These buds are for you

Good morning Friends,

This morning I went out and took some pictures of rose buds in various stages of opening.

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'Penelope'

Mm. Laurette Messimy

'Maman Cochet'

'Love'

'Louis Phillipe'

'Duchesse de Brabant'

'Cocktail'

'Caldwell's Pink'

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,


The above line is the beginning of a poem
written by Robert Herrick in the 17th century.
The poem is in the genre of carpe diem,
Latin for to seize the day.

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL