Usually, this rose is the only one blooming in my front yard. This year, because of the rainy spring, it has plenty of competition from the roses around it.
Nevertheless, it is performing like a champ.
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Category: Weather
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All week, those perky Weather Report people have been saying, “It’s going to be good this week — a warming trend!” She wishes they would just stop. It builds up self’s expectations. Monday was cold, and today was just as.
Towards 5 p.m., though, sun came out. Not for long, but it was enough for self to grab her camera and see what her roses looked like in sun.
And here’s the answer! Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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Sun finally came out, mid-afternoon.
Self’s roses are just loving the weather, they’ve never looked so good. The Icebergs are the white roses (on top). The Barbra Streisand roses are purple. Just behind both is a Japanese maple (Self’s flower beds are layered, more by accident than by design)
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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As those of you who live in northern California know, we’ve gotten more than our fair share of rain, the past week.
The good news is: profuse rain means profuse flowers!
The bad news is: the flower stems get wobbly and the flowers tend to flop over.
I grow scabiosa on my porch. And poor things are on the ground. But they are still pretty.
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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For the first time in forever, it is not raining.
Hello from self’s backyard.
Posting for Xingfu Mama’s Pull Up a Seat Challenge.
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More flowers!
More and more!
Side yard, today. In years past, self’s been lucky if she gets more than a half dozen blooms.
Posting for Cee Neuner’s Flower of the Day.
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It stopped raining for a wee bit, so I grabbed my camera and headed to the backyard.
My Fourth of July rose is just starting to bloom.
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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Her Betty Boop rose, which has survived over a decade of neglect, is about to bloom. It’s in the backyard, trapped behind some overgrown holly trees. Self went tramping around back there this afternoon, trying to assess damage.
Not too bad, as it turned out.
Posting for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
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Haven’t posted a Weekend Sky for ages.
This challenge is hosted by Hammad Rais.
The day is a little overcast (good).
Kanlaon 