The intermittent sun and rain has encouraged a lot of new growth, budding and some flowering! My roses look a bit more like early spring than mid-fall. Not sure if I'll actually see much more flowering but if we get just enough sun, there may be quite a few more blooms. Here are a few from the past couple of days.

Koko Loco's buds start out with the orange/brown color seen on the outside of the top petals, then opens as beige. KL can turn lavender or pink as it ages, and has lasted sometimes as long as eight days in mid-summer. A very unusual rose!

All American Magic would be happier if he wasn't planted under this pine tree but he still puts out lots of fragrant and cheerful blooms.

Neptune, looking very mauve. Sometimes he's quite lavender which I would prefer, but he always has great fragrance. A bit slow to repeat but he's quite reliable.

Double Delight is one of my roses with a ton of buds developing now. I'll be curious to see if they actually bloom.

Twilight Zone after several bouts of rain.

Happy Child has a bunch of buds about to pop, along with Evelyn and Abe Darby.

Can't wait for more blooms; hopefully we'll get just enough sun!

Ann