Beautiful picture, Steve!

Breathtaking rose. I love the subtle color variations.

What an exquisite rose and crisp photo. The blooms look like a watercolor painting. Diane

Very nice! How about a few more? :)

Beautiful photo....I agree with hoovb...how about some more! Lesley

Another request for more . This one is so beautiful, and I am partial to apricot-ish blooms.

Another request for more . This one is so beautiful, and I am partial to apricot-ish blooms.

The only things I can take pictures of now are roses with a lot of buds but few flowers, white flies and some minor gnawing of leaves on the three roses I planted a few weeks ago, by unknown perps. The consensus is that people want to see pictures of blooms not buds or insects.

Galway Bay has hundreds of buds and is starting to bloom and Red Wand a great mini climber is the same.

I was hoping to see a photo of your new camera (taken by your old camera, of course), but your gorgeous blooms are a plesant subsitute. :P

Oh I don't know....I go out and take pictures of my roses when they are covered with buds and none are opened yet. I like my roses at all stages. Fresh red growth, buds, blooms, heps. It's all good.

reine de violettes

Buds are having a tough time opening. I guess the weather needs to warm up. I cut a flower and put in water.