the day of the rose

The first of July. High Summer. Another gorgeous day. But the countdown has begun....

I spent most of today on a completely unsuccessful mission to find something to wear to the wedding. I got fed up and came home to plant the peas, clip the hedge and greet the new helper, a very nice friendly girl from Texas.

This rose is one of the new ones I planted to clothe the skeleton of the perished escallonia hedge. The whole idea is working well, the dead stems are covered and the roses are blooming properly for the first time.