In A Better Light – Celebrating June, page 2

Is there a such thing as too much light?  For a person like me, I’d have to say no.  Or, so I thought ……

I was all excited when I came home yesterday from Washington, DC to see how the roses had exploded in the yard with another day of the early-intense heat.  Not to mention the peonies as well.  But, it is the roses this year that are really amazing.  Yet, I knew as I snapped away that the light was not perfect – in fact it was “too sunny”.  There were a lot of shadows and the color saturation I was seeing, or wanted to see, couldn’t be caught in the intense sunlight.

So, yesterday afternoon as the sun descended down over the tree line in the west, I went out again.  And, I am much more satisfied with these pictures.  These may indeed be the best two days in the yard for the roses this year.  So, I am just a little crazy – and having so much fun!

Ok, so it’s not fair to demote the peonies:

     

but, this year, the roses have me obsessed – and I can’t help but feel that I have to take all these pictures because if it rains, this peak bloom will be over:

  

  

  

  cultivar of these climbers – they are now vying for my favorites this year, possibly over Lillian Austin!

  

  

just can’t help myself – wondering if I’ll ever see these again?

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Should I eat this today?

and, coming along nicely:

Going back outside now – to see what’s changed overnight!