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[which_chick]

Roses are blooming. In the wild, it's R. multiflora, the smell of summer. In my yard, Stanwell Perpetual tied with the rugosa closest to the sassafrass tree for first-to-bloom. Fantin Latour (lovely, light pink, scented -- new this year) was next. Chuck (Charles de Mills) looks lovely as does New Dawn. Ispahan (new this year) is covered in buds, which is weird for a rose less than a foot tall. My suspected Banshee is sulking after being pruned last fall as part of the great garden shuffle.

I also mulched the blueberry bushes with carpet this afternoon.