My Garden Is Blooming

We have been having beautiful weather and I have taken time away from the computer
to enjoy more time in the garden and visiting with friends.  I thought you might like to
see what's blooming in my garden so far this summer.


"Ella" is new to me this summer and I think she is quite beautiful...

This rose has been with me for many years.  The apricot color varies with every stage of it's
blooming and it is always a surprise...

The final bloom is a softer hue and the size of a saucer...

Eternal Sunshine is always bright and sunny.  You almost have to wear sunglasses when this
rose is blooming, even on a cloudy day...

This is the show-off rose.  Absolutely loves to be dramatic...definitely not a shrinking violet....

I promise I'm getting to the very feminine pink roses!

The sage is also in full bloom which the bumble bees and hummingbirds love and all the flowers

benefit from that...

Even the cactus and all the succulents are in bloom...

Okay, back to the roses...

It looks like a little critter has landed on this old beauty...

Ahh, the lovely English roses....

Eglantyne is a soft and lovely pink rose...

Strawberry Hill is a bit brighter pink and also very beautiful...

I will save my other flowers for a future post.  Right now I am looking forward to visiting  all of your

lovely blogs over the next few days.

I hope you all enjoy a lovely weekend.

I am linking to

The Charm of Home

Cottage Garden Party

My Romantic Home

How Sweet The Sound

The RoseGarden In Malevik

Early Autumn Roses

To be honest, I started to do a post about something else but at the last minute

I decided that the roses in my garden are so beautiful right now that I had to

show some of them to you...

I took all these photos a few days ago and truly feel the roses are celebrating the last

beautiful days of their late summer/early autumn blooms before coming back again in

a few weeks with their smaller, but still lovely, fall blooms.

This week the roses seem to be especially spectacular with a riot of beautiful

colors and blooms.

As you can see, I'm really not in any rush for autumn and winter because those

months seem to last so long.  I feel very fortunate that here in Southern California

our roses will bloom into early November. 

I hope you enjoy seeing these last days of late summer/early autumn roses.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

I will be joining Rose Vignettes for Fresh Cut Friday.
I will be joining How Sweet The Sound for Pink Saturday.