I cut these roses from my garden this morning, the twins are called Double Delights, this is their second year and I’ve had about 7 long stemmed roses from this plant so far, and it looks like there are a couple more buds, too. The peach rose is an old fashioned rose that was here when we moved in 10 years ago. Talk about long stemmed, I did not have to bend to smell this rose, it met my forehead (I’m 5’6″) and I had to bend the stem forward to smell it.

I just had to cut them and bring them inside, now I’ll get to “stop and smell the roses” throughout the day while I’m painting.