So many changes...

There has been so much happening since my last post that I barely know where to begin. The biggest change is that my dear father-in-law, Robert Monroe, departed from this life on March 6th, 2008. It has taken me two months to leave the dark season of sorrow behind. I didn't even notice that spring came and went and now summer is nearly upon us.

I can't update all my rose adventures in this one post so it will have to be spread out over a number of posts. My roses are beginning to bloom!!!!!!! I'm fairly certain that the deer are either shot or they no longer remember that I have roses. Either way, I haven't seen them since last fall. The roses all have big juicy buds on them and nary a deer in sight.

I've taken some photos during the spring and will gradually post them and the accompanying text to this blog in the coming days. I only bought two new David Austin roses this year. At the time of purchase, I wasn't sure what my gardening life would be so I stayed on the conservative side. The bare root Pat Austin and lovely Heritage are still in a bucket of water on the deck. Shame on me! I'm probably going to take the Molineux out of one of the barrels on the deck and replant it in the patio area. It's not doing well in the barrel. I'm going to experiment by putting both the Pat Austin and the Heritage in the same barrel. It's not advised to put two rose bushes in one barrel but I really can't think of anywhere else to put the Heritage for now.

A couple days ago I got all the Cascadia petunias in the planters with the new geraniums. The white petunias are paired with the red geraniums and the red petunias are paired with the white geraniums. Last year I decided to go with brighter color on the deck, thus the new red addition. But now that everything is blooming, I seriously miss my beloved pink. Pink is cooler and more soothing to look at out the back door and I really need that now.