I like a good beer buzz early in the morning...

Hello!

If you are a gardener, or love gardens, I'm sure you will know of David Austin Roses.

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As the Nursery HQ is just 15 minutes drive from where I live,

I thought you may like to accompany me on a visit.

 The above building is newish and very posh.  

 The British weather has played havoc with the roses,
so I have missed the best of the flowering season
 and the roses that were in bloom, were looking pretty sorry.

 There are gardens that you can walk around,

which is great because you obviously get a sense of the scale/size of the plant.

 There are plenty of vistas with sculptures.

 I could have happily bought every rose, they are all so pretty and smell so sweetly.

As you can see, they are all very well labelled, within the gardens.  

Below, Anne Boleyn rose, no blooms to see, as she had been dead headed!

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Moving swiftly on...

more sketchbook thoughts... 'Livina Lop Eared Lovely'?

Sewn onto vtg cotton, to be made into a Gadget Pocket.

 I free machine embroidered this design onto a Polish envelope from the 60's...

Text says : "She is devoted to her dear little dog and he to her".

 This piece of old paper ephemera is from the States, a gift, which I have again,
free machine embroidered ...

Text : 'She has a passion for buttons and red lipstick'.  

Oh, how I keep myself amused :-)

 Another envelope collage...

Text : 'She loves her dog.   His name is England'.

The onto a Gadget Pocket...

front

 back

Now, Lady Lavender here,  is really much nicer than she looks. 

She is thinking very hard and her eyes skew a little when she concentrates.  

You see, she has mislaid her lipstick and she is trying to remember which handbag she left it in.

Text : 'Her favourite lipstick is Cherry Red'.

Well that's it for today.

Thank you so much to everyone who has been kindly leaving lovely comments.

So sorry if I have not written back personally to thank you,

but you know how much I appreciate you stopping by. x