Betty - It's windy as hell right now. I'm listening to my building here at work howl with the wind. We've got another storm hitting us tonight/tomorrow, and then that'll probably be it. Of course, snow happens in CO almost year around.

From the Denver Post:
Denver snow in spring

The last date of measurable snowfall in recent years:

April 3, 2012
May 11, 2011
May 12, 2010
April 27, 2009
May 14, 2008
May 10, 2006
May 2, 2005
April 30, 2004
May 10, 2003
May 24, 2002
April 21, 2001
April 16, 2000
Average date of last snow: April 27

Of the top 20 Denver snowstorms since 1881, five occurred in April:

April 23, 1885 — 23 inches
April 24-25, 1935 — 19 inches
April 17-19, 1920 — 18.2 inches
April 2, 1957 — 17.3 inches
April 20-22, 1933 — 16.8 inches

So you can see, it's pretty common to have snow this "late". But we need the moisture! And I'm absolutely LOVING that Angel Beauty! *swoon!*

Thank you, Toni. It was one of my first seedlings from the mid-1980's, and this is the best it's ever looked! Could it be because we didn't get around to pruning it this year? Hmmmmm...

But wait -- there's more...

RED INTUITION


MARTINA MONDADORI - Listed as "Carole Bouquet" in the database


BRIGADOON - Soooooo photogenic!


PACESETTER


AUTUMN MAGIC - It has already changed colors since yesterday when I posted the first picture. Love the photosensitive roses!


And I'll finish with a picture of the beds going up my driveway -- lots of roses!

My Autumn Sunset started blooming today, I brought some inside.

Really swirly and lovely!

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful To both Betty and Sue!

Beautiful Betty & Sue I just Love your Red Intution and Autumn Magic

Daffs in the southside rose garden.


Daffs in the patio rose garden.

its raining cats and dogs here again going to rain for 3-4 more days !!! I'm begining to feel a little pruney

Gloria - Yea, saw the radar.. you've got as rain what we had Monday as snow... and then you'll get what I've got now. You're gonna float away!!

STILL raining !!! the lakes and rivers around here are full and running fast all the damns around here are full open and theres 7 of them that are close !!! Toni we have the pontoon in the back yard and the bass boat in the side yard might have to use them

I don't suppose some of that rain would like to run on down here...?

PPal - You'd think that we should be able to get the overflow from the rivers that are overflowing & be able to pipe/canal it to our desert areas, with our technology. If we can make a pipeline from Canada to Mexico hauling oil, we should be able to do that with water!!

Just a couple of quick shots, not the greatest.

first bloom on Cafe

and the beautiful new deep bronze foliage on Lady Emma Hamilton

Oh Sue that Cafe is gorgeous! I love the russet colored roses.

Your Cafe has lovely form as well as color!

The deep bronze foliage on my Souvenir de la Malmaison turned out to be poison ivy!

YIKES!!!

I often have trouble with weedy vines growing up through my rose bushes; I find them really hard to eliminate.

still raining !! I spent last night after work helping dig a ditch to the river every one was flooding first time in 26 years the water was over the road what a mess !!! think we should be good now though when it stops we have to fix the docks though

Gloria - I wish I could sympathize, but I can just be jealous!!! But please take it easy on digging ditches, especially at night! You could easily slip & hurt yourself badly. I hope y'all were using a backhoe or some kind of large mechanical machinery & not just shovels & picks...