Morning and Evening

The roses are beginning to really look good here in late May.   Just this morning I spotted a pretty dragonfly still asleep in his safe haven.  The day wouldn't be complete without a photo of a peaceful rose bed in the evening light -- I stood on a bench to get a better vantage point to see over the tops of roses that are reaching for the sky.

9:26 am     May 29,  2019

8:36 pm    May 29,  2019

Update of June 11,  2019:     I  couldn't resist taking another "evening  photo" today.   Even though this rose has blooms of just 5 petals, I consider it one of my prettiest.  The bloom shown below in particular has a diameter of 3½ inches.  The sun is setting much later this time of the year, so there is still plenty of light to accentuate the whiteness.

8:03 pm     June 11,  2019

The "Rose Year" begins

The "rose year" begins a bit late this year, with one of my German seedlings offering the first open bloom.  The lateness means that blooms will span approximately 6 months in my garden, but I'll take whatever I can get.  There's a photo of the pretty bloom below, as well as a background photo of its immediate surroundings.

Photo taken:  May 8,  2019

Photo taken:  May 8,  2019

You might be wondering why I call this rose bush one of my "German" seedlings.  You might also be curious about all the taller roses which I have also grown from seed.  What about the interesting "ground cover".  And, is that a suspended CD in the first photo ?  For some answers, my friends, please continue reading my blog.