Save the roses!
My neighbor works so hard at tending her beautiful roses that it makes me sad she had to put this sign up on her fence. I hope the guilty party gets the message so we can all continue to enjoy the fruits of her labor.
Red beauties
Briar Rose cottage
But round the castle a hedge of briar roses began to grow up. Every year it grew higher, till at last it surrounded the whole castle so that nothing could be seen of it, not even the flags on the roof — from Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Raindrops on roses
La Belle Sultane
I couldn’t resist stopping for a look at this beautiful Old World rose (R. gallica violacea) blooming in the front garden of a neighbor’s house.
Fearless
Beauty of the rose
Powerhouse petals
I made a couple of quick trips to the Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park this past weekend, and I nearly walked right past these beautiful roses without noticing them. They’re growing just north of the main powerhouse, right outside the small building containing the machine shop and the superintendent’s office.
Sparkle in the rain
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life — John Updike