First Rose of Spring

Spring is my very, very favorite time of year.  I love watching the tiny little buds slowly poke their little heads from the bare wood of the trees in my yard.  I love the soft colors too.  Spring green, pale pink, robins egg blue, purple iris, daffodil yellow.  Spring means we made it through winter and all is new again.  This year there's a new pope in the Vatican.  So fitting then, that the first rose to bloom in my garden is Pope John Paul II, a white beauty with a strong, lovely fragrance.  It's the perfect bloom to jump start my favorite time of year!