It stopped raining for a few minutes, so Summer and I raced outside.
The garden is loving the rain.
This is our third rose for this season. The rose looks like fine silk and has a delightful fragrance.
The other flowers are from the apple tree promising another bountiful early crop of tasty apples. I have no idea what kind of apples they are, but they are tasty, so that's what I call them. #Rose#BloomScrolling
Isolated white rose bloom on white, square background. This image is also available on black, and is part of a series of blooms on white or black, square format.
Update on the giant 16 cm #rose bloom. She opened her petals back on the 20th of April, so she's getting a little long in the bloom now and some of her petals are wrinkled, but she hasn't dropped any yet. I caught her looking her best this morning, with the dew still on her.
I also took a wider shot showing how her younger siblings are coming along. A couple are starting to open, and one shows promise of also being a giant.
Brief but very fun visit with visiting vagabond son & DIL. He photographed the rose below at a popular Sacramento rose garden.
Bought & potted petunias to add color & keep the bonsai forest happy. Pomegranate bonsai is already budding.
Big, fat bumblebee & yellow butterfly inspecting the star jasmine that bloomed overnight. (I have about 200 sq ft of jasmine…May is a heavenly-scented month.)
Rose blossom number two for 2024. The grandkids planted this one for me earlier this year. They had to put a little cage around it because it was getting nibbled.
Beautiful red with a hint of orange in the middle.
Lucky grandma, I am. #Rose