The weather is so much cooler and I am back in the garden, however it's for the purpose of cleaning up faded perennials... getting the garden ready for fall and winter. These are probably the last blooms on my rose bushes.




I must say they are going out in style this year... this round of blooms is so pretty.


I shot these pictures with an f 1.4 50mm lens... pretty fast and it really blurs out the foliage. This is a good thing because there is a bit of blackspot on some of the leaves, particularly on the yellow rose plant.


I wish I had more roses in the yard but I don't have enough sunny spots to sustain them. Many of the trees in the yard have grown so large and I have found myself having to switch to shade plants after all these years.


I wish I could tell you the names of these roses, but my golden retrievers have a bad habit of pulling up all my plastic plant markers! 

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Summer is fading... the days are slowly getting shorter...



The weather is cooling off (thank goodness!)... only getting up into the 80s of late...


The children in my neighborhood are back in school and my purple coneflowers are in full bloom. I can always count on them for some late summer color in my garden. I love the color combination of pink petals and rusty centers; I think these two colors only blend together well in nature.


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I brought you flowers... well at least the pictures! The warehouse club near me had a special event going where you could get in without a membership over the weekend. I have to tell you, I think I'm going to join simply for the flowers!



They had a nice selection of roses, carnations and a few other varieties. The roses were beautiful. I bought myself a dozen, and picked up a dozen for my sister as well. She certainly deserves them... and I just couldn't resist their beauty.


I plucked out the baby's breath and other filler greens that accompanied them and popped a flower frog in the bottom of a ceramic crock that fits inside this silver bucket I found at the thrift store a few weeks ago.


I wasn't sure that I liked the bucket once I got it home; it pales in comparison to the other one I found. Filled with these beautiful pink roses... it's beauty shows.


It doesn't have to be curvy and intricate... the simple lines and beauty of the metal are enough.I think it's the contrast between the tarnished, plain worn surface and simple lines and the bright, delicate petals of the roses... and such a fabulous color to boot, that make the combination so stunning. And most definitely... worth sharing!



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