FIRST ROSE

" I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday, sweet and fragrant, between its leaves..." 
                               -L.M. Montgomery ( Anne of the Island)

 The garden has exploded.

 The bees are back.

 And the roses .............first roses in the rain.

"The gentle rose offers a powerful joy known only to the heart.."
                                        -Andrew Pacholyk         
                                  
 Bees on the Cranesbill.

 The sky goes pink and blue and gold in the morning.

 And Spencer has found a new friend in Rona. They roll where it is warm and dry.

 "I walk in the rain . I rise with the sun and set with it. I bloom with the rose and fall with it..." - Jenim Dibie

 The garden is getting out of hand.

 Columbine flourishes near the roses. I think it is inspired.

 It rains. And rains. And rains.

"The night was so very still that one should have been able to hear the whisper of roses in blossom...." 
                           -L.M. Montgomery (Anne of the Island)
                             
 Sweet peas cannot be contained.

 And the roses come out of hiding, shedding their green coats.

 As the Pasque Flower fades into the earth.......

            "You're beautiful..........." -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

 CAT PLANT #2 seems to have taken up permament residence.........

RONA

Photographs 2020