Roses and Poetry

Oh, how they beautifully go together!

The gardener's visit to a rose garden

Roses

You love roses - so do I. I wish 

The sky would rain down roses, as the rain 

From off the shaken bush.Why will it not?

Then all the valley would be pink and white

And soft to tread on.  They would fall as light

As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be

Like sleeping and like waking, all at once!

(George Eliot)

Little Creatures in the Garden

All things bright and beautiful, 
 all creatures great and small, 

 all things wise and wonderful:  
 the Lord God made them all. 

 Each little flower that opens, 
 each little bird that sings, 

 God made their glowing colors, 
 and made their tiny wings. 

 The purple-headed mountains, 
 the river running by, 

 the sunset and the morning 
 that brightens up the sky.

The cold wind in the winter, 
 the pleasant summer sun, 

 the ripe fruits in the garden: 
 God made them every one. 

  God gave us eyes to see them, 
 and lips that we might tell 
 how great is God Almighty, 
 who has made all things well. 

 -Cecil Frances Alexander

All photos are taken in a friend's beautiful. 

I thank her for my time well spent there. 

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