Braman's Wanderings

Where are the Roses?

Posted on May 16, 2021 by vanbraman

On Friday I made my usual trip to the library and then walked over to the Community Rose Garden.

As I approached the garden I noticed that there was something missing.

I could not see any blooms on the rose bushes.

I have been used to seeing many blooms each week during my visits.

They must have just done some work cleaning up the rose bushes and removing spent blossoms. They definitely cleaned them up well.

I did find a few rose buds, but they were mostly tucked away in the lower center of the bushes.

Must not have been easy for the gardeners to get to.

It was a nice sunny day so I decided to get a shadow picture of myself.

Here you can see me on one of the walkways with a bag of books hanging off of my shoulder.

Hopefully there will be more rose blossoms next week.

Steven

Posted on May 15, 2021 by vanbraman

On Monday I wrote about how I was Watching for Scapes.

My agapanthus bush had not put out any scapes yet and it is the time of year for them to appear.

I have continued to watch as each day I take a walk in my backyard.

This evening I mowed my backyard.

I had not seen the scape when I first walked into the backyard, but as I was mowing I spotted the first scape.

It was nice to see the first scape.

Last year I saw the first scape on May 14, so only one day later.

Now to see how many scapes I will have this year.

I am looking forward to seeing some beautiful agapanthus blooms.

Steven

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