Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Stopping to smell the roses
Nothing is so beautiful as Spring, with its symbolism of renewal and regrowth.
From baby lambs frolicking in the paddocks to birds in a nest, pretty flowers making an appearance and a way of saying farewell to winter.
From the window I was excited to see my new Cecil Brunner climbing rose making her debut, growing up an obelisk on the balcony.
At our last home I had it growing and have wanted to grow this sweet little rose again.
I adore the small exquisitely formed pale pink rosebuds and it even has the sweetest fragrance.
Sometimes this dear little rose is known as the 'Sweetheart Rose'
Today seems like a good day to stop and smell the roses
Thanks for stopping by.
I'm ever so thankful for my thoughtful readers and wonderful friends I've made through my blog.
Have a wonderful week
hugs
Carolyn
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Carolyn!!! I love that sweet rose! What a treat to see this climbing in your garden!!! There is nothing better than seeing your blooms unfold! Enjoy every second! Nicole xo
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole,
DeleteIt was a thrill seeing the little pink roses appear.
Thanks for your kind visit.
Carolyn
Always, dear Carolyn.. To me their is nothing that stirs my senses more than a rose... Well, except for the wee wild Violet.. You know me, I adore roses, and your Cecil Brunner is an exquisite rose.. Such a beautiful pale pink. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing you lovely rose...
ReplyDeleteblessings,
Penny
Thank you for your visit Penny and oh yes, sweet violets are so beautiful too. I love them also.
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Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteI don't have to tell you how much I loved this post today. Roses just make my heart happy. And these light pink beauties I'm drooling over. I've never heard of the sweetheart rose before - they're so pretty that they almost look porcelain to me.
Thanks for sharing a bit of your spring with us, Carolyn.
love,
~Sheri
How exciting to see your first rose. It is exquisite and I loved your photos. All ours are going to sleep now.
ReplyDeleteDear Carolyn,
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful and sweet Rose! Such a pretty colour, and I am sure, the smell is beguiling!
Wishing you a happy Spring week,
much Love and hugs,
Claudia xo
Lovely pictures :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletexo Azu
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It is such a delicate sweet little rose. Sweetheart rose is the perfect name for it
ReplyDeleteYour rose is gorgeous, it is such a delicate shape and colour, just beautiful!! Wendy
ReplyDeleteDear Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteI love roses and your Cecile Brunner is so dreamy!
I like this soft color!
Enjoy this wonderful time of year.
Here the leaves are falling but today the sky is wonderful deep blue.
With love,
Geli
I like details in yours pics
ReplyDeleteHow nice to see your rose, and the new growth of spring arriving for you. I'm putting my garden to sleep now ready for when the cold frosts of winter arrives. I'll be planting bulbs soon if I can manage to bend down long enough..
ReplyDeleteCarolyn, your "sweetheart roses" are so beautiful and sweet! I can smell them through the screen!:) I want one for my home too today! Have a great week dear,many kisses xo
ReplyDeletehow nice that spring is coming to your part of the World! Here is colder and colder but still we are having a mild autumn
ReplyDeletehave a nice week!
Roses are so very romantic, and your sweetheart rose is dainty and darling, and I'm sure its fragrance is fresh and sweet. Thanks for the reminder; think I'll take a little stroll around the garden to check up on my star jasmine...and breathe in its heady scent.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday!
Hugs,
Poppy
Perfectly sweet *•*
ReplyDeleteHugs x
Your roses are gorgeous and so are you
ReplyDeleteLove Jeanne
Your sweet rose is delightful Carolyn! Isn't it a delightful surprise when a rose has a scent? In the Palais royal gardens in Paris there are these divine raspberry hued roses which smell delicious! Ahh, such happy moments.
ReplyDeleteStephanie xx
Hello Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteHere where I live Autumn has arrived...luckily 2 rose bushes always bloom at this time of the year. I'll make sure to stop and enjoy them in your honor when I get home.
Have a great day,
Giac
Your photoes are so beautiful, dear Carolyn, and so is this rose , a lovely form and so sweet , must look adorable growing on your balcony around a obelisk.
ReplyDeleteAnd you are so right, we should alwayes take time to smell the roses ,my friend.
Hugs from Dorthe
Spring when all is new is such a vibrant and wonderful time of year. Your rose is an absolute stunner! Hope our week is off to a great start Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteRowena @ rolala loves
lucky you....we've already had a killing frost and a huge snowfall a few weeks past...which wrecked thousands of trees in our city...they are still cleaning up huge branches and downed trees.
ReplyDeleteThis past two weeks has been brilliant and like a second summer...but, it is cooler at night...and, sooooon..... it will be our winter..... for many months..... I'll have to find some flowers in the shops......
Dear Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteYou write about spring, while see Autumn in my garden. Wish I was on your side of the globe! Groetjes from Hollad,
Hetty
Beautiful......love from me happy week....!...x!
ReplyDeleteOh dearest Carolyn - your ROSES are already growing and showing those wonderful blossoms! Your Cecil Brunner is really a sweet little rose, very beautiful - I love this colour!
ReplyDeleteWarmest hugs, my dear, Traude
Dear Carolyn, it looks like your springtime is going to be gorgeous. I love that pretty pink rose and the delicate details. How wonderful to look out and see this beauty.
ReplyDeleteWe are celebrating the mums and pansies of fall but I do still have roses blooming in the garden.
Wishing you a wonderful spring.
Hugs
xo
Hi Carolyn...roses are so pretty:) Enjoy your week!
ReplyDelete~Anne xx
Lovely post, Carolyn, and a good reminder that we must stop and smell the roses! Very important!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteHi dear Carolyn !! Me encantan las flores y esas rosa está hermosa ! Linda fotografía
ReplyDeleteYour roses are so pretty. I really love seeing spring on your side of the world as we head into fall. Hope you're having a good week, Carolyn.
ReplyDeleteWhat absolutely perfect little buds, Carolyn. And the color is beautifully feminine. The name is so appropriate.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely week, smelling the roses!
Gorgeous roses, darling!
ReplyDeletexoxox,
CC
Dearest Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteYour Cécile Brunner roses are so lovely and I too do love that perfect bud shape and softest of pink.
Love the way you placed them in the vanilla bottle!
Hugs to you,
Mariette
Hi Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteNow THAT is a beautiful shade of pink. I LOVE the photo of the rose next to the Laduree container.
Have a beautiful week!
xo
Heidi
Dear Carolyn,
ReplyDeletei like the smell of roses very much and your kind of decoration is so nice. Spring is such a beautiful season, enjoy it.
Thanks for your friendly words Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteYou are so sweet!!!!!
Happy day my Dear!
With love,
Geli
She is a beautiful rose indeed and a wonderful sign of spring! xx
ReplyDeleteOh what a lovely post Carolyn, so dreamy and full of love!
ReplyDeleteHave a beautiful week…
Warm hug,
Titti
Beautifully written.
ReplyDeleteliebe carolyn, die kleine rose ist wundervoll!!! ich muß mir den namen unbedingt merken!!! vielleicht sehe ich sie beim gärtner oder im blumenhandel!!! was ist hinter der rose, was auch rosa ist? ist es seife oder eine vase?
ReplyDeletealles liebe und einen schönen tag wünscht angie
Good morning sweet Rose!
ReplyDeleteAs you are enjoying the pink of spring, I just came inside (it's 5:00AM) from seeing the lunar eclipse. It is OCTOBER for us, a different type of October than yours.....but what a wonder that we share the same "home" but on different ends. Happy light and newness to you, as we celebrate the sunset of summer. Anita
I can smell your beautiful roses! The pictures are so lovely and romantic.
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Alessandra
What beautiful little roses. Perhaps I might try this one.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for visiting my blog. There is something so neat about communicating from opposite sides of the world!
That was a wonderful rose, the soft
ReplyDeletepink colour is so beautiful.
Wish you a happy weekend
Hugs/AM
Dearest Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteThank you once again for your sweet email and comment on my blog. A big kiss and hug to you!
The Cecil Brunner rose is a beauty! While we are in the middle of autumn, it is a joy to see those soft shades of spring on your blog.
Have a lovely day!
Madelief x
Such a lovely little rose. Enjoy your beautiful flowers my dear friend. Thank you for sharing them with us.
ReplyDeleteHugs and Kisses,
❤️Ana
Such a beautiful flower in a delicate color :) Have a lovely week Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteKeep in touch
xx
www.JuneWantsItAll.com
Beautiful rose and oh so lovely!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous color and delicate. I can only imagine the fragrance.
Blessings to you,
d
Fresh flowers do take some of my stress away.
ReplyDeleteLove your pink rose.
Your pics are lovely.
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I think I'll have to add Cécile Brunner rose to my list Carolyn.
ReplyDeleteI had it in my old garden too and it flowered almost all year long! Such sweet delicate fragrant buds.
It's almost Friday, I'm looking forward to the weekend!
Hugs
Shane x
Such a dear little rose! Lovely photos - so sweet. Enjoy your precious spring days!
ReplyDeleteHugs xo
Karen
The palest of pink roses are a favourite of mine and your delicate rose is so pretty. A bonus too that it is so fragrant. Spring is such a special time of the year.
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I’ve just cut the last of the roses, dahlias and sweet peas, and they are now residing in a pretty jug in the kitchen. Autumn is very definitely in the air in the UK, and it won’t be long before the frost kills everything. Your pink rose is incredibly pretty, how lovely to know that its spring time somewhere in the world. Happy Weekend, Barbara.
ReplyDeleteFairwell to Winter, It's Fall here in Maine the most beautiful of all New England. yvonne
ReplyDeleteYour rose is such a beautiful colour. I shall have to look out for this rose in our garden centres. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteI love pink roses too!!! Spring has long been over for me here in the USA, and my blog design still has the spring look, you can see how I still hang onto the season... Is Halloween celebrated down there in New Zealand?
ReplyDeleteWe never use to but over the last few years some people celebrate Halloween here in New Zealand.
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sooo nice! sweet photos x
ReplyDeletedear carolyn,
ReplyDeletethese are so beautiful roses!!! i love (small) roses an in our garden we have a lot of them.......
many greetings & hugs from austria
margit
So amazing you'e headed for spring now, as we dip into autumn … seems magical - somewhere, there are roses, always ;)Have a happy weekend dear Carolyne!
ReplyDeleteDear Carolyne,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your visit and words. Now I can discover the world of Draffin bears. Your creations are trully amazing !
... and I love your roses and your french doors!