Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
Sue,
What a beautiful photo! I grow this rose, and it's never looked as lovely as yours. You are an excellent photographer and gardener. Wow. Very nice.
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15
Thank you all!
@CindiKS, thanks, it's a real beauty, in another week it should explode into full bloom. It was the first rose I planted when we moved here 3 years ago and it's a huge shrub now, probably 5 ft tall and 6 ft. wide. The new bronze foliage is just lovely and really sets off those pretty coral peach blooms!
Name: Tina Where the desert meets the sea (Zone 9b)
I once made the mistake of touching a rose bloom and the owner just about died - told me the oils and such from the touch of skin would mess up the delicate petals ... but ... if I saw this bloom I'd just bury my face in it! Totally gorgeous!
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of old; seek what those of old sought. — Basho
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15
What a fussy rose owner! Wonder what they would have said if you stuck your nose into the bloom.
I love roses with yummy shades of sunset and some of mine look like orange juice in color.
