~ Antique Rose Inspired Treasures #1 ~

In the months of January and Feburary there are little roses or none at all in the garden here at home. So when we miss the roses we just take a walk inside the house and look at the roses that are hanging on the walls around us. I'm going to share a few of the floral from our collection. I dont want to bore you with too many at once. But I do hope you enjoy looking at them.
Im going to join in for ~ Vintage Inspiration Friday ~ it would be nice to join in for today. And also for ~ Creating Vintage Charm ~ hosted by Sonia Crouse. Most of our paintings are Victorian up to the early 20s. And most likley painted by women who had the leisure of passing their day with painting. I can picture them now sitting in the garden with a paint brush in one hand. And the sound of birds in the back ground, while they paint. Some women painted on tables and others on chairs with floral scenes.

We picked them up in shops and flea markets on our travel's across the U.S. since we have been collecting.

Some of the pictures aren't very good and I appologize for this. Raymond normally takes the pictures and I do the writting.

I like this oil becuase of the wild roses growing up the rustic fence post.

Some of our roses have the ladies name and year they had painted them. This one below is a Califorian artist dated 1889. I purchased it at a local auction. Well Thank You all so much for stopping by and I do hope you enjoyed a part of our collection. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.....Julian

~ Small Garden Chair And Tallulah ~

Hello Friends, It's time again for Friday blog party's over at ~ Common Ground ~ for inspirational Friday and also for ~ Show and Tell Friday ~. I am going to share today just a small vintage garden chair next to our little pond. To bad the waterlilies aren't in bloom right now they are white also. Here is Tallulah sitting next to the pond trying to catch one of the goldfish. But I don't think she will be able to catch them. But she luvs to watch them as they come to the surface. This little cast iron chair is from a friends store. We saved before it made its way to the flea market. I like the chippy paint and the rust gives it a great look for the garden. Thanks for stopping by today. And have a happy Friday and enjoy all the other post that our blogging friends had posted for you to enjoy. See you all soon.....Julian

~ Garden Terrace & White Vintage Chaise Lounge ~

It's time again for ~ Fertlizer Friday/ Flaunt Your Flowers ~ And also for ~ Show And Tell Friday ~ and also at a brand new blog party over at ~ Common Ground ~ for Vintage Inspiration Friday ~which are being hosted by three great Lady's who always take the time out to have these fun blog parties. This week we are going to share with you our terrace garden which is in the back garden. It's in it's second year of being finished. I also put some photos of the barren hillside that was there before we had the work done to it.

In this first photo it is all complete with a pair of vintage white chaise lounge chairs we picked up at a garage sale two years ago. They are probably from the 50s or early 60s. Tallulah decided to sneak in the picture, she is sitting on the top terrace on a chair. Isn't she cute, she loves to get in the pictures!

In this photo we have a vintage out door fire place made of cast iron. It looks heavy but at least in comes apart in two peaces for easy transport.

In this photo the work is just beginning to take shape. We have a little orchard to the right in the picture is a Lemon tree and Trangerine trees. we also have a couple of Grape vines and Banana tree, Pink Lemon tree and a Orange tree

In this photo the tree on the left had fallen during a winter storm so we had to take it out. It was a great tree for shade.

On the terrace garden we have plants in pots some Palms and Geraniums and some other plants such as Mint and Lemon balm. Raymond Loves to add the Lemon balm to his sweet tea.

This is a picture of the Top Terrace, we can sit up there and see the small airport that the sky divers jump into. It's very relaxing on those nice summer days.

And here is a view of our garden from the bottom terrace, looking out!

In the photos you might see some old terracotta pots. I like the look of old terracotta. But once in a while I'm forced to buy brand new pots so I just rough them up some to make them look vintage. My favorite terracotta pots are made by a company called Bauer Pottery and they are from the late teens to the 40s Once in a while I find them quite cheap at the flea markets or garage sales.

And here are two of the girls relaxing again. They always seem to be relaxing while I'm doing the work. Something seem wrong here. Thank You all for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed the small tour of the terrace garden. Have a great ~ Vintage Thingie Thursday ~ And a beautiful weekend....Julian

~ White Roses For White Wednesday ~

It's time again for ~ Fertilizer Friday / Flaunt Your Flowers ~ Which is being hasted by Tootsie. And also for ~ Show And Tell Friday ~ Hosted by Cindy. I am glad to join in this week. I would like to share some great roses that work well in our garden.
Along with some antique garden ornaments.If your wondering what the name of these beauties. They are called Iceberg and they're bloom in our garden for at least 10 months out of the year here in Calif.

I don't even need to prune them during the winter. If they get to big I just give them a light trim. The bees seem to luv them too.

I planted them around this antique urn one of a pair. They are 19Th century and are cast iron. I planted some boxwood as a border surrounding the roses near our pool. So if you want a reliable white rose for a white garden try this beauty. And during the full moon she just glows with the moonlight along with other white flowers and garden furniture that is painted white.

This antique cast iron gate is also 19Th century. The dealer I bought it from had told us it was from New Orleans. But I think that might have been a story to spice it up some who knows.

It's a pretty gate and dose just fine in our garden. There is a sunflower in the middle of the gate. And on the top of the gate there are Fleur De Li's.

This gate Leeds you to a new area in the back that has a round flower bed planted with more Iceberg roses, which are boarded with white Allsun. But I am thinking of using something else this fall. Hopefully soon the Texas privet bushes in the background will grow quick to make a wall for a new garden room. I'm still trying to get a new flower border along the fence that will take a lot of sun in this area to complete this room.

Thank You for stopping by and have a great weekend in the garden or hunting for vintage treasures ............Julian

~ New Addition to Animal paintings ~

Happy Sunday Everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. I wanted to share with all of you our new oil painting we just purchased of kittens. Just one more to add to our collection of animal paintings that hang in the living room. I have a bad habit of saying one more LOL . These little guys are painted on canvas and are from the turn of the 19Th century. It seems that they are getting ready to eat and play with the ball next to their bowl. There is a signature on the bottom right of the artist who had painted it. ButI haven't checked it out. I just luv ed the way all the kittens looked and the how the painting was done.

Today I'm going to join the blog party over at Funky Junk Interiors for SNS Old Things. So if you like to collect antiques or anything vintage you might want to head on over and see if you see a treasure you might like. Have yourself a great time and see you later....Julian

~ Summer's last feeding of the Garden ~

Hello all my gardening friends and fellow antique collectors. I hope you all had a great weekend. Today I gave the garden it's last feeding of the summer before Autumn sets in. I do everything by hand, so if you do the same you all know how time consuming this can be. And all the fun that goes into doing this. LOL I wanted to make sure the roses received a good amount of food so we will get a good abundance of blooms in October.

Some of the roses just bloom once in the Spring but this is always worth the wait.

The weather was not the best to do the dead heading and weeding but its always a fun time to get my hands in the soil. I try to spend one hour everyday to pifer around the garden and to visit every plant. Ray and I love taking a stroll in the garden, to see what is blooming! Or to see what needs our attention.

I've been planing on making a new flower bed in the back rose garden, but I need to wait till it cools off some more to start transplanting new plants.

I even started to clean out the old blooms in the pond and took a photo of the last waterlily bloom of Summer. Now we will have to wait till next Spring to see her again.

I hope you all enjoy the photos of the garden. And enjoy your new week ahead. Today I will be joining the blog party over at Flaunt Your Garden for Fertlizer Friday! which is hosted by Tootsie. Please be sure ti visit the other participants. See you all soon.....Julian

~ Summer Crape Myrtles ~

Happy Sunday morning friends, I trust you all will have a great one. As for me I'm still getting over this Summer cold which has been a pain in the neck. I just wanted to share with you all some pictures, Raymond took in front of the house of the crape myrtles in bloom. The bees and bumble bees seem to luv the blooms because they are humming away in the branches.

We have three of them planted in a row but the other two are just beginning to bloom. And for the bird house we picked up in South Carolina Ray's uncle makes them now that he is retired and sells them to tourist on there way to Myrtle beach. Today I'm going to join in on a party for~ My Romantic Home~ being hosted by Cindy. Well I hope you enjoyed the photos and enjoy the rest of your weekend. As for me I will try to shake this cold off............Julian