Week Three

Flickr is a site that appeals to me. I also have an interest in Family history and can see that this could be a very useful site to use to share images with as yet unlocated relatives and for organizing those images I do have.

The exercise of adding an image to my post for week three has been a bit frustrating. I made at least three attempts to save this image to my blog through Blogger's photo upload tool. I did receive a message that there were difficulties so have delayed until now retrying, this time thankfully with success.



This rose is a recent addition to my garden, a real favourtie. It is a rougosa rose, highly scented and the most pure white.

The foilage always remains healthy and it is a great bush to plant near a window to deter burglars as it is extremely thorny. I have grown this in a previous garden with great success.
It grew to a beautiful round bush extending at least a metre across and with a similar height.

According to information found at http://www.csulb.edu/~odinthor/oldrose.html:

Rugosa roses are those derived from the thorny Japanese rose R. rugosa, the two main forms of which are wine-red and white. Though a few crosses had been made earlier (as early as the 1820's), in the 1890's several hybridizers became interested in working with the species due to its hardiness, health, vigor, and special beauty.

There is a place in France called Coubert but I cannot say for sure the rose was first hybridised there.

Have just been exploring Flickr color pickr and once again I have the problem of uploading an image. I enjoyed this color pickr, looking at Jbum in particular. What a great tool for color design and coordinating whether it be for interior decorating, clothing or gardening!!!!

Second week

Isn't this beautiful, very tranquil. I have now learnt how to add an image to my blog. ( Thank you to my colleague mumbaichick for her help with this).

The large rose reminds me of "Compassion" a lovely climber I have growing on my front deck but I can't be sure it is one in the same, though very similar.

This rose has a lovely perfume and is great for cutting for vases even though it is climber. It rewards the gardener with a never ending supply of beautiful roses for the house throughout summer.

Nature never ceases to amaze me with its colour schemes. More than once I have used the colours nature puts together when trying to decide on themes for decorating and gardening.

I have now completed the exercises and these sites Bebo, Myspace and Facebook are not for me!!! What happened to people getting out and about and meeting each other in person??? This seems to be a very isolated way of socialising. (Obviously my personal opinion only, I am sure it meets the needs of many but I like to be with people, not a screen!!!)

GARDENER'S DELIGHT

Isn't it lovely that the weather is now warming up. I have a number of tasks to complete in the garden that unfortunately has been sadly neglected of late.

What a joy to see the new buds appearing on my rose bushes and to smell the newly mown lawn.

The spring and summer months invigorate me, life becomes truly joyous.