This page was originally written up as an identification plea for help, and I'm going to leave what I posted initially and just add as things continue... there are more photos in the bottom from later in the year after the ID.

Scent: Slight
Petal Count: ~30 is a guess, as this was my first time counting petals.
Blooms: single bloom per stem, not clustered. Repeat bloomer. The shape of the flower is kind of pointy/swoopy... I sometimes think they look like wings. Large.
Bloom Color: Creamy white center with pale pink outer petals and edges. As it ages, the pink fades. It was more white during its first April bloom, and is slightly more pink in its second July bloom. Reverse seems the same as the top.
Foliage: Dark with large leaves that seem somewhat resistant to getting eaten, though not entirely. 5-7 leaves per stem depending on how old the stem is. I'd say the leaves are more matte than glossy.
Thorns: Lots of them. Thick, poky... only place they take a while to show up is on the flower stem.
Overall plant: It's tall and sturdy. It's currently near my height (5'6").
Soil: The soil around it isn't the best. It's hard and likely full of clay.
Sunlight: It gets full sun to part shade through the day.
Zone: I'd say I live in Zone 9-10, more on the 10 side.
Age: I haven't a clue. But I'd guess 5+ years based on the surrounding area, how hard the ground is to do anything with, and knowing the previous owners didn't do much except maintenance.
Additional: The blooms don't last long. They go from beautiful and showy to no petals left pretty much overnight.

	Bloom #1 from 18 July 2008. Doesn't seem as pointy as usual and the pink is really deep.
	Bloom #2 from 18 July 2008.
	Bloom from 2 July 2008.
	Bloom from 15 April 2008.
	Aged bloom from 14 April 2008.
	Bud from 16 July 2008.
	Reverse from 18 July 2008.
	Example of thorns, taken on 18 July 2008.
	Full view, taken on 18 July 2008.
	August 2008 I thought Pristine was looking particularly lovely today. All the petals will have fallen off by tomorrow, but for today it's pretty. That's my biggest gripe with this rose: the flowers open and immediately drop. The next morning, still with petals but a different coloration.
	August 2008 Macro of morning dew on Pristine.
	August 2008 Same flower as yesterday, with the pink having spread inward and dew on the petals.
	August 2008 This is the same rose I've been photographing the last couple of days, one day after this picture. The flower's kind of sad, but hey! The bees still like it. :-) This was taken with the telephoto lens, not the macro, as this morning I was more interested in hummingbirds than flowers.
	August 2008 Cropping the bee in the previous picture. This was taken with the telephoto lens. The bee knocked off another petal while it was in there.
	September 2008
	September 2008

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