Roses gone wild

Pretty blooms all in a row. My dear wife Karen and I pulled into our driveway late afternoon after a sweet 10-day vacation in Cape Cod and walked pretty quickly into the backyard to see what roses row had done during our absence. So many colors. Boom for the bloom! We figured they were on…

Finally, the new rose blooms

My dear wife Karen’s patience with the rose bush she received for Mother’s Day from daughter Elisabeth and fiance George Three paid off. The initial bloom of its first year in our backyard appeared at the end of October. And it’s a gorgeous violent, standing out adjacent to the veteran white roses also still kicking…

Backyard roses work hard

I do agree with the experts who gladly chatted us up at this spring’s rose fair at the Liverpool Public Library, which my dear wife Karen and I attended with open ears. This has been a tougher year for our plants than usual. Still, try, try, try our backyard babies are all in their own…

That’s a powerful cluster

Checking out the latest round of blooms in the backyard gardens, I notice an odd configuration in the corner rose bush. These blooms have chosen togetherness. A handful of beauty has decided to press into what looks like one giant ball of color. My dear wife Karen and I agree that we don’t recall seeing…

Greetings, backyard roses

Shortly after arriving home from Cape Cod Getaway 2021, we walked through the house and into the backyard. Yes, the big bunch of roses there had bloomed during our time away as well. The three colors looked so good in their seasonal debut.