Wordless Wednesday
Yes I know this post is late, but better late than never right?
This is a hybrid tea rose called Scentsation. One day during the summer I went outside with my camera while it was raining lightly and I managed to capture a number of plants and flowers covered in rain drops.
I think rain drops on flowers are absolutely beautiful, don’t you?
I grow a very hardy rose, Theresa Bugnet, in a large planter at the front of my house just to one side of my porch. The rose is so hardy that, unlike many other roses, it’s able to survive our winters in a planter.
This rose produces beautiful blooms with a heavenly scent several times each season and since it’s of the rugosa family it doesn’t have many pests and it’s affected by powdery mildew very often either. In fact this rose hates pesticides and chemicals so along with it’s built in resistance to disease this makes it very easy to care for in the garden.
Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.
Wordless Wednesday
I wish tulips lasted longer in the garden or rebloomed in the fall instead of only blooming once in the Spring. They are so pretty.
I grow a number of different types of tulips but I think these ones are my second favorite type of all. My favorite of course is the fringed tulips!
Maybe one of you can help me figure out something that we kept seeing in Vegas? Whenever we were walking the strip at night or if we were in a bar we kept seeing girls wearing tiaras? What’s up with that?
Were these girls out celebrating and having their bachlorette parties or is this a new look that I’m behind on discovering?
We did see a few brides carrying their wedding flowers. They probably got married in one of the casino wedding chapels. I didn’t realize it but there was a wedding chapel in the hotel that we stayed in, that’s why I suspect every hotel on the strip probably has one!
Chris kept seeing women that he was sure were transvestites. Yes I know there are probably a lot in Vegas, but probably not too many more than we have here in Toronto. Hopefully he didn’t mistake too many real women! LOL
I’d definitely go back to Vegas again. I’ll make sure I’m feeling 100% next time though! There’s so much to see and do that you really want to be feeling your best so that you can do as much as possible.
We’re back from Las Vegas!
I was just saying on my gardening blog that I already miss the Vegas weather as it’s cold and dreary here in Toronto! I am, however, very glad to be home since I continued to be quite sick while I was away on my trip and managed to get even sicker!
It’s much better to be at home when you feel absolutely horrible. If my Crohn’s acting up wasn’t enough I woke up with a terribly sore throat this morning. I’ve been drinking warm liquids all day and sometimes it feels a bit better but then it gets worse again. I hope it’s just post nasal drip or something making my throat feel so bad and not strep throat or something.
Other than not feeling very well while I was in Las Vegas I managed to have a good time. I met up with some bloggers that I’ve known for years, others that I’ve only known a short while and hopefully made a few new blogging friends too.
We never managed to have time to try out the gambling in Vegas, so I missed out on that experience -gambling virgin that I am! Oh well. We did go out to a few clubs, one of which was the famous TAO nightclub at the Venetian Hotel.
TAO is huge! It’s a beautiful nightclub though, and the staff were very friendly. Oh and their finger foods were delicious! They served us spring rolls, sushi, won tons filled with shrimp and lobster, Kobe beef mini hamburgers and tiny deserts. I’m sure there were a few other finger foods that I missed too. All were delicious!
On Thursday night my husband and I got together with Mr. Fab from Pointless Drivel. He’d already eaten but he met us at the Outback while we ate. We then got in touch with some of the other bloggers that were in town for the convention and we all eventually met up at a bar called Tattoo Alley.
What a great time!
The band was fantastic and I think we all had a good time drinking and talking and joking around. My husband Chris bought a feathered boa for Mr. Fab and when the other bloggers joined up with us the boa got passed around. I think Colleen or Jules were last scene wearing it.
I’ve got lots of photos to upload and post. Some could be embarrassing to those who were with us that night! I’ll get them up soon!
More about my trip later. I’m still recovering!