...one Crown Princess Margareta...
...and one Daniela...
...all in my small handthrown stoneware dish that is proving so useful for floating a few flowers.
The worst of the heat wave seems to be over, so who knows what next Monday will bring? In the meantime, here is today's post for the wonderful Monday Vase meme, hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden!
Happy Monday!
Weather Diary; Fair; High: 107 F (42 C)/Low: 90 F (32 C)
Sometimes, simpler is better - the flowers shine on their own here. Does 107F mean "almost over"? I hope you get a cool breeze tonight. The marine layer moved back in here this morning and never entirely cleared out during the afternoon so it looks as though our heatwave is over but we never reached the pinnacle you did.
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DeleteRoses floating in a hand-thrown stoneware dish. Simple perfection and what a great idea for a dinner table decoration. I hope you get the rain. We did last Friday (a month's rain in one day) and now my lawn has erupted with ant hills! You must be made of stern stuff to cope with those temperatures. Phew!
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of using it for a dinner table as that dispenses with the problem of people having to look round the flowers ;-) Ants do seem to get so much more active when it rains - hope yours don't make too much trouble! I suppose they dislike having their old nests drowned out.
DeleteThese roses can certainly stand on their own :) The daytime highs have been going well over 110 for days, so 107 is an improvement. (NOAA must think so also as the heat advisory is now over.) I think we must be getting some of your air moving this way because the wind is from the west and distinctly cooler. Thanks for sending it on ;-)
ReplyDeleteHopefully you feel cooler just looking at these lovely roses, Amy. Has your summer been hotter than usual? It is so interesting to read about the weather conditions of bloggers in other parts of the world.
ReplyDeleteActually, I think we're finally getting a normal summer here, Cathy. The last two summers saw unusually high amounts of rain, and I think the August temperatures were a bit lower accordingly. But I wasn't keeping a record then ;-) We're a bit cooler today, thank goodness; and I've got to get out and start deadheading. I've been shirking my garden jobs with this weather!
Deletesuch a simple and pretty arrangement. I spent yesterday weeding in the rain - such contrasts!
ReplyDeleteExactly what I need to do - minus the rain... Our few downpours brought out some big weed patches; it doesn't take much, does it... Thanks a lot, Ann :)
DeleteYour roses are a marvel at those desert temperatures. Each is perfect and they are so lovely together, floating in water in the desert, so cooling and fragrant. My son just went to a conference in Las Vegas and said the 107ºF temps there, being very dry, did not feel as hot as 90ºF here, and humid. Here in the PNW we have had record days above 90º this summer.
ReplyDeleteUntil recently I lived in the Midwest, and I always found it much more difficult to deal with the high humidity and 90+ temps there. Dry heat can be very dangerous, but it's not as uncomfortable - to a point...! Roses are incredible, aren't they? - growing successfully in climates ranging from desert to frigid winter - love them :)
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