Flowery Friday

In my garden.

I love this rose. We inherited it and I didn't like it at first but now I like the way the colours change as the buds open. I also like the blowsiness of it. When the petals are about to fall the flowers look all wanton and as if they're throwing off their underwear!  It is rather spiteful, the thorns are huge and at the moment, due to my poorly armage and the non-gardening nature of my old man it is a health hazard as it is hanging right off the trellis and tries to attack anyone who dares to get past it.
In complete contrast, this pretty geranium. I love their simplicity, so cottagy and without frills but effective in a big clump.

LIke smiley little faces!
On my kitchen windowsill.

Please excuse the most attractive big black damp patch on the laundry room ceiling. Due to subsidence (that's another less cheerful post...) we are in limbo where repairs and redecoration are concerned. Bought these lovely stocks yesterday at Tescos for 70p a bunch. Obv bought three, bargainstastic! The begonia was a present from my friend and I'm sort of waiting for it to die, I'm not struck to be honest. I do water it, but only when I feel sorry for it.

On the tea towels I purchased in J Sainsbury Esq yesterday. I almost broke into a light sweat when I spotted these. How Cathish! And for far less money! A fiver the pack. Well chuffed. Actually they had some quite good stuff in there. I had to force myself not to buy a sign with Summerhouse on it and a china apple with green polka dots. Not sure if these tea towels are going to be for using or for admiring and shouting at people for using.

In the living room. On the new table. Well ok, the fiver from Ebay table that I painted last week. Same stocks, 70p  a pop.They smell lovely and I love the look of them even if it means no one can see the telly.

In the fireplace. Ok, ok, they're not real. Spot the imposter in this post. I still love them though and they won't die! £8 each from a shop in Leigh on Sea. I think it's called Scape, but it might not be. Most of the stuff is a bit mod for my taste but they do, now and then, have some great fake flowers and I bought a mirror in there that looks like a window. I'll take a photo of that another day. These hydrangeas are in my boney fidey Thrench milk bottle that I bought for 1 euro in a flea market in Thrance.

So that's the flowers in my manor today.

Happy Jubilee Weekend chaps. God Save The Queen.

Laters.

xx