~Roses, Roses, Roses~

I wanted to share with you a birthday cake,

 I made for our daughter, Carly.

I made a naked cake using roses from our garden.

 A simple vanilla cake with frosting.

The recipe is Martha Stewart's:

Simple Layer Cake with Vanilla Frosting

Here are some recent photos of our roses in the garden.

Enjoy!

The roses are so pretty this year.

I wanted to let you know,

 I've been planning for awhile now to have knee replacement 

surgery. Today is the day. I'm listening now to my body and this is what I need. Better quality of life! I'm so happy Stan is retired and will be home. I'm still going to blog and instagram, it's what I love to do. Gardening is our passion and will definitely be my inspiration to get back into shape. I'll keep you updated on my progress. I've done some posts to share in the weeks ahead. 

Thank you for always being there for me.

Have fun in your gardens today, I'll be thinking of you  

♥

  

~A David Austin Rose From Harry~

 I'm so excited!!

I just received a

  David Austin Rose!

Our daughter, Katie's boyfriend, Harry, 

ordered it for Stan and me as a gift!

How lucky are we. It's called,

 "Jude the Obscure".

Can't wait to see it this Summer!!

I wanted to share with you also,

 a Cake Stand Harry gave me for Christmas.

He brought it all the way over from England.

I love Cath Kidston and all her wonderful designs.

I love it.

Speaking of flowers,

 I couldn't resist this beautiful blue hydrangea.

So pretty!!

Our forsythia is starting to bloom now.

I love the yellow flowers on it.

I can never have enough cabbages for the garden.

We were gardening this weekend and Stan placed the 

Heart Stepping Stones in a new area.

Can't wait to see the new bulbs come up!

I was seeing Hearts in the garden everywhere.

I started to make some decorations for the Valentine's table.

I'll share with you our Valentine's table

 this week at Simple & Sweet Friday's.

Candies out for the kids.

My friend, Margie, surprised me with Red Roses today. 

Thank you, dear friend!!

You made my day!