Growing Roses

by artist
(Blue Ridge Mountain)

This yellow rose was a gift from my brother. We planted it between our driveways with our neighbor (the preacher with the green thumb and grand azalea bushes out front).

It was our only sense of pride as it was the only thing that bloomed in my yard for years. Growing this rose was really easy.

It was in a well drained area. Got full sun. Had the heat of pavement on 2 sides, which I think helped with any pests. We only watered it on occasion because all normal rain ran into the flower bed.

Then it got run over by a boat! Yea, backing in my 27 foot cabin cruiser, well, lets say I needed bigger mirrors at the time. Shucks, I gotta admit.

I couldn't back that thing in without 5 spotters and somebody else at the wheel! I even took out the basketball goal, and a small apple tree with that boat! Ask my kids, they were hoopin and hollerin at me to cut it, cut it! I cut it! the wrong way. Seems you gotta steer opposite the way you want to go with a trailer.

Oh well. I still got a good painting outta this.