A small collection.

I have a small collection of watering can roses that I really rather love. They're all handsome metal ones of course - none of that green plastic muck. I thought I would take the opportunity today to parade them in front of you. photo P8194173_zpsd528ded1.jpgThis is the biggest one - hello.  photo P8194171_zps6197f006.jpgThis one is slightly smaller but stands up of its own accord, which is rather good.  photo P8194169_zps2b538a1b.jpgI like all their shapes and perforations, they have real character. This one is handsome in copper. photo P8194164_zps0ea24635.jpgThe slightest variations are nice in a collection. I always think of the effort that goes into manufacturing even the tiniest things: the constant tweaking and improving photo P8194163_zpse5cef5ab.jpg  photo P8194159_zps9c3266d3.jpg  photo P8194150_zps460f07e9.jpg  photo P8194148_zps0a694c1d.jpg
conical  photo P8264360_zpsf022ced7.jpgAnd these teeny little one entered the brood this weekend - courtesy of my Mum.
So there you go. It's always good to have a hobby, even if it is collecting watering can roses.

In other news. I'm headed down to Devon tomorrow to play my guitar and sing songs in front of a room full of people. What a strange thing to do - when I was asked it seemed so far in the future I just flippantly said I'd do it. But now the future is quickly becoming the present and I'm feeling a little bit completely unprepared. The Wolves, who organised it, are dead good - go look at their website.
I'll let you know how it goes.

8 comments:

  1. You have a lovely collection of watering can roses. Good luck with the performance, I'm sure that you will knock everyone's socks off.

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  2. Oh gee - I hope so. What are you doing on this internetting? it's bank holday

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  3. What a nice collection. The rectangular one in copper is especially lovely. Good luck with your music/room full of people thing.

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  4. you are a girl of many talents for sure. 'Break a leg' is supposedly a wishing-good-luck thing to say, so I say it. Love your collection and your photos of it.

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  5. I love those roses. I too collect the roses. I like to keep them close by so I can admire them. The copper ones are very pretty.

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  6. You should share Jane - are they on your blog?

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  7. That is a very very fine collection indeed, have you insured it?

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  8. Ha! I haven't . . . maybe I should.

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