Top-up on roses

Hi, my dear Blogville friends, hope all is well with you and you're enjoying your week. Here are some David Austin roses Sir Edward Elgar, my bush has grown to about 7 foot and is competing with my Jude the Obscure in reaching for the heavens. I'm not fond of velvety dark red roses and so Sir Edward Elgar is more of a red (or hot pink sometimes) amongst the reds I can still accept. The blooms are scented, they hold their form very well, that's what I like about them. They are not the easiest to take pictures of though due to their colour. These below are Jude the Obscure, you can see the blooms look a bit more ball-ish in appearance, the petals seem to not want to open up much, however, that's part of their beauty and attraction. They have very strong scent, some say similar to Lychees, a fruit common in the Orient. I think they are one of the loveliest shy "blushed" David Austin Roses on earth, don't you think? And then there are the Radio Times, they are really pink in real life, but in photos they tend to have a tinge of apricot on them. They are one of my favourite David Austin Roses, I love the scent, the flower form, the bush, everything. Now, here is the softest and cutest dog my 11-year old daughter sewed as a surprise for me, it is simply precious, I told her I'll keep it forever. I'm a bit of a hoarder when it comes to my kids' drawings, paintings, writings, craft and handiwork. I saw this bird cage many months ago in a "junk" shop, I liked it but thought I would wait for the price to come down before I bought it. And if someone else bought it in the mean time, then I would just not have it. Then when I got some money for my birthday I thought I'd go and see if it's still there, it was and the best thing was, the price had been reduced by quite a bit. So there you go, waiting is sometimes better for us. I'll paint it white, so this is like a "before" photo. You can tell I love white, can't you?Note: I'm showing you a picture of the Sir Edward Elgar blooms on the next-day-after, notice how the smaller bud/bloom on the left has opened up to reveal more petals? It still looks more cupped compared to the larger flowers next to it. The larger flowers are further along and the colour is lighter ("faded") and notice how they hold their form very well even when they are fully open? To me they are beautiful at ALL stages. Radio Times the day after, the tinge of apricot gone................