On the first day of December the
other day, I went to my wintry-looking garden and collected the last roses that were
still blooming in my Ellie rose bush...
I decided to cut long stems this time—something I wouldn't normally do in the summer time when all my roses are in their prime, and mainly because I always feel I'm doing something terribly wrong to Nature by cutting so much. But now that bushes are ready to go dormant, I allowed me this pleasure without the least of regrets or nasty feelings of guilt...
I finally decided I should keep it here... under the gaze of my new bullhead—my favorite boho treasure lately...
I decided to cut long stems this time—something I wouldn't normally do in the summer time when all my roses are in their prime, and mainly because I always feel I'm doing something terribly wrong to Nature by cutting so much. But now that bushes are ready to go dormant, I allowed me this pleasure without the least of regrets or nasty feelings of guilt...
This was such a special bouquet being this late in the year for roses, and I love it so much, I didn't
know exactly where to place it to do those roses honor. Here, or here or there...
I finally decided I should keep it here... under the gaze of my new bullhead—my favorite boho treasure lately...
I love him so much! He's my new love these days...
He looks perfectly bohemian in my boho room!
And perfect as a jewelry holder too!
I thought he would appreciate some dried roses embellishing his head... sorry bull! ;)
Then the other day I added a few more bouquets in that little table under him
and created a little altar of sorts...
Head over heels in love with him!
It's been raining for days around
here... wonderful, magical rainy days that have allowed me to cocoon inside my
cozy nest and spend my days dreaming away... sitting in my rain-kissed front
porch in my pjs and a steaming cup of coffee, watching the rain...
...watching the birds in
our backyard in all their shenanigans and thinking
I need to add some more feeders to attract some more variety of birds. This little Northern Flicker here had the
hardest of time trying to figure out where the food was on this feeder... the
poor thing. He was so cute!
Birds bring so much joy to my days...
My very favorite thing about winter...
The amount of birds I get to see in my garden...
Wishing you simple beauty and inner peace.
ps: Thank you for all the comments left on my previous post...
I so enjoyed reading them all!
You took some gorgeous photos of the birds! I love your roses, and they look pretty wherever you place them. If you cut them you always get way more than what you started with. Just down to a leave with five and look for that tiny little bud smaller than a seed. xoxo
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tip, my friend. I'll try this next spring... (already dreaming about it) ;)
DeleteCielo
Love your roses. We have a Rose of Sharon bush that we hang bird feeders in. I love it when I look out the dining room window that the bush and feeders are full of birds. I love to take pictures of them. I love it when we get a rare snow and the birds are feeding at the birdfeeders. Lovely post.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely it sounds... I can see these images clearly in my mind. Thanks for sharing these bit of loveliness with me, Renee!
DeleteCielo
:))
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful bird photos!
ReplyDeleteSo love the ones of the cardinals.
You have a lovely camera.
Gentle Winter hugs,
Luna Crone
Your blog is beautiful but your bull head is not a bull ... it's a ram.
ReplyDeleteOh how cute... a ram! Sorry Ram! ;)
Deletecielo
Well, actually no. After I thought about it, I will have to disagree. A ram is the male member of sheep, while a bull is the male member of cattle. They are not part of the same family. And they don't look anything alike. Rams are male bighorn sheep, and they can be identified by their long, curved horns. My bull is definitely a bull.
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