Rose of Sharon

Today would have been my fathers birthday.  We have been nursing this Rose of Sharon bush for the last few years.  My dad gave it to me as a birthday gift. It was hit hard this winter and began blooming last week.  The flowers are smaller and weak looking.  This morning it is so cold none of the buds opened up at all.  Anyway, thinking of my father on this gloomy wet Friday.  Hope that the bush will survive another winter.