Breath of Life Photography

This is the time of year when I begin to long for summer. I guess I have the winter blahs (having a cold to go with it doesn’t help!). I can’t complain too much about this winter. It’s been rather spring like for the most part with only a few extremely cold days so far [...]

I took this photo of my rose, Therese Bugnet, when it’s red branches were lightly dusted with snow and ice. I like the how the snow appears to have turned into crystals in the branch crevices. Is your garden or some of it’s plants covered in snow? We had a Green Christmas here, but we [...]

We had a short spell of warm weather two weeks ago, and my roses, the ones that should be shutting down for winter, are putting out new blooms! I think they are confused! LOL … well, what can I expect when it’s been a bit warmer than it usually is at this time of year [...]

This is a macro photo of one of the roses that I grow in my garden. It’s a Graham Thomas English rose. Aren’t those petals just about perfect? I love the warm yellow color of the flower and how the petals, when you look at them closely have different shades of yellow within them. Lovely. [...]

This rose is one of the stars of my garden. It only blooms every once in a while, unlike the rose that it replaced (Love and Peace) which bloomed it’s head off each and every summer until it’s demise. No matter … it’s a pretty rose and I’m happy to see each and every one [...]

These little beauties are called The Fairy rose. They’re small roses, maybe an inch in diameter, but the rose bush blooms prolifically and is absolutely covered with roses. Roses all summer long in fact. The Fairy is a hardy rose and because it’s almost constantly in bloom it’s perfect for someone that wants an easy [...]

This rose is called Climbing Westerland. I don’t think it’s name reflects how truly beautiful this rose really is. It’s located in the back corner of my garden, but as you can see from the color of it’s blooms it’s not a rose that hides in the shadows! It’s colors are gorgeous – like a [...]

This lovely rose is an English Rose. It’s called Graham Thomas and as you can see it has beautiful flowers … In fact, it blooms repeatedly throughout the growing season, so I can almost always enjoy the sight of it’s lovely flowers from mid-June through to late November or even early December. Do you grow [...]

This has been a funny summer here in Toronto. It’s cooler than normal so my plants are growing slower and blooming less frequently. Still … when you have gems like this beautiful “Prince Napoleon Climbing Rose” you can put up with a colder than normal summer. Fact … They say that this is the coldest [...]

I don’t have many yellow roses in my garden, but the few that I do have are absolutely gorgeous. Like this Graham Thomas English rose. Look at those beautiful, perfect, yellow petals. I swear I could spend all day looking at lovely roses or pictures of roses like this one. Perfection in nature. Related Reading: [...]

It’s a virtual rose parade on my property … at least at this time of year. How fitting that I actually have a climbing rose called Parade! Depending upon how warm it is each year, my many roses (over 60 plants!) begin to bloom anywhere from early to mid-June and the virtual rose parade goes [...]

This climbing Iceberg rose, caught blooming in my garden in late June, is just about perfect. Too bad they didn’t stay that way! Shortly after I took this photo we had a lot of rain and the rain drops caused the petals to get pink dots on them. Pretty … but I believe it’s a [...]

This is a macro of the center petals of one of my favorite roses – Breath of Live. it’s a climbing rose with pale peach colored flowers. Absolutely gorgeous! I adore this rose. Unfortunately it has little to no scent. I don’t mind, not when it’s this pretty! Related Reading: Rose Elegance Premium Long Stem [...]

This is a rose bud from one of my antique roses – Compte de Chambord. This rose’s flowers put out a strong rose perfume scent. I love being in my garden in the early morning, early evening or just after I’ve watered when these roses are in bloom as the scent is heavenly. Of course [...]

Compte de Chambord, was there ever another rose with such a heavenly scent? Some of my roses are still blooming away at this late date. I suspect that the Compte de Chambord rose bud pictured above is one of the last that this rose will produce this year, but I could be wrong. Either way [...]

This is one of the roses that I grow in my backyard garden – it’s called Chicago Peace. It’s a lovely hybrid tea rose with very large flowers and a mild scent. Quite spectacular growing right beside my patio! Related Reading: One Dozen Assorted Wooden Roses Purple Rose Rare!!! 5 Seeds !Great Color! Fresh Flowers [...]

Morden Sunrise Rose These lovely roses are called Morden Sunrise. This is an appropriate name for this hardy Canadian Explorer series rose as the colors of the petals with their light yellows to soft peach and orange colors do look quite a bit like a sunrise on a beautiful day. This rose is growing better [...]

This rose is called Iceberg. It’s a Floribunda rose and it produces clusters of lovely white roses almost continuously throughout the growing season. Not only does it produce and abundance of pretty white flowers but these flowers also have a light pleasant rose scent. I grow this rose at the front of my house near [...]

Hmmm wouldn’t “Tiffany Rose” make a lovely name for a baby girl? In this case it’s not a baby name, but rather the name of a lovely Hybrid Tea Rose. My Tiffany Rose is doing fantastic this year. It’s giving me more blooms than ever before and look how lovely they are! I’m stoked! Related [...]

This is the Valencia Hybrid Tea rose. It’s a large rose, perhaps 4 inches in diameter and it’s lovely. I don’t find that this rose has much scent, but what it lacks in fragrance it more than makes up for in beauty. I just wish this rose wasn’t so stingy with it’s blooms. I get [...]

I love my Moulinex roses. Look at how many different shades of yellow are in the bloom. Doesn’t it look a bit like the colors of a sunrise? Related Reading: Black Rose Flower Rare ! 5 Seeds! Roses: Placing Roses, Planting & Care, The Best Varieties Fresh Flowers – Purple Dendrobium Orchids NETGEAR N600 Wireless-N [...]

I just love antique roses like this Compte de Chambord rose. They are just jam packed with tightly woven petals and oh the scent. The scent is so lovely. In fact, this rose is one of the roses that rose perfume is made out of because it’s fragrance is so perfect. Related Reading: Roses: Placing [...]

This is Morden Sunrise. It’s a hardy little Canadian rose. Isn’t it lovely? I’m still longing for Spring and I can’t wait for all of my spring flowers to bloom and then for my roses to begin their blooming season. Do you grow flowers? What is your favorite? Related Reading: Forever Roses – Small Bud [...]

Frost, ice and snow cover the last of the rose leaves. This is a photo that I took in my garden near the beginning of January after we’d had a huge snow storm. I went outside in the morning and everything was so beautiful … you know that silence that falls after a snow storm. [...]

Believe it or not this is a rose. It’s a rose from the Romantica series called Yves Piaget. Isn’t it lovely? This rose has a beautiful light scent as well. That only makes it all the more enjoyable. Related Reading: Fire Station Number 4: The Daily Life of Firefighters (Carolrhoda Photo Books) Purple Rose Rare!!! [...]

This is one of the newer roses in my garden. It’s called Chicago Peace and it’s a hybrid tea. Isn’t it lovely? I figured that a rose with the word peace in it would make a great first post for 2008 as I wish everyone health, happiness and peace for the new year. Related Reading: [...]

This pretty pink bloom is of a Tiffany Rose. I’ve grown this rose for about four years in my garden and this past summer it did better than it ever did growing taller than it had in the past and produced more blooms. I believe I’d moved it slightly the year before and I think [...]

This is a beautiful antique rose with a scent that I’m certain has been incorporated into several perfumes over the last century or two. It has a beautiful damask scent that wafts through the garden in the early and late morning hours. Related Reading: Case Logic TBC-302 Ultra Compact Camera Case with Storage (Black) Epson [...]

A few photos back I posted a photo of a perfect Graham Thomas rose bud. Well this is the flower that, that bud would eventually turn into as this is a fully blooming Graham Thomas English rose. Lovely multi shades of yellow from pale to bright. It’s a gorgeous rose and quite hardy. Related Reading: [...]

Perfection. A perfect rose bud. This bud will grow and turn into a gorgeous yellow Graham Thomas English Rose with full multi-petaled blooms. Related Reading: Black Rose Flower Rare ! 5 Seeds! Fresh Flowers – 20 Purple Dendrobium Orchids with Vase Rainbow Rose, 5 seeds Roses Fresh Flowers – Purple Dendrobium Orchids with Vase

Sunsprite is a cheery little rose. It’s large flowers are full of pale to bright yellow petals and it’s well shaped form is lovely to behold. Related Reading: One Dozen Assorted Roses with FREE Chocolates Forever Roses – Small Bud Wooden Roses Bouquet – Dozen Roses Rose Elegance Premium Long Stem Red Roses – One [...]

This rose is a true delight. This is Double Delights’ first year in my garden and it’s outstanding. It has the loveliest flowers and oh the scent is well … delightful. Rose Double Delight; Camera – Canon Digital SLR 30D EOS Related Reading: One Dozen Assorted Wooden Roses Case Logic TBC-302 Ultra Compact Camera Case [...]

A photo of my Iceberg rose in bloom in my Toronto Garden.  This is  very pretty rose and it has a light rose scent as well.  Too bad the flowers don’t last very long. Related Reading: One Dozen Assorted Roses with FREE Chocolates Fellowes Powershred 100% Jam Proof 79Ci 14 Sheet Cross-Cut Paper Shredder (3227901) [...]

I was taking a photo of this rose, Breath of Life, when a wasp or hornet was heading towards it for a visit. I didn’t notice the wasp as I took the photo so it was a nice surprise to see that I’d captured it in the photograph. Related Reading: Rose Elegance Premium Long Stem [...]

William Baffin rose. I took this photo in my garden during a very light rain. The rose is called William Baffin – it’s a very hardy rose and mine happens to be more tree than shrub like as it’s approximately ten feet tall. It’s huge and at the time of the photo it’s first prolific [...]