Seasons Greetings to you and your family. It is summertime in the Southern Hemisphere, and our Christmas is often outdoors with flowers, gardens, beaches, swimming, sunshine, fresh seafood and hot weather. Although we are often away over Christmas and miss some of the blooms, there are always roses galore at this time of year.
On reflection, these are the highlights of the roses this year through the months, and surprisingly, once I looked by month, the roses were at their best in Autumn rather than spring. Another year of beautiful Roses……
“Come out here where the roses have opened. Let soul and world meet.”
Rumi
“A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring.”
William Carlos William
“The quiet, singing voice of the rose. The song that promised all might be well, all might be well, that all manner of things might be well.”
Stephen King
“Of all flowers, methinks a rose is best.”
William Shakespeare
“Wild roses,” I said to them one morning. “Do you have the answers? And if you do, would you tell me?” The roses laughed softly. “Forgive us,” they said. “But as you can see, we are just now entirely busy being roses.”
Mary Oliver
Merry Christmas, everyone. I wish you peace and happiness.
Rose Images Di Baker in the garden or in our travels 2023
Title Quote by Maud Hart Lovelace