Drifting through life

The first small bunch of roses that I cut for my kitchen didn't last very long. Barely a week. But that's okay, it meant I got to got out and cut a new bunch.  This time, as well as the white and apricot, I noticed two other bushes coming into flower. One, a gorgeous bright yellow, the other, my favourite dark red. So I cut just one of each of those. I can't take them all, it's a community garden and others might want some. Here's a bird's eye view. The red has the most amazing fragrance. They're all scented, but the red is the one that is now fragrancing my whole kitchen. Because they're right by the front door too, I get to smell them as soon as I walk in from work. I just love them. I brought my four surviving rose cuttings with me and I think I'll plant them in among the others, there's plenty of room and I don't think anyone will mind. (Someone else has recently put in a new lavender) They'll be better off i...

Last Monday after cleaning my house, (which took about 5 minutes, it's pretty small), I noticed the roses in the front community yard were blooming. There's white ones, yellow ones, apricot ones, so naturally I went out and cut a few to put in my kitchen.  Aren't they just beautiful? From this picture you can see that my kitchen looks past the small entrance area straight out the front door. I can see people coming and going without them seeing me. Handy that. If someone I don't want to see is coming to visit, I can shut the door, (while they're still on the footpath), and pretend not to be home.