First bloom of the year.
This rose truly is an Heirloom Rose.
It came from Sue's Mothers house in eastern Washington.
She brought it with her to what Sue called her last
home and there it has grown since the 1970's.
Everything in the yard has changed except this rose.
Trees have grown and been taken down, fences built until
they to fell to time, even the people changed.
Yet the rose sitting the middle of all this
grows back every year only to
remind those of us who keep track of such things...
That we are still here.