I beg your pardon…
By Silver Blue
….how’d you like to stroll through my rose garden?
The first rose of the year, the burgundy iceberg (photographed Sunday, April 8, 2012):
As it opened and filled the air with fragrance…
Gotta love those old fashioned roses. The second rose to bloom was 12′ off the ground — the climbing peace (which has over 40 buds on it …before I lost count!):
This was taken yesterday (April 10, 2012) morning as I was out the door and on the way to work.
Today, it’s a bit more open:
We have two orange roses…Tropicana:
Plus a tall orange/pinkish rose that I don’t know its name:
There’s another blossom getting ready to open on that burgundy iceberg:
As well as one that is much further along:
Finally… and most definitely not last… “Bud” is back and ready to have a go at it again:
I love this time of year for the roses, but not for the pollen. Still… you want one, you’ve gotta put up with the other.
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/la-rg.mp3]Silver Blue, who asks that you smile for a while, let’s be jolly…love shouldn’t be so melancholy. Come along and share the good times…while we can!