A Cottage Rose

 The old rose bush 

outside the dining room window
(at the back of the cottage)

is in full bloom.

I wish I knew it's name

and what kind of a rose it is.

I think it was planted

around the time the house was built

in the late 1940's. 

It is a HUGE old bush

that blooms once a year.

What it lacks in longevity...

it makes up for with profusion!

It doesn't seem to have much 

of a scent and the

colors range from red...a very 

dark pink

to a light fuchsia.

All this color on one rose bush!

When we moved to the farm 

nearly 3 years ago

it was very overgrown

and there was a lot of old dead

branches.

I gave it a good pruning

late that winter

and it must have been what it needed

as it has grown very well

with very little attention since then. 

 

If only everything else 

on the farm would grow so well!

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Have a wonderful week!