tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post6332349575616754359..comments2024-02-19T10:16:13.581+00:00Comments on Past Imperfect: Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-25163205616180662682007-06-23T09:16:00.000+01:002007-06-23T09:16:00.000+01:00Maomi: according to Belle, the tall flower is aca...Maomi: according to Belle, the tall flower is acanthus - I always forget. This has been its best year. When the rain stops I must sweep it all up as it is quite slippery now. The weather is very dreary here today and I wanted to hang laundry out. Looks like I'll have to curl up with a book!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-41903202050324211912007-06-23T07:44:00.000+01:002007-06-23T07:44:00.000+01:00When you enlarge that picture it is even more impr...When you enlarge that picture it is even more impressive.....I love that bench Pat....And I forget what thse tall flowers are....U know almost every English garden has them....Just so lush and Beautiful...The whole thing! I can see how just looking out at this gorgeousness could bring such peace to the soul!OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-67651310211955771782007-06-22T23:11:00.000+01:002007-06-22T23:11:00.000+01:00thanks Finn and Sage!thanks Finn and Sage!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-47535457601509214692007-06-22T16:26:00.000+01:002007-06-22T16:26:00.000+01:00a nice poem to go with the picture in the above po...a nice poem to go with the picture in the above post--Michele sent me backsagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-47305694701893345862007-06-22T15:48:00.000+01:002007-06-22T15:48:00.000+01:00Dorothy Parker... I think she and I are kindred sp...Dorothy Parker... I think she and I are kindred spirits. I, too, have never received one perfect limousine. ;)<BR/><BR/>Hi - Michele sent me! Have a lovely weekend.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049341972075281915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-10082153553055777922007-06-21T16:20:00.000+01:002007-06-21T16:20:00.000+01:00Eryl: yes I think it is the rosiest rose - withou...Eryl: yes I think it is the rosiest rose - without being blowsy. Fade? Moi? I'm practically invisible!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-47898883823736416382007-06-21T15:14:00.000+01:002007-06-21T15:14:00.000+01:00Some roses are more rose than others. Yours seems ...Some roses are more rose than others. Yours seems to be very rose indeed being both abundant and fragrant. <BR/><BR/>Sad they have to fade but then don't we all.Eryl Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01818102006775827503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-51252138831924271072007-06-21T14:43:00.000+01:002007-06-21T14:43:00.000+01:00Jack: indubitably my dear Watson:)Jack: indubitably my dear Watson:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-51963289765690706482007-06-21T13:13:00.000+01:002007-06-21T13:13:00.000+01:00Our rose bushes just began starting to think about...Our rose bushes just began starting to think about considering that they might just possibly put out a bloom or two this week! We must live in different countries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-82382717277622989182007-06-21T08:24:00.000+01:002007-06-21T08:24:00.000+01:00Nea: 'It was roses,roses ,all the way,With myrtle ...Nea: 'It was roses,roses ,all the way,<BR/>With myrtle mixed in my path like mad.'<BR/>Robert Browning (1812-1889)<BR/><BR/>My myrtle blossom isn't out yet.<BR/>Trust Blake to write about a rose - rotten to the core!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-75503995019140982952007-06-21T06:31:00.000+01:002007-06-21T06:31:00.000+01:00"One perfect rose" has got to be better than a si..."One perfect rose" has got to be better than a sick one,<BR/><BR/>O Rose, thou art sick!<BR/>The invisible worm<BR/>That flies in the night,<BR/>In the howling storm,<BR/><BR/>Has found out thy bed<BR/>Of crimson joy:<BR/>And his dark secret love<BR/>Does thy life destroy.<BR/>-William Blake<BR/><BR/>But I'm still with Dorothy on this one.Neahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528962078216397466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-32595596525348205362007-06-20T23:16:00.000+01:002007-06-20T23:16:00.000+01:00Sim: well you know Mums always know best. I watc...Sim: well you know Mums always know best. I watched trawler men tonight, throwing back big fat fish- what a waste:)<BR/><BR/>Amy: thank you. At least your rose is alive. Some of my roses continue to flower- sometimes 'til December but I prune them in February - don't know what is your equivalent. It is precious so I would take advice. In season I feed mine with tomato feed.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-29311799018292470592007-06-20T22:11:00.000+01:002007-06-20T22:11:00.000+01:00beautiful! you have such a lovely garden.my 'new d...beautiful! you have such a lovely garden.<BR/>my 'new dawn' is still only about 2 foot high, so i think i'll be waiting a while before it puts on that kind of display! the poor confused thing is budding at the moment, which i'm fairly sure they're not supposed to do in winter?test fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311671080977000679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-86109058971469756332007-06-20T21:40:00.000+01:002007-06-20T21:40:00.000+01:00My mother claims you can plant new on old rose gro...My mother claims you can plant new on old rose ground if you bury a big meaty fish under the roots before planting. I've never tried as I prefer to eat the fish!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-15013731646181421012007-06-20T19:07:00.000+01:002007-06-20T19:07:00.000+01:00Lucky you Kim! I'd love to plant more, but you ca...Lucky you Kim! I'd love to plant more, but you can't plant a rose where an old rose has been, apparently - not if you want it to thrive.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-25948514773058433942007-06-20T18:56:00.000+01:002007-06-20T18:56:00.000+01:00I adore the smell of roses. Unfortunately we only ...I adore the smell of roses. Unfortunately we only seem to have one scraggly rose bush in our garden of a variety that doesn't really have an aroma apart from a very faint one around dusk.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.com