Still blooming

Thank you. I’m glad I can still walk out from the side door and appreciate our backyard rose plants. Hello, October blooms.

Rosy feeling

Oh, happy day, An early morning in late August can just grab hold of me with good vibes in our pretty backyard.

Garden expansion

Perfect corner. When lifelong friend Greg came to visit earlier this summer, he graciously gifted us with a rose plant. My dear wife Karen found the perfect corner for it in our backyard garden. Thank you, Greg.

Color combo

I do stop and smell them. There’s something about the blend of our pink and peach roses when they choose to bloom together along ur backyard path. The yellows and whites stay back, not wanting to interfere, says the part of my brain that wanders toward the why of these things.

Here come the roses

Welcome to 2025. Our rose bush collection seems to be thick and rich this season. And here comes the first crop of blooms. Great color. We’re seeing white and red making backyard appearances first. More to come, we’re hoping.

Hello, bud

Ready and waiting. Our backyard rose bushes will give us plenty of blooms to admire this year, I’d guess.

Still brightening my mornings

Thank you for popping. As I note the October backyard changes under the protection of our side alcove, I smile at the bright bloom of one pink rose. So pretty still.

By any other name …

Levels of lovely. I can admire so much about how much our backyard means to my dear wife Karen. The beauty of that single pick rose as we prepare for the arrival of autumn shows off the success of her spade work and consistency with water from the garden hose since she started looking over…

Hello back there

Rising to the occasion. What’s going on out back, I think as I arrive back home from dropping my dear wife Karen at work for her daily shift. Oh, yes, the white and yellow roses on the corner of the path are ready for another bout of blooming. Why do we need a purple kiddie…