My first rose of summer, oh how beautiful!

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I walk to the garden. First time in days - all the weather has done is rain. I spy it. A tuff of pink in the distance. I amble on, closer, closer, the closer I get, the more detail I see. Yes, it's a fully opened, light pink rose. The first rose of my garden this summer. It's big, probably the biggest one yet. How Wonderful! Joy, joy, happiness leaping in my heart. By the end of the day, more buds start to open and I see medium and light pink roses in various stages of greeting throughout my garden. Each bush seems to have one early opener coming forward. So are your roses open? Have they been open? Do you have buds? I have about 8 plants and each one has one flower open and about 3 to 7 buds on them. This is going to be a great flower summer up here! How are your flowers doing? What makes your garden beautiful to you? I don't have very many flowers in my garden, mostly ones that can be eaten or used for potpourri, too. Like roses are edible (as long as you raise them like edible plants, no dangerous chemicals)and sunflowers, etc.So what flowers do you have? Are they open or are you still waiting for them? Or are you waiting for some, enjoying others, and maybe some have gone by?