Every rosy pink shade of peony from last year’s garden…
A silver lining for cold winters…
French 18th century embroidered silk fragment
from my small collection…
Last year’s old Bourbon roses on the kitchen counter…
Madame Issac Perrier et Madame Ernest Calvat…
More about Bourbon roses here
Souvenir de MalmaisonĀ rose…
last year’s first of the season…
Scrap of quilted antique toile…
ribbons…hearts…
A favorite of old favorite papers…
A tumble of last year’s roses in an old marble font…
Off the top of my bed…and into the gray….
a bit of Petal pink velvet…
all Bella Notte
A length of washable Bella Notte Silvermist velvet…
over dyed with rose pink…a lilac pink effect…
Happy Valentine’s Day dear blog friends!
Spring is right around the corner…
until then there are rosy memories and fabric dye…
Hope your day was all rosy and pink….
Trouvais 
May it be a lovely day for you as well! I am so jealous of your roses!! -Slavica
Trish,
What a wonderful Valentine’s greeting. Are you lucky enough to grow peony in your yard? The old bourbon roses almost look like peony, I may have to get one or two or ten!
Have a lovely day!
Karen
Thanks for the Valentine’s Day wishes. The roses and peonies are gorgeous. Have a wonderful day.
I was almost jealous thinking all your flowers were awake already, they are beautiful even if last years. Happy Valentine’s to you too Trish, I hope you have a wonderful day!
Trish, what a fabulous Valentine treat! Have missed hearing from you. Gorgeous images from a gorgeous home and garden. Happy Valentines Day. Mona
Dear Trish, wonderful post! I go nuts for peonies! (Your bed should be part of a magazine shoot).
Happy Valentine’s day to you and your family.
Warm hugs,
Mon
Such a beautiful post. Joyeux Saint-Valentin.
I am overwhelmed with the beauty of all this, precious Trish. I’m sending it on to my best girlfriends who will all D.I.E. !! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and your husband. Sending love…
Oh Trish,
The perfume wafted from my PC-screen for a split second which was long enough to send my head spinning with pleasure.
Tonight I will sleep bedded on your roses!
Merci beaucoup – Amicalement
xxxkarin
HVD Trish!
Thanks for the lovely valentine. I love peonies……VERRRY Pretty!!!!!! Maryanne xo
Hello dear Trish!
WOW..just gorgeous , and so great to hear from you!
my very best wishes to you and yours.
much love
Colette ~Afrique du Sud
Mmmmmm! silvermist velvet! Now that is my favorite sort of valentine!
Happy everything, dear Trish!
xo Isa
Peonies and roses are so gorgeous- a little bit of heaven! What a beautiful Valentine’s Day post.
Happy VAlentine’s Day Trish…..xv
Ohhh… that old paper is lovely! Very pretty. Hope you have a lovely Valentine’s Day!
Ahhhhhhhh I’m intoxicated by beauty! Happy Valentines day! vanna
You’re back!!! Lovely images as always! Happy hugs and kisses day to you!
xo,
Linsey
Absolutely yummy…Oh, those peonies…intoxicating! Thank you!!!
Oh, my! How dreamy! I’ll come back to this post again and again!!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you. The post was beautiful today
Thank you for an absolutely wonderful moment of Valentine happiness! My heart is refreshed!
What a beautiful Valentine you send. Thank you Trish.
Your bourbon roses are amazing! How many bushes do you have to be able to have such a display? Im in awe. Fiona
Thank you Fiona. Madame’s Ernest Calvat and Issac Perrier are big shrubby bushes that gave me all the light and hot pink roses pictured!
Oh how I wish those peonies were in my kitchen … Thank-you for the virtual thrill.
what is your secret for such magnificent roses and peonies??? just beautiful!
Hi Rebecca. Thank you. Luck…I hope I haven’t run out. Also…I was obsessed/neurotic about making sure we had good soil…tilled in a huge amount of soil amendments, added on many layers of compost over the years, obsessive about using alfalfa pellets for awhile and then and seaweed fertilizer. But generally roses are easy if they have enough sun. Peonies are the “cats” of my garden. Best left alone and they will show up…or not…depending on whether they received enough of a winter chill.
Trish-
Happy Valentine’s Day to you! I can smell the roses now- mmmm…. And those killer peonies!
What a pleasant reminder of what is in store for us! After seeing white and gray for almost three months, I am READY for color!
Funny- in my studio, I have two scented flowers blooming away: jasmine and oleander. They both are white flowers. The helleboros are right around the corner though.
-Ann
I adore your peonies and your marvelous roses…brings back many fond childhood memories…picking bunches of them and bringing them in the house..very fragrant..wonderful…pink is such a great color…
Happy Fragrant Valentine’s Day..
Somehow I just knew there would be a amazing array of Valentine loveliness waiting here and you did not disappoint. Hope you day was pure delight!
~jermaine
Somptueux !
Hi Trish, wonderful Valentine wishes!Thank you! I am glad hearing from you!!
xx
Greet
Happy Valentine’s Day to you. I visited earlier today but had computer problems so I couldn’t leave a message. Your peonies and roses are gorgeous and ever so romantic…followed by exquisite linens. What a beautiful Valentine’s Day post! I have missed you and was thrilled to see your post today.
Oh, those gorgeous peonies!…
Trish, hope you had a lovely valentine’s day
Bonjour
What a lovely collection of flowers! It was a visual treat and a great Valentine’s gift to all of us. Love your blog and love all the pinkness
Hi Trish! A beautiful Valentines Greeting , I love.love it!!
Now I am in the mood for pulling some bedding linens to dye!!
I have a Valentines post also.
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Hi Trish,
I was told about your lovely blog from Susan of Blooming Rose Musings. She was telling me about your beautiful garden and peonies, and boy she wasn’t kidding! Just gorgeous!!
Love your blog!
Have a great weekend!
~ Jo š
I hope you had a wonderfully romantic Valentine’s Day, Trish! These images that you have pulled together are heavenly…
xoxo,
Sarah
Love all of the rose pictures and french-ness of your blog. I happened to link over from another and am so glad I did. Your bourbon roses are fab and they have a rich scent, too.