tag

but I think it was named 'Sweet Dreams'

After it had finished flowering I put it in the garden and didn't see it for a while.

Last summer I found it

and it looked so unhappy

I stuck it(that is the operative word for I certainly can't say 'planted with care')

in a pot standing on the back patio.

I found it a couple of days ago and thought that It was looking so nice I would share it with you!

When we moved here, nearly 16 years ago,

I brought a little blue flowered hebe with us and planted it in the patio borders.

The heavy snow and ice,

a few years ago,

 killed it and I was so disappointed!

Then last summer I found a little seedling and....

'stuck' it in a pot on the patio.....

yes....you've guessed.......

It is flowering beautifully...and doesn't it look lovely with the rose?

If I'd tried to plan I probably would not have thought of putting these two together

But I think that one compliments the other very well!



Blog Awards

                                                              

When I was in hospital

I received an note from Alana at All is amazing

telling me

that she had awarded me

two lovely awards

Sunshine Award and One Lovely Blog Award

The One Lovely Blog was awarded for my blog

A Quick View of Dale

Thank you so much Alana!

Please visit her blog as I know you will enjoy it as much as I do

For the Sunshine Award

I have to answer some questions:

Favourite Colour.... Tuquoise

Favourite Animal...  Dog

Favourite Number... 3

Favourite Drink.......Sparkling Water

Facebook or Twitter........ Neither

My Passion........Beautiful Flowers/Gardens

Giving or Getting Presents........I love to give!!

Favourite Day.......Sunday

Favourite Flowers.........Roses

Now I have to pass the award on and hope that you will visit these blogs (if you don't already!)

Through my Window

Welsh Hills Again

Ellie's Place

Let Your Light Shine

Welcome to Chillin with Jill

Patty's Pretty Things

Thank you all so much for the inspiration and enjoyment I have had from reading your blogs

Mum's Clock

I was unpacking

some boxes that I had packed

for our move to this farm 16 years ago

and had not,

for a variety of reasons, unpacked since.... when I came across.......

.........this clock. 

I remember seeing it first

when I came as a new bride to hubbie's family farm.

I liked it when I saw it

and, although it didn't work,

I used it as an ornament.

 I had wondered where it was

and thought that I had left it at the home farm

until I found it last week

Hubby was so pleased to see it

and we shared many remembrances

of where it used to be in his mother's day. 

He even tried his mother's old way of

getting it to work but, alas,

it only went for 3 hours before stopping!

I love the roses on it

and so shall continue to use it

as an ornament!

I intended to write a post about it last week

but ended up in hospital last Friday

while they tried to sort out my pain meds and also tried a procedure to help. 

I only returned home yesterday afternoon.

When I looked outside this morning

it was to see that my favourite

Albertine Rose

had started to flower.

I decided

that it had to be in the picture as well

 Now its scent is filling the house!!

I'm joining Marty at Table Top Tuesday

                                         I'm joining Jann Olsen in Share Your Cup Thursday