Predisposition (Ontario, CA)

Although the previous post (below) describes my latter-day "hands on" introduction to roses, there's SOMETHING about my days as a young lad that may have predisposed me to this "way of life".  Growing up in Ontario, California in the 1950s, I was surrounded by beauty, including ROSE beauty as seen in the following photos --

Climbing roses beautifying handsome block walls in both front and back yards !   THAT'S IT !  Everything you see above was built and planted by my Dad, with some help from his sons (and my Mom, who liked Easter lilies as well as roses).