A Cottage Rose

 The old rose bush 

outside the dining room window
(at the back of the cottage)

is in full bloom.

I wish I knew it's name

and what kind of a rose it is.

I think it was planted

around the time the house was built

in the late 1940's. 

It is a HUGE old bush

that blooms once a year.

What it lacks in longevity...

it makes up for with profusion!

It doesn't seem to have much 

of a scent and the

colors range from red...a very 

dark pink

to a light fuchsia.

All this color on one rose bush!

When we moved to the farm 

nearly 3 years ago

it was very overgrown

and there was a lot of old dead

branches.

I gave it a good pruning

late that winter

and it must have been what it needed

as it has grown very well

with very little attention since then. 

 

If only everything else 

on the farm would grow so well!

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Have a wonderful week! 

Anticipation

Look at that face.

Hope knows that 'Dad' is bringing

something good to eat.

Right on schedule.

She nickers at seeing the bucket.

 

 

I wonder if she'll be this excited when

we start working her in the round pen

that we built last weekend. 

 

I spent Monday afternoon staining it.
 I bet the horses don't care.

 

We used an old hedge post we found

on the farm. I've got an old cast iron

bracket that we'll put up high

and I'll hang an old lantern from it.

Just for the heck of it.

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Linking up to Nancy's
Rural Journal 
for 

Rural Thursday 

A Room With A View

The view from our dining room window

is pretty at this time of year.

There is an old rose bush

that blooms once a year

right outside this window.

We can also see one of the old buildings

and some of the fruit trees

which are pretty when they are in bloom

 

I think our dining room 

is my favorite room in the house.

The view looking in from 

the kitchen.

You can just see the wood stove

to the left.

 

 

From the living room. 

Into the kitchen.

From the living room again.

Oh goodness...the living room walls

are NOT this yellow...it's the

light this time of day!

Some of our collections.

I love Blue Willow and White Ironstone

 

 

Here is another view from the window.

 

I hate to see the blossoms end

but it's still a pretty

view.

What is your best view?