First Roses of 2008

Karen's safely in PA and I'm safely home from the shop. All is well on the Coshocton front. The weather has turned very spring-ish (sunny and warm as opposed to cold and wet) which is a nice change considering June starts next week.

I thought I'd share our first roses of 2008. The yellow rose is on our little bush (which survived being frozen into an ice block two winters ago) and the red one is our "4th of July" climbing rose. They call it "4th of July" because the flowers look like fireworks going off in the sky. Our other climber has buds all over it but hasn't yet opened. I'll get a full shot of the trellis once a few more flowers bloom.