Tea Anyone?

A few blocks from the office, I found this naughty tea rose, peeking through the picket fence and inviting passers by into the garden for tea.

We've had quiet a number of early bloomers in the rose families this year. The wild running whites are presently starting to bloom, as are blackberry canes. As usual, we are having a cool snap. There's always a cool snap when the blackberries bloom, here beneath the Carolina moon.

Posted by Dread, who looks forward to summer blackberry cobbler, and vanilla ice cream.