Braman's Wanderings

A Yellow Rose?

Posted on June 5, 2021 by vanbraman

Today I noticed an interesting rose on my yellow rose bush.

This seems to happen every few years, and in about the same place on the rose bush.

There will also be some more red blooms coming soon.

Here you can see some of the yellow blooms that should be on the bush.

Some of the other blooms also have some red or pink in them, but they should be pure yellow.

Here is a picture from a previous year where there is also a little reddish color to one of the blooms.

A Little Visitor

Posted on June 4, 2021 by vanbraman

This afternoon while in a TEAMS meeting I looked up at the top of my monitor and saw that I had a little visitor.

Of course I had to get a picture so I shut off my webcam and grabbed my phone. After sending a snap to my sister I grabbed my camera. I am not sure how this little mantis nymph made it so far inside, but perhaps when I went out to pick up my newspaper this morning I brushed against a rose bush and it hitched a ride.
You can definitely tell that I need to dust the top of my monitor. It was a bit hard to get focused pictures but I was able to get a few.
The mantis finally started to climb down the back of the monitor and was soon out of sight.