Long time gone

It's been a while since I updated. Two weekends ago, Ian and I attended an SCA event down on the Cape, so that ate up all my free time. When we got back, I came down with a stomach ailment that left me on the couch for two days and pretty useless for two more. The weather didn't help much, with it being so hot I didn't want to move.
Then it was the 4th, so I went to hang out with Ian and watch him work on his shop, and then went to my folks to visit and check on the bees. (Bees appear to be doing great, but I need to order them some new frames.)
Yesterday I finally had a little time to get some yard work done. At the top of the driveway where it curves around the house, I'd noticed a few little pink flowers hiding in the brush.

What are you?

I started digging out all the brush (which contained a lot of weeds and black raspberry, which acts and feels a lot like razor wire.)  I uncovered that plant, and then another, and another, and... over 10 plants later, I culled out the sickly little ones, staked up the bigger healthier looking ones, and put down 10 bags of mulch.
Between the lilac bed, and now the Surprise Roses bed, I'm up around 25 bags of mulch. At 2 cubic feet per bag, that's 50 square feet. Next year, I'm just going to have it delivered loose. The one nice thing about the bags is the portability. Lot of plastic waste when you're done though.
After uncovering the roses, I started working my way up along the back tree line. I had been mildly annoyed that while I own 1.6 acres, I couldn't access about 1 of them because of the prickery barrier at the treeline. I found a place that with a little encouragement turned into a natural access, once I bush-wacked my way in.

This isn't exactly before, but it's a really good representation of before.

After cleaning, but before mulch. I forgot to take a picture post-mulch.

Make-do fence. This open area already existed but was full of prickers - it might have been the access path before it grew up.
Now cleaned out it looks like you can walk up the driveway into the woods,
and I don't want just anyone using it as an access to the conservation area.

Uncovered roses! They have no scent, and are awfully cute. I think they might be ramblers?
I've given them a little support to get them off the ground, and be able to keep the area more clean now.

So pink!

*Edit - After some digging, I think it's possible that these roses are some long-neglected "Dorothy Perkins."