tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post7297110245576382017..comments2024-03-18T11:48:21.973-07:00Comments on Wandering Chopsticks: Vietnamese Food, Recipes, and More: Afternoon Tea in the Garden with Portland from Glendora and Angel Face RosesWandering Chopstickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-5351176836856558012009-04-20T00:29:00.000-07:002009-04-20T00:29:00.000-07:00Christine,
Oh! I love the French name. Sounds so r...Christine,<br />Oh! I love the French name. Sounds so romantic. I'm imagining a country cottage garden with roses and peonies spilling all over.Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-45316181376202545112009-04-18T06:35:00.000-07:002009-04-18T06:35:00.000-07:00I love ladies tea parties.
Angel Face is beauti...I love ladies tea parties. <br /><br />Angel Face is beautiful! <br /><br />I buy plants because of their name, plus I believe all the advertising - blooms the size of tea cups, etc. My yard is too small and dark for roses but I bought a few to plant in my MIL's garden - one of them is "Maiden's Blush" or in French, Cuisse de Nymph. I also grew plants that were the subject of poets and KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206321215138805704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-32312719260808794972009-04-11T16:53:00.000-07:002009-04-11T16:53:00.000-07:00Mary,My family hangs out together a little bit too...Mary,<BR/>My family hangs out together a little bit too much sometimes. :P I really must give credit to Nikki Polani for the lovely Portland from Glendora rose. Hopefully, they'll all come into bloom soon so I can show off some more pictures.<BR/><BR/>Jeannie,<BR/>I love overblown blooms like that.<BR/><BR/>Susan,<BR/>I love tea parties. 50 cents for the chicken livers. :) <BR/><BR/>My peonies Wandering Chopstickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703018765718062460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-61695395247472939952009-04-08T15:29:00.000-07:002009-04-08T15:29:00.000-07:00Your roses look fragrant indeed! Looks like an es...Your roses look fragrant indeed! Looks like an especially delicious afternoon tea and in your own yard too - how cool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-7877573505089232252009-04-08T13:38:00.000-07:002009-04-08T13:38:00.000-07:00"You give them names?"Teeheeheehee."You give them names?"<BR/><BR/>Teeheeheehee.TS of eatingclub vancouverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776584853083815584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-38030728095893308352009-04-06T18:37:00.000-07:002009-04-06T18:37:00.000-07:00I love tea parties. I should plan them more often....I love tea parties. I should plan them more often. Beautiful roses...wish I had a green thumb...Screamin' Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679341410031767715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-81081726491789090222009-04-06T16:21:00.000-07:002009-04-06T16:21:00.000-07:00This post reminds me of a recent Simpsons episode ...This post reminds me of a recent Simpsons episode when Bart and Lisa are having an imaginary tea party.<BR/><BR/>Bart Simpson: I don't know why I agreed to this.<BR/><BR/>Lisa Simpson: Because you like the taste of my imaginary tea.<BR/><BR/>Bart Simpson: Oh, you're right.elmomonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102068612919963395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-27388370451203075782009-04-03T20:33:00.000-07:002009-04-03T20:33:00.000-07:00Sounds like a great ladies tea time :)Sounds like a great ladies tea time :)tigerfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575213806359208350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-16183992635436359192009-04-03T15:57:00.000-07:002009-04-03T15:57:00.000-07:00LOL!LOL!Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725809690835995370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-79639515283615383772009-04-03T15:11:00.000-07:002009-04-03T15:11:00.000-07:00Great detailed post:). Some of those place setting...Great detailed post:). Some of those place settings and cups look familiar to me, like the green cup and saucer. <BR/>The Portland from Glendora rose looks so beautiful with the many petals! Your photo looks good enough for an art gallery :).EatTravelEathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701629211273451788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-48178533437468708952009-04-02T23:03:00.000-07:002009-04-02T23:03:00.000-07:00When you said your cousins were quirked by you nam...When you said your cousins were quirked by you naming your roses, I thought you named them "Maria", "Angela" or "Christine". . .LOL Your tea party sounds like the perfect way to spend an afternoon.eatingclubvancouver_jshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712647042996857848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-17713048976705977142009-04-02T18:53:00.000-07:002009-04-02T18:53:00.000-07:00i adore tea parties! and i love this post because...i adore tea parties! and i love this post because it's about <I>your</I> tea party. and for the record, you don't have oddities. i think it's perfectly normal that your precious roses have names. my most loved things have names.Angry Asianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06108228208656956325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-30481874472967859482009-04-02T18:04:00.000-07:002009-04-02T18:04:00.000-07:00I have never seen this type of rose before...so be...I have never seen this type of rose before...so beautiful!!Precious Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075413462451132893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-83291116818771021442009-04-02T10:09:00.000-07:002009-04-02T10:09:00.000-07:00Impromptu parties are definitely the best. Now I'm...Impromptu parties are definitely the best. Now I'm going to have to look up the recipe for your chicken liver pate. I remember reading about how you paid some ridiculously low sum for the little livers.<BR/><BR/>I'm a push-over for old-fashioned roses. They remind me of peonies. Since those don't grow in So. Cal., they're the next best thing.<BR/><BR/>My roses are budding, but no beautiful bloomsSusan Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178330935523896363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-35216048122417698162009-04-02T10:08:00.000-07:002009-04-02T10:08:00.000-07:00The portland is gorgeous! almost peony-like.The portland is gorgeous! almost peony-like.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774265629006730752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29502985.post-52659831769793740482009-04-02T07:12:00.000-07:002009-04-02T07:12:00.000-07:00What wonderful reporting. It's lovely to hear of f...What wonderful reporting. It's lovely to hear of families who enjoy each others company. Your photographs are, as usual, spectacular. The roses - I can't say enough good things about your roses.Mary Bergfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234678984137982414noreply@blogger.com