Finally got some more water to irrigate. Many of our roses and iris will be very happy.
Tuscan Sun
Canada Rose for Resa, Dale, Rebecca and Gigi
Major Tom Peepers, Sleepy and Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa, inspired by Tabatha Towhee’s performance the other day, tries doing a little Owlet Opera singing.
Mona Lisa hitting the high notes. She was a real hoot.
Mona Lisa bowed and thanked everyone.
Falstaff
Double Delight doubly delighted by back lighting from the sun.
Betty Boop
Cherry Parfait
Sliver Moon
Pre-sunset
Off Center & Not Even 
Gorgeous flowers and an opera performance – quite the treat tonight. Good to see Sleepy out and mingling.
Thanks, Brian. Sleepy was in the nest not showing his little sleepy face earlier in the afternoon. He decided to get out and wait for dinner. Mona was singing for her dinner.
Beautiful pictures, Timothy. Roses are my favourite flower. Mona Lisa looks like she’s yawning not hooting. Too cute.
Hi Roberta. Mona Lisa was yawning. She won’t hoot until she is two years old. She and the other owlets peep or more like eep.
She is very cute, just like a human baby.
They are adorable.
The flowers are gorgeous and so are the owls. Are they happy?
Thanks, Gabriela. I think the owls are as happy as they can be. Mama and Daddy take very good car of them and we all stand out and gawk at them. What more could they ask for?
Indeed. Nothing more. 😊
Your roses look wonderful thanks to the extra water you got 🙂
Enjoy the comming weekend.
Thanks, Rudi.
ROSES!!! Roses and WOWLETS. YES!!!!!!
Thanks, Shey.
I’m not surprised Mona Lisa gave such a great performance with all the gorgeous blooms around her! If only we could hear her too!
Speaking of blooms, they certainly look happy. I love your silver Moon and pre sunset painting!
Thanks, Marina. Her singing is more like the “Silent Scream”, a la Edvard Munch, with a little peep thrown in for color. The Sliver moon slipped out behind the clouds as I was walking back to the house. The painter always aims to please.
Ha ha ha… Silent Scream! 🤣
Painter succeeds!!! 😉
…always!
Falstaff bloom is stunning. Never knew owls had to reach 2 to hoot. You mention you finally got some more water. Is your allotment consistent or hit or miss?
Hi Maj & Sher. They are rationing irrigation water. I’m getting every 3 or 4 weeks now.
The owlets are adorable! The roses are beautiful. Our are a ways from blooming yet.
That Tuscan rose! and then an owlet opera and then more beautiful roses… but no, that’s not all… that sliver of a silver moon and that pre-sunset. Just. Wow.
And there’s the Canada Rose. Thanks, Dale.
Of course! Duly noted. And so very kind of you to dedicate it to us Canadian chicas 😉
You chicas canadienses are very deserving of the rose.
Muchas gracias amigo!
And now I find that you are also a rose whisperer!! As Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: “There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.” A lovely collection of roses to celebrate the growing family.
Thanks, Rebecca. I hadn’t mentioned to you that I’m a rosarian of sorts. I used to compete in rose arranging and won all the different awards one can win, including “Queen of Show”. I worked hard for the QoS because my brother-in-law thought rose arranging was not very manly.
How wrong he was! All I needed to do is go on a Google Search to find Peter Beales who was a specialist in classic and species roses, preserving many old and wild roses at his Norfolk nursery and also introducing 70 new cultivars. He was also the author of several classic books on roses.
There are a lot of men who are into roses. Actually, my BiL has come around to liking plants, flowers and insects since he has in own garden now.
Isn’t it fabulous when the skeptic turns into a believer. A great story, Tim.
Excellent photos, Tim! Thanks for keeping us updated on the owlets, this group seems to be not as shy as owlets of the past, or is it my imagination?
I think they are pretty close to the same. Each set is different. Thanks, Tiffany.
You had your own Carnegie Owl concert, Mona Lisa seems to be a very good soprano and apparently the audience was thrilled! And it’s a lovely festival of color too, your roses are gorgeous.
You are so clever, Flo. I love Canagie Owl concert. The owlet’s had standing room only crowds. Thanks, Flo.
Gorgeous blooms, wonderfully captured, Tim.
THANK YOU for that pretty rose.
You are still “Queen of Show”!
The owlets are so adorable together!
Hi Resa. The Canada Rose is a very happy rose. It is very affectionate, also. It grabs onto me every time I walk by it. The owlets are so cute.
I got called away. Lost my train of thought. I’m listening to Wood Duck Daze right now.
Lovely to see your roses.
Thanks, Susan.
Loving the owlet opera … looks like the team had a big night! Gorgeous blooms .. hope you are watering my rose 🙂
Hi Julie. Your rose got watered when I irrigated last Thursday. It’s raining today, so more water for your rose. It’s getting ready to bloom big time.
Thanks very much Mr Price 🙂