T Stands for Fuller Rose Garden

Hi everyone.  Happy Tuesday and T day.

It is time to get together over at  Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog.

As I promised, no bees are in my post today. Last week I was busy cleaning up some things both inside and outside; I made a Japanese cheesecake, and I vegged out a lot as more than half of the week was just hot and humid. Instead of the usual life photos, I'll share some  from a day out for T this week. Hope you are not tired of garden posts as that seems to be what I've been doing a lot lately, looking at plants that is.

 Several weeks ago my walking friend and I visited Fuller Gardens in North Hampton, New Hampshire.  These gardens were built in in the late 1920's  at Alvan Fuller's coastal summer estate.  Just beyond the church tower  in the first picture is the beach and ocean. Fuller was a business man and had been governor of Massachusetts. 

The gardens are for the most part very formal with hundreds of rose bushes. Unfortunately when we went only a few of the roses had yet to bloom, but what I found fascinating is all the variety of roses in this garden.  There are hundreds of different kinds. I wonder if they actually even have more than 1 of the same type.

The few that were blooming were beautiful.

There were some other flowers in bloom, such as irises, peonies, azaleas and rhododendrons, as well as a greenhouse with some non-local plants and a small Japanese garden. 

It was another flower and photographers heaven.

Those who stop by frequently can guess that I took a whole lot more photos. Smile.

I hope to go back later in the summer when hopefully more roses are in bloom.

As it is Tuesday and T day, I wanted to show you lunch after our garden visit. We drove up to Portsmouth, New Hampshire once we had walked through the gardens and went to a fun place on the water to eat.

This is Sagamore Creek, a tidal river that runs out in Little Harbor and then the ocean. It might look vaguely familiar to some of you since in pre-covid days we sometimes motored our boat here and had lunch at this restaurant called BG's. You can dock your boat if there is space on that empty dock right in the front.

My friend and I had an outdoor table to enjoy not only the view  but some sunshine. Plus we prefer to eat outside with covid, even though we are both vaccinated.

 Here's my lunch.

I had a big glass of red sangria with my sandwich and onion rings.  I can only drink one of these when I have to drive home afterwards. (In the boat it wouldn't matter as much to me as even though I am licensed and can motor the boat, I leave that to my husband as it is his boat, but too many sangrias means I'd be sleepy all afternoon.) This is probably my favorite sangria. Not sure what wine and fruit juices they use, but it is a great blend. The lobster roll was good also, but not quite as good as the one I showed you from Pop's a few weeks ago.

Don't forget to stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog and check out what everyone has been up to.

Thanks for visiting and have a super T day too.