This is my first rose of the season. It’s a good time of year to be a rose. The enemies of the roses have not yet invaded the garden. Aphids, Japanese beetles and black…
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The phrase “come about” in sailing means “to change course so as to be sailing at the same angle but with the wind on the other side.” I wish I had a beautiful sailing…
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I picked them for Katie’s window, these first roses from our garden. Love and Peace. That is their name. She turned 24 this weekend and came home to see us. Broken-hearted, I watched her…
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Canon 5D Mark ll, 100 2.8 macro, 3.5 aperture, 1/160 shutter, 400 ISO I hope to be like this last rose of the season, open and trusting that spring will come again. She does…
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Canon 5D Mark ll, 100mm 2.8 macro, 7.1 aperture, 1/125 shutter, 100 ISO. Tripod used to keep camera steady during macro shooting. She is the first of my roses to bloom this Spring. I…