Hello. I am sheepishly visiting today. You see, I’ve been ‘stuck’. Let me try to explain (to myself more than anyone else). I have always looked forward to sharing my passion for flowers. But recently, over the past few months, I have not wanted to share here on the blog. I could say that I was busy crocheting another blanket, which is true, but that wasn’t it. Maybe it was a combination of things going on in the world, in my life, in the garden? I don’t really know. But I think that it would help me if I started back at it again. I have found myself spending more time wandering around the garden, and that makes me feel good. I enjoy sharing the beauty that I find around me.
I’ll start out with baby steps. We had a beautiful, frosty morning today, and I took some pictures with my camera (not my phone). I’m determined to learn how to best use the settings on my Canon and not settle for just using ‘automatic’. With some persistence and practice I’m sure I’ll get there. There was one cluster of roses, David Austin’s ‘Emily Bronte’, that were sitting so perfectly in the morning sunlight that it was impossible for me to not photograph them. The petals are delicately lined with frost and I found them to be stunning.
Thank you so much for visiting. I appreciate that you also enjoy seeing beauty in the little things.
In Peace,
Dana
A very soft morning light highlighting the frost on ‘Emily Bronte’ David Austin roses.
Mom in the Garden 
You captured it well.
Thank you, Rosie. With such a beautiful rose, I didn’t have much to do. 🙂
Unstick one step at a time! Your rose is perfect.
Nicely said!
I agree. 🙂
Great advice, Su! Thank you. ❤️
Dare I say there is some purpose being being stuck. The garden year turns, akin to life itself. Winter is downtime.
A small step… That’s a great idea! 💡
Thanks, Páraig, but I got stuck in the fall before the garden went to sleep! 🙂 But I agree, there is purpose in rest.
The rose looks well – so you must be getting to hands with the camera.
Thanks, Paddy. I have much, much more to understand before I’ll agree to that statement! 🙂
Practice makes perfect. I remember being in a camera club some years back where one member was clearly the best photographer by a long shot. He gave regular short talks and demonstrations to members and, no doubt on several occasions, was asked what was the secret of success. He put it down to very simply to taking lots and lots of photographs; to getting out and taking more and more; to trying different times of the day, different light – for landscapes, for example – and then going through the photographs, deleting those which were not good enough and looking closely at those which were and then taking more and more and more!
I’ve been feeling this way lately too! The French call it “enui” . . . perhaps it’s the winter and a lack of vitamin D? Keep dreaming green!
There is a special bond when people experience the same things together – both good and bad. It helps us to better understand each other, I think. I do take vitamin D supplements, just to stay on top of that (and I try to get outside if there is any sunshine about – even if for a little bit). Thanks so much for your encouraging note! 🙂
I agree. The important thing is to be open and share with each other, so we know it’s not just us. So, thank you for being authentic in your blog post and just laying out where you’re at. It’s lovely to see things blooming, but Gardener’s World is always reminding me to choose flowers that age or die well. I’ve been considering on that lately; the worth there is in finding beauty through all the seasons, including our own. Who knows what may grow out of that feeling of being “stuck”? As Alfred Tennyson said, “Long sleeps the summer in the seed.”