Trimimg back the roses

Here's the way the roses looked while blooming earlier this summer.

The were pretty but didn't bloom as heavily as they used to.

 As I began trimming them back it was apparent that they'd begun to die off at the center so cutting them way back should open them up to the sun, remove the dead wood and give them a much better chance to do well next year.

 There's a lot more work to do out hear but it rained and I went in for a nap and a chance to get back to work on my new paintings.

Those climbers that I transplanted earlier this year seem to be doing pretty well. I'll need to add one or two where some of them didn't survive but I've got great hopes for them next year.