A pretty rose.

Thank you misty.... . "Mistymorn!" Reminds me of my working days when I use to travel of a morn... by (Sydney Harbour) ferry from Manly to Circular Quay and in autumn time occasionally the Sydney fog descended to the harbour waters and all would be greyed out and dangerous with ship's fog-horns moaning through the mist over the unseen distance - the helmsman had to keep a good look-out, I reckon. The Manly ferries however were equipped with radar, otherwise they'd have been cancelled along with other (water) public transport.
The rose 'Canary Bird' is a lovley rose, and is not often seen about; the picture doesn't really do the flowers justice, though it's only a seasonal performer.

Yes, right about the pruning, I have found that some of mine don't like to be pruned too hard, especially the Austins. I used to have The Fairy, lovely little thing, but could hardly see any rose to the right of your picture. Also please tell us your Christian name, I really don't like calling anyone Funnelweb.

Oh, right. My name is William, triciac. I guess you're Patricia? Perhaps known as Trich? that was my sister's name, we called her Pattie. Bill is the name by which I've been known all my (now) many years. I was born in Armidale, northern NSW, moved to Sydney when aged 7 and upon retirement found this little neck-of-the-woods in God's own country on the border of the Tweed Valley and have spent the last 9 years turning it into a garden - all 4,029 square metres of it. I'm winning but it has taken - and is still taking - all my energy and every day of the week save Sunday, and even then I might go pull a few weeds in the afternoon. Funnelweb, as I explained in an earlier message, came about as a consequence of a more than comfortable close encounter with a Sydney male funnelweb spider, a magnificent specimen, about 10 years ago when we lived in the Sydney northern beaches area. Scared the living daylights out of me but as I was the intruder and he the native..., well, he had no animosity towards me and I had none toward him. Up here, west of Tweed Heads, just a few snakes to watch out for, the major problem, nuisance really, is the bloody cane toads. I know it was way back in 1935 but gees, like the Indian Myna bird why didn't we learn from the rabbit experience?

I agree William or Bill is a much nicer name..
Mine is Mary-Anne I am surprised you don't know that.
Sananga Mistymorn was my beloved Rhodesian Ridgeback Misty's Kennel name.

Bill'll do fine. Mary-anne! The name is familiar, have we met (in cyberspace) before? I don't recall 'mistymorn' though, however, I like the name; I have fond memories of tranquil misty mornings - bushwalking, especially in the Blue Mountains; and on travels to work on the (Sydney) Manly ferry.

Now that is much nicer Bill. I love to hear your stories too. That is a lot of land to till, mine is about 500m2 Can no longer look after a large garden but love to hear about others. Yuk to the spiders, native or not, and snakes you can also keep. Trish

Well it is a lot of work, 4029 sq. metres, or has been over the past 9 years, taking it from farmers' weeds to a cultivated garden. I've concentrated mostly on Aussie plants; natives, though not necessarily restricted to this area, as some purists insist. I've just built a garden arch and hope to have success with a 2 forms of clematis, c. venosa violacea and the native c. glycinoides, as well as the Madigaskan climber (excuse spelling), poivria coccinia. How the building of the arch came about is a story in itself but I surprised myself, I think it looks quite effective.

Well done on your building effortsl Those clematis sound very exotic, hope they do well for you.