Rambling Rose

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Another transplant from another blog, this photo was taken in the backyard a few summers ago.



Forgot to raise the screen when I took this picture from the back window. The climbing roses with long branches made quite a little tree. This was before the 90 degree weather came, and the rains, to make havoc with the blooms. We enjoyed them for a couple of weeks, though.

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