Roses and Hydrangeas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D5B3U3BDYiTHi2s-oOLvo7FutvVCIWK7HMHl77a4uWVTTc9zKCnmilO6g3xpJlK1Y5EhbngFmJa0xy5d2PjUCs77uUmhjp0iqIhqVC82oBkIvGym3uZKOd2zZDmJRYdu-QUtWLP76RAM/s1600/CIMG0255.jpgcute+gardenia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D5B3U3BDYiTHi2s-oOLvo7FutvVCIWK7HMHl77a4uWVTTc9zKCnmilO6g3xpJlK1Y5EhbngFmJa0xy5d2PjUCs77uUmhjp0iqIhqVC82oBkIvGym3uZKOd2zZDmJRYdu-QUtWLP76RAM/s640/CIMG0255.jpgcute+gardenia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Monday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can you see</span> the tiny spot of pink in this photo</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is the most amazing little pink rose called Cecile Brunner </div><div style="text-align: center;">This tiny rose is so fragrant </div><div style="text-align: center;">I placed it in a vintage crystal salt shaker with a gardenia from the garden</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the combination is intoxicating </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPnEC4AK1cm3SL_01w-VR7QBePe2aUHV54A5YBXyANTKkHKyBx2aPJJ-SST4JPI5aLyAbqZNel-k2op0ptVm9__cp7w9n7uNZaZfB5dxOwGDa0zTnFfgCWk0IckIELeEX5YME-j6bzj1X/s1600/CIMG0256.jpgrose+and+gardenia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPnEC4AK1cm3SL_01w-VR7QBePe2aUHV54A5YBXyANTKkHKyBx2aPJJ-SST4JPI5aLyAbqZNel-k2op0ptVm9__cp7w9n7uNZaZfB5dxOwGDa0zTnFfgCWk0IckIELeEX5YME-j6bzj1X/s640/CIMG0256.jpgrose+and+gardenia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Gardenia's</span> <span style="font-size: large;">always </span>remind me of</div><div style="text-align: center;">my Grandmother </div><div style="text-align: center;">She had a glorious gardenia bush right by the front door of her home </div><div style="text-align: center;"> in the summertime  the entire house was</div><div style="text-align: center;">filled with the amazing fragrance </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5sbbNtMeym4wpYac3Wr64QNV8YYdGYrahPTpVOIIR-YVCVnCDJyswtZZNAtAmtyrV5oOKwq6YvDNkeHugw6g4GaD02USPu64XJQhjvvq_nK1YO3mzfiTX4dXDFGLk-2XETow6bhkUNOs/s1600/CIMG0261.jpgsingle+rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5sbbNtMeym4wpYac3Wr64QNV8YYdGYrahPTpVOIIR-YVCVnCDJyswtZZNAtAmtyrV5oOKwq6YvDNkeHugw6g4GaD02USPu64XJQhjvvq_nK1YO3mzfiTX4dXDFGLk-2XETow6bhkUNOs/s640/CIMG0261.jpgsingle+rose.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She also grew </span>the tiny Cecile Brunner rose in her</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">garden right by my Mothers bedroom window </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I have the rose growing on the fence by our daughters bedroom too </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-Q0TlZlDUf8OJbccWFUaNzVMs0snETlrS2QCuwO8nozlRzinCfcjUo3Ok12w5-gNaFQB0WuJAcD6PT18lIMpe4xSMezFkwULiQ4dF3ytfYdSOoRdSwg46K450YZLS_A-rCP66RNNSz7P/s1600/CIMG0237.jpgclose+up+hydrandeas+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-Q0TlZlDUf8OJbccWFUaNzVMs0snETlrS2QCuwO8nozlRzinCfcjUo3Ok12w5-gNaFQB0WuJAcD6PT18lIMpe4xSMezFkwULiQ4dF3ytfYdSOoRdSwg46K450YZLS_A-rCP66RNNSz7P/s640/CIMG0237.jpgclose+up+hydrandeas+front.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love growing</span> all of the flowers my Grandmother had in her garden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She taught me so many wonderful things</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">including the secret to changing the colors of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the hydrangeas from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pink to purple and blue too</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH20oAmDbLCuZdCnUWtx248cjm9X-HTutj5f5LbfO0MITkS_wIb2ohAHQSJ-4ead7mEveshpcTBP5I7rmN30A5dSxHL2aoduPPRmkzpDbKJCFHGq6pTwNs_67qkAADURnsZz1L78on5ZZ/s1600/CIMG0235.jpgpretty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFH20oAmDbLCuZdCnUWtx248cjm9X-HTutj5f5LbfO0MITkS_wIb2ohAHQSJ-4ead7mEveshpcTBP5I7rmN30A5dSxHL2aoduPPRmkzpDbKJCFHGq6pTwNs_67qkAADURnsZz1L78on5ZZ/s400/CIMG0235.jpgpretty.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her secret was</span> to place nails </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">near the roots</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{be careful don't harm the roots}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">   the more nails you place </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the more purple and blue will appear</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvxRFatB38hyphenhyphenx6Rs7EMD_SpBjx_OPtHgJrYNrAVkTpeS5WAlWHYytvnVMUz5QY6HpEzFeusgQmVdNzQsgd_cCTZCghNqU6mGNlrrqNS4EpClr2nQHzDiCeT2ex0dy_ApadKcfRwKr2miB/s1600/CIMG0236.jpgpurple+close+up+hydrangeas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvxRFatB38hyphenhyphenx6Rs7EMD_SpBjx_OPtHgJrYNrAVkTpeS5WAlWHYytvnVMUz5QY6HpEzFeusgQmVdNzQsgd_cCTZCghNqU6mGNlrrqNS4EpClr2nQHzDiCeT2ex0dy_ApadKcfRwKr2miB/s640/CIMG0236.jpgpurple+close+up+hydrangeas.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been doing this for years and I am always in awe of the amazing colors </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc; font-size: x-large;">♥</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXSqCLb2eKGhyD5abI4z2tTiSDzjg8B97Y3yX8uSFOjwTGxvMPt6eZh7vHo5lw7_-GiSuWK9T5Q_xAXLJQyjFHNDTlE8BpzOOaFFyo65RRdtUIzVMfgKVXuERmtgYmItqCPdrbfVD4OLJ/s1600/CIMG0232.jpgbrick+and+hydrangeas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXSqCLb2eKGhyD5abI4z2tTiSDzjg8B97Y3yX8uSFOjwTGxvMPt6eZh7vHo5lw7_-GiSuWK9T5Q_xAXLJQyjFHNDTlE8BpzOOaFFyo65RRdtUIzVMfgKVXuERmtgYmItqCPdrbfVD4OLJ/s640/CIMG0232.jpgbrick+and+hydrangeas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOG2eF2YZC_H2zfPEA72Tf1oRAZ9fu5wyYDhtNhZM5tfSSCIAtbGpCB9yu4fUubb-0VVmcWNI-i8M43VZL5CPYYkBtSGRofALK7pcY5yOZ_9VlwWRB2-e4bYVUlvZRPtb7ekh3FfYFWRn/s1600/24992406_COTBprhZ_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOG2eF2YZC_H2zfPEA72Tf1oRAZ9fu5wyYDhtNhZM5tfSSCIAtbGpCB9yu4fUubb-0VVmcWNI-i8M43VZL5CPYYkBtSGRofALK7pcY5yOZ_9VlwWRB2-e4bYVUlvZRPtb7ekh3FfYFWRn/s400/24992406_COTBprhZ_c.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I am linking with my sweet friend Cielo</div><div style="text-align: center;">for</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://houseinroses.blogspot.com/">Show off your Cottage Monday</a><br />Her blog "The House in the Roses" is truly an inspiration<br />and <a href="http://fishtailcottage.blogspot.com/">Cottage Flora Thursday </a><br /> Please go and join in all of the beauty<br /><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><i>"Wherever you are you are my first star your wish my only command"</i><br />Charles Ghigna<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span><br /><br /><br /></div>

Roses and Hydrangeas

Hi Everyone Happy Monday Can you see the tiny spot of pink in this photo it is the most amazing little pink rose called Cecile Brunner  Thi...

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