June 6: Climbing rose in full bloom

That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. Rum

I think that gardens and flowers are a lesson in patience. When ordered this climbing rose, Bantry Bay, online, I expected a fully grown plant to appear magically at my front door. Instead a shoe-box sized box arrived with some rootstock. I was so disappointed, but decided to plant it, nevertheless, and have nurtured and loved it ever since, and patiently waited for this year's buds to explode. It has grown to the top of my trellis, and is covered in flowers, definitely worth the wait! Flowers have a strange way of making my soul happy and filled with love!