Welcome dear friends, regular readers and new readers of HHL! It's been a whirlwind of activity for me this spring/summer ...trying to keep up with our gardens in the country while trying to manage the organizing of our home in the city.
If we were sitting down over tea today ... I would show you photos of the gardens a couple weeks ago..
The peony were as lovely - if not the loveliest this year ...and were a wonderful surprise to arrive at the country home to.
For our tea today I'm serving a freshly baked croissant, and some juicy watermelon...
for the croissant there is also some rose jam from France ...
On my return to the country gardens the following week I could see the lavender was coming into its own!
As I made my way through the rose gardens ... I was greeted by these beauties....
As I took a closer look at my beauties ... something was definitely not RIGHT!
Oh and in case you were wondering ... there is nothing quite as luxurious as rose jam on freshly baked croissants..
With Love and Gartitude,
Stay in Step with High Heeled Life ...
If we were sitting down over tea today ... I would show you photos of the gardens a couple weeks ago..
The peony were as lovely - if not the loveliest this year ...and were a wonderful surprise to arrive at the country home to.
Of course the lilies and hostas were looking quite grande as well ...
and my beautiful roses ...oh they were showing wonderful green foliage and a magnitude of buds!!! As we left for the city after this visit I was excited that the following week we would return to a symphony of roses ....
For our tea today I'm serving a freshly baked croissant, and some juicy watermelon...
for the croissant there is also some rose jam from France ...
Today we are enjoying our tea ( by tealish) in this fine bone Royal Albert casual tea cup. I think its yellow background and floral motif is perfect as we are talking gardens.
Now that we are all set with cup of tea in hand and some treats ... lets get back to the country gardens ..fast forward a week...
On my return to the country gardens the following week I could see the lavender was coming into its own!
Can't wait to bunch some up and tie it with ribbon...
the butterfly garden ...starting to show pops of colour ...
As I made my way through the rose gardens ... I was greeted by these beauties....
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Where were all the blooms I had anticipated? A good majority of the rose bushes looked beyond naked with leafless branches.
Closer look ... I was devastated to discover these .... I've heard about them , but thankfully had never had them strike my gardens.
But along with the picked naked branches where there should have been beautiful rose blooms... were stubby remains ... like something had debudded them... was it possible that these green worm like thieves ate the buds too? The mystery began ...
back inside ...Gabbana would not leave the window ...I quick look did not reveal her chipmunk friend that taunts her ( I think on purpose) nibbling away on a nut ...but she was persistent ..and Dolce then joined in on the stack out... a closer look revealed ...
This little cute darling ....
But a glance out to gardens ... also revealed there was a bunny party going on in the rose garden...
YES .. THREE more bunnies were frolicking about in my roses .... could they be the ones eating the rose buds? and to add to the mystery our maintenance guy informed us that he had spotted deer in the gardens on a couple of visits. So, I'm not sure who the rose bud thieves really are ... perhaps all (green worms, bunnies and deer) ...the mystery remains.
Have you had your roses attacked by any of these? What did you use to protect your roses and prevent further damage...
Oh and in case you were wondering ... there is nothing quite as luxurious as rose jam on freshly baked croissants..
With Love and Gartitude,
Stay in Step with High Heeled Life ...
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