The roses are up in my locale (last week FWIW). It was interesting to see that as I had visited Virginia back in late May and they were a bit past peak (went to the botanical gardens in Richmond).
Glad you got to see some roses in bloom! Things in SE WI (Zone 4/5) are so out of whack, it’s crazy!
Squish, squish; blub!
MAYBE, it will start to dry out Sunday, when temps are set to jump to 90, and bake the mud into bricks..
Lost total track, but between 3.5 & 4+ inches, so far this week. More in the next hour or so; some more bands overnight & tomorrow. SUPPOSEDLY, that is the last of it. The weeds & bugs love it. Local ranchers can’t make hay in it; and farmers are still stymied getting a viable crop going.
Some places west, north, and east of us got over 7” in just 1-2 days; roads, bridges, etc washed out, including in Sturgis. One small community has 4-7 feet of water flooding their access road.
SW South Dakota, zone 4; 5 in a good year; 3 in a bad one.