When Nature Calls…

By Silver Blue

…you’ve just got to answer.

Especially when it’s the Beauty of Nature that calls. Here are a selection of photos of the roses (and other flowers) around the Shenandoah Forester (the name I christened my house):

Azaleas tend to bloom in early spring, except here where they bloom into June. Strange, I know, but then again, I’m the one who has roses that bloom in December. Speaking of roses:

I had a bout with blackspot, but won. I liked the way the sun singled out this rose to “highlight.”

Red (or maroon) seems to be a very popular colour for roses, and around my house is no exception. I like the way these clustered.

Mother Nature has been PMSing the past couple of years with massive thunderstorms. While I don’t care for all the lightning, the aftereffects make for some beautiful photos.

I have a Peace rose by my driveway that does something interesting (other than hold rain beautifully). It’s actually a tri-coloured rose off one rootball (and on the same cane, no less):

You see, the roses are yellow, pink and yellow, and almost all pink. I don’t know what causes it, but I do enjoy it.

Delicate, fragrant, and prolifically pink!

I’ve lost this rose since taking its photo, but it was known as a “Charisma.” I had it, and a “Gemini” (of which, unfortunately I have no photos of) that didn’t make it through one of the massively snowy winters we had about a decade ago.

Taken just this morning (that’s my Cinnamon basil to the right, and purple basil to the left), the heat doesn’t stop my orange roses from blooming any more than they did the red one I posted yesterday.

Of course, there’s Irises (in many colours), and gardenias:

and these smell just as wonderful as they look.

The mimosa (not just a drink!) is in bloom:

and they’re a lot like dandelion clocks in their delicate airiness. Of course, then they look really unattractive as they fade.

Rhett! The magnolia’s in bloom! While everyone tends to photo them fully open, I captured this “unique” (to me) look:

Who watches over all these flowers, especially when I’m not around? Why the magical bunny of course!

He’s hard to photo, as he’s always on the go, but the lure of the delicious clover was too much for him to pass up and he posed, majestically, for my camera. (Actually, having a quality zoom lens helped QUITE a bit!)

Finally, just for my Northern Star…no flower photo journey would be complete, sans “Bud”.

Perhaps the favourite of all my roses, because this plant came into “Bud” in November, and stayed tight in its bud, weathering most of the winter, until Valentine’s day, when it opened up.

Silver Blue, who is a true romantic at heart.

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Published by Silver Blue in flowers, gardenia, iris, magnolias, roses