It's June
roses again bloom,
dainty pink ladies
pale perfection sweet
swirls of cotton candy
beautiful to behold,
but not to eat.
"Roses"
roses again bloom,
dainty pink ladies
pale perfection sweet
swirls of cotton candy
beautiful to behold,
but not to eat.
"Roses"
-Pamela Kelly
Gorgeous Gertrude Jekyll Roses
“What a lovely thing a rose is!...
Our highest assurance of Providence
seems to me to rest in the flowers.
All other things, our powers, our
desires, our food
are all really necessary for our existence
in the
first instance.
But this rose is an extra.
Its smell and color are
an
embellishment of life,
not a condition of it.
It is only goodness which
gives extras,
and so I say again that we have
much to hope from the
flowers.”
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Easy to grow
Tropicana Roses
The roses red upon my neighbor's vine
Are owned by him, but they are also mine.
His was the cost, and his labor, too,
But mine as well as his the joy,
their loveliness to view.
They bloom for me and are for me as fair
As for the man who gives them all his care.
Thus I am rich, because a good man grew
A rose-clad vine for all his neighbors' view.
I know from this that others plant for me,
And what they own, my joy may also be.
So why be selfish, when so much that's fine
Is grown for you, upon your neighbors' vine.
"My Neighbor's Roses"
Abraham L. Gruber
Are owned by him, but they are also mine.
His was the cost, and his labor, too,
But mine as well as his the joy,
their loveliness to view.
They bloom for me and are for me as fair
As for the man who gives them all his care.
Thus I am rich, because a good man grew
A rose-clad vine for all his neighbors' view.
I know from this that others plant for me,
And what they own, my joy may also be.
So why be selfish, when so much that's fine
Is grown for you, upon your neighbors' vine.
"My Neighbor's Roses"
Abraham L. Gruber
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