Savouring the Roses

 In Australia we are moving into Autumn

and we have come to the end

of our rose growing

season

 so this is the time I love to pick the end of the

roses and hang them for drying

in the kitchen.

I am often inspired by the Tea Cup Tuesday segment

on Terri's artful affirmations blog

but never seem to manage posting there

due to all of my other

creative pursuits!

(Sorry Terri! I will get there eventually!)

So I'm posting a little taste of teacups in my kitchen

at present along with some of my

favourite dried roses!

It takes a little experimenting

to see which varieties of roses handle

the drying 

and which ones just fall apart.

 I must say I am quite partial to the pinks

and these ones (for some reason)

dry the best but, of course, there are no rules

about this

 as these colours look quite beautiful also.

Thought you might like to see some of the china

and depression glassware

sitting in the corner of my kitchen at present

 as a reminder that all of the beautiful pastel shades 

of Summer  have not totally left us yet.

♥♥♥

I was gifted this beautiful book from a dear friend, Marion,

a couple of years ago

It contains some inspiring words of wisdom

and this page is just one you might like to read.

 We can certainly to with more of these positive

thoughts and words in our lives today -

Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing some natural beauty here with me!

and for the kindness you show when you

visit and follow me too!

Love, Suzy xox