When it is too cold to go outside and play, nothing beats staying in and chewing on a good bone!
May your day be just as happy!
New Year, New Growth
A month ago, I wrote about Abbey’s Rose. It was the last rose blooming in my garden and one to which I have a sentimental attachment. Since it is potted, and I have never successfully overwintered a potted rose outdoors, I decided to try to bring it inside this year. It is covered with new growth, a good sign for the new year for this little rose.
A few of my orchids have also recently sent out new shoots, a good sign that there will be blooms to follow. I look forward to posting more pictures of them once they start to flower.
I hope that your new year is off to a positive start! Best wishes for 2016!
Now: Morning Fog
Morning fog, engulfing the Manhattan Public Library, making everything seem to stand still and “now” to stretch on and on in the quietness.
This week’s photography challenge theme: now.
Yesterday’s Post, Now: Late Christmas Day.
Now: Late in Christmas Day
A vibrant sunset at the end a frosty, quiet Christmas Day…
… quite a contrast to our foggy morning.
I am so glad that I glanced out the window at just the right time to be able to grab my camera, run outside, and catch the colors of the setting sun behind Seven Dolors Church. They made for quite a “now”!
I hope that you had a beautiful day!
Waking to a White Christmas
Though we did not get Christmas snow overnight, we awoken to a white Christmas in the form of hoar frost. The fog and the frost are making everything seem hushed and peaceful on this Christmas morn.
Now it is time for hot chocolate and presents and thoughts of loved ones near and far. Wishing you a most lovely day filled with peace and joy!
Christmases Past:
Christmas Snow, A Few Days Early
Hot Chocolate:
Christmas Goose
Day Break & Storm Clouds
Wishing you a lovely rest of your day!
Hung By the Chimney With Care
This stocking – made for me by a favorite aunt when I was a little girl -hangs by our fireplace, filled with happy memories of Christmas mornings.
Here’s wishing you happy holiday memories in the making!
Getting Ready for Christmas
With less than a week until Christmas, we are all ready for holiday company. Here are a few pictures from around the B&B today.
A favorite ornament … This one survived the great-crashing-of-the-tree circa 2001. It is hung this year on a potted (living) Norwegian Pine.
Here is some fresh parsley that I have growing in the kitchen. This will go in Baked Pancetta Scallops on Christmas Eve.
Gotta have a few fresh flowers around the house, too. These are from a Christmas Party last week. There were red roses in the arrangement, but the mini-carns out lasted them. We’ll get more roses!
Seasonal decorations … I love the warm feel that they give to the house.
Willow, trying to sleep during a break between happenings.
Looking in through a window, reflecting the outside … This was the view I had earlier today while peering in at my grandparents’ tree. Our front porch (and the library across the street) reflected in the window, making for an interesting and beautiful scene.
Wishing you joy and peace around the holidays and throughout the year!
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Abbey’s Rose
Nature can be a crazy, beautiful thing. As amazing as it is, I still have one rose blooming in the garden – in December, a week after an ice storm.
This is a delicate miniature rose that a friend gave to us as a memorial to our Boston Terrier Abbey after “Abbs” passed away in the summer of 2014. I thought that I had lost it last spring when it didn’t come out of dormancy with our other roses; but I dug it up and put it in a pot, hoping that it would come back. Here “she” is, still blooming.
I am thinking that maybe I will bring the pot inside for the winter to see whether I can keep Abbey’s rose alive, since I have never successfully overwintered a potted rose outside. (I purchased roses in pots during winter months and transplanted them outside in the late spring, but have never gone in the other direction.)
In the meantime, on this December day, I am delighted to see Abbey’s rose and to think of our sweet girl.
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