The temperature was 42 degrees F on the thermometer on the south fence this morning, which means it was probably below 40 in the garden. I had to run the furnace for an hour this morning on the get the bathroom above 70 so the contact cement I put on the cabinets would dry before I could stick on the Formica. With the rain and cloudy weather the past couple of days, we didn’t get much solar gain, so the house was 66 this morning. While contact cement doesn’t like cool, humid conditions, the roses are happy with the cooler weather and precipitation.





Oh, that is a beautiful image!
And, yes, the roses do look very happy – gorgeous!
Nice picture of a creepy crawly, too. 😐