Rose Lessons

Photo 365 + 261 - June 21

I learned my lessons about roses the hard way - trial and error. What I did find out, is that in Wisconsin, it is best to buy own root roses instead of grafted roses, and these pictures are my best example. The rose in the pictures was a beautiful, hybrid tea rose...on a graft. You can see the big heavy dark green leaves on its stems. Behind it, you can see smaller, lighter green leaves - those actually belong to the root stock that the tea rose was grafted to. So I have both the graft and the root stock roses blooming at the same time...on the same bush.

Up Close...and a little bit of water

Photo 365 + 260 - June 20

I have pictures of the pink peony from last year, and it looks totally different. And it sure is amazing what a difference a few water droplets make.

The Dark Lady

Photo 365 + 259 - June 19

One of my Kordes roses...it has so many petals it almost doesn't look like a rose. And there are tons of blooms this year.

English Roses

Photo 365 + 258 - June 18

It must be something about the front yard, because the roses out there don't do nearly as well as the ones in the back. These are actually on the back walkway, but they look like they're going to be amazing this year.

Only one

Photo 365 + 257 - June 17

The purple Siberian irises in the back yard are full of blooms, but the poor white ones in the front aren't quite as full, and I only have the one lone iris blooming. Sure is pretty, though.

Happy Father's Day!

Photo 365 + 266 - June 16

Father's Day, and of course Dale wanted to spend it out on the lake - at least after the Army gave him part of the day off.

Congratulations Jannette and Allen!

Photo 365 + 265 - June 15

The day itself turned out to be beautiful, although a little bit humid. The rain held off until later at night. The sunshine in the church provided quite a challenge for shooting pictures during the ceremony, but between Laura and I there are about 1500 pictures to sort through. I'm hoping I can provide a good selection to the bride and groom.