Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Raindrops on Roses
This afternoon I went out to survey the garden and found little to celebrate.
Except. for. this. one. little. rosebud.
With raindrops hiding in its petals.
And that was enough.
I planted the ketchup and mustard rose earlier this spring but as sometimes happens, selected the wrong location. I cut it back and moved it later in the heat of summer.
Apparently, it has forgiven me.
We shall see.
~ Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
It looks happy! Grateful for a new day. 🥰😊
Yes indeed!
😊👍🏻
Lovely rose, though I’m not sure ‘ketchup and mustard’ does it justice!
Rather basic name isn’t it? But at least I knew it would be red and yellow!
Lovely. I just got three new buds. Roses really don’t like hot hot weather. I love roses in October.
Thanks, Darlene. I was so happy to see this little bud opening. 🌹
That is so precious, Susanne. That one, maybe the last rose of summer, was worth all the hard work of planting it and replanting it.
I really miss my roses. Back in the day, when I could garden, I had over 100 rose bushes around the property.
Thanks so much, Don. I love roses! It must have been wonderful to be surrounded by a hundred of them! I was so happy to find this one little bud opening. 🌹
A sign that all is not lost!
Amen to that! There is still beauty everywhere.
Definitely enough, it’s beautiful!
Thank you, Sarah!
Our roses were all bare by mid-September. I have cut them back, and hoping for a revival next year. Lovely photos of the raindrops on the petals.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete. I was surprised to see this little bud yesterday, especially after I moved it to its new location during the summer. I was happy it survived the move. 🙂
I love the name! Ketchup and Mustard is a perfect description too!
At least you’ll remember what color it’s supposed to be!
What a gorgeous colour.
Thank you.