Well, the extreme heat & dry has finally broken.. well, at least slackened a little. We didn't have the unbearable 100+ like many other parts of the country, but 95+ here is quite miserable in it's own way. My roses slowed down just a bit, and now they're all coming back to bloom w/a vengeance. I did some big-time deadheading yesterday morning, we got a nice rain yesterday afternoon, and so I took some pix of some presentable roses. Most are not presentable, they're heat-scorched for the most part. But these are purdy.

Fragrant Plum - back yard (Bodybag, 2010) (oh, and my big foot)


Gemini - front yard (Home Depot, 2010)


Joseph's coat (along with Cardinal de Hume to the right, Dolly Parton to the lower right, 2 separate Perfume tigers above, and the two Golden Masterpieces on the upper right) Front Yard (bodybag, 2009)


Perfume Delight - Front yard (Home Depot, 2010)


Parfumee Melody - Front yard (Paulinos Gardens, 2010)


Sheila's Perfume - Front yard (Home Depot, 2010)


Sonia - Front yard (Home Depot, 2010)


Strike It Rich - Back Yard (Tagawa Gardens, 2009)


Summer Holiday - Back Yard (first picture also has Doris Tystermann) (English seller, 2010)


Sunny Delite w/Escapade in the middle (sun just rising, which is why the first Sunny Delite is totally washed out) - Front Yard (Sunny Delites - Home Depot 2010, Escapade - Roses Unlimited 2009)


Tuscan Sun - Front yard (Costco, 2009)


White Licorice - Back Yard (Garden Valley, 2011)