Rio Samba Rose, Fairfield Glade. May 11, 2009.
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Today my world has roses in bloom. Betsy and I got back from our beach vacation late Sunday afternoon to find the rose above, Rio Samba, in bloom. That gave us quite a surprise, as we weren’t expecting any of the roses to be blooming yet. Needless to say, we’re not complaining!
We had a very nice time at the beach. We were a little concerned when we got there because the weather forecast was calling for rain almost every day we would be there. But fortunately they were quite wrong and we only had rain during two nights. The weather was almost as good as the seafood we enjoyed every day!
Evidently the rain that was forecast for the beach came to Tennessee instead. Our rain gauge showed that we got over six inches of rain while we were gone. The grass is growing so much that it needs to be mowed and the weeds are growing like, well, weeds. But at least we have a rose in bloom.
Senior Moments 
May 12, 2009 at 6:01 am |
Those weeds don’t need any water to grow good. 🙂 I’m glad you guys had a great time. Now it’s time to take Betsy to Alaska. 🙂
May 12, 2009 at 6:20 am |
That rose is such a beautiful color. It really looks like spring. But even photos of flowers seem to make me sneeze these days!
May 12, 2009 at 7:02 am |
George: What a beautiful sight, it won’t be long and you will have your own.
May 12, 2009 at 7:37 am |
A gorgeous rose.What a welcome home that must have been.
Blessings,Ruth
May 12, 2009 at 7:44 am |
That colors in the rose beautiful.
Glad to here you and Betsy had a good time and missed all the rain.
We had 10 days straight of rain here in Maryland!!
May 12, 2009 at 8:19 am |
Great shot…love that color.
Glad you had a nice vacation. Back to the grind now. 🙂
May 12, 2009 at 8:26 am |
Glad you got better than anticipated weather and you are way ahead of us on the roses – beautiful!
May 12, 2009 at 8:40 am |
Beautiful rose. Glad you had good weather at the beach.
May 12, 2009 at 8:59 am |
Isn’t it gorgeous?
May 12, 2009 at 9:08 am |
That rose is gorgeous!! We did have a lot of rain while you were gone. But I think you guys brought us some sun from the beach.
May 12, 2009 at 9:27 am |
Weeds and long grass aside, it sounds like you got the best of two worlds: beautiful weather for your beach vacation and coming home to beautiful roses in bloom!
Welcome back, George! I’m glad you and Betsy had a wonderful vacation!
May 12, 2009 at 11:45 am |
You have got to be the sweetest man alive – I saw your comment on Betsy’s page! I know they don’t make em like you anymore!!!
Glad you guys are back & safe! Glad you two had so much fun, too!
May 12, 2009 at 11:49 am |
What a beautiful rose!
May 12, 2009 at 12:42 pm |
Six inches of rain!!! Send some over here in parched California will you?
Welcome back and what a glorious way to return with your roses blooming.
May 12, 2009 at 3:42 pm |
Glad you had a great time on your trip and came back to such a nice suprise! Beautiful picture!
May 12, 2009 at 6:11 pm |
What a gorgeous rose to be greeted by! The color is just magnificent. Welcome home!
May 12, 2009 at 10:04 pm |
Great that you had a holiday and came home to such a lovely surprise.
May 13, 2009 at 9:25 am |
BEAUTIFUL rose! Sounds like you had a good time.
Hugs and blessings,
May 13, 2009 at 9:19 pm |
And a beautiful rose it is, too. We’ve had lots of extra rain here in Michigan, too. But we need the rain after our dry summer last year. Sounds like you had a great time at the beach! Have fun catching up with the grass and weeks.