Rose On Fire

She stood alone in my garden.
She looked like a candlelight as a bud one night.

She's tiny yet fiery.
I can't just ignore her.
She seems to call my attention each time I pass by her.

"Won't you come to my garden? I want my roses to see you."

Richard Brinsley sheridan

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)

Red Roses

During my recent trip to Hong Kong, I was invited to a friends' house-warming dinner. My dear friends' little apartment was so cute and cozy. If you've been to HK, you know how expensive to have your own apartment so every inch counts! My friends did a good job in making use of every space and in decorating their home. Here are some shots of the roses in the vase by the tv set. Loved the fullness of each rose. They look so friendly!

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

 - Emma Goldman

       

A Rose Is A Rose....

A rose is a rose is a rose!

No matter how defective, flawed, and marred. It remains a rose.....

...and it's still as lovely as a perfect rose.

“But the LORD said to Samuel, 

“Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. 

The LORD does not look at the things man looks at.

Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” ”
1 Samuel 16:7

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