Isn’t she beautiful??? And, she smells so sweet. She just recently blossomed from a climbing rose bush I planted about four years ago. It’s a leggy and scraggly soul with nary a bloom until last year when my husband threatened it. He actually talked to the plant and said, “If you don’t start producing, I’m going to cut you down.” I defended her. That fall we came home from harvest one evening and found one single beautiful bloom. “Take that”, was her response. This fall, she delighted us with three beauties. Oh, what beauty lies within…..