Christmas Rose

[cessna152towser]

Rose in the garden at lunchtime today. Not a prize specimen but unusual here for 15th December. Roses in December are not that uncommon on the west coast of Scotland, but we are forty miles inland and 550 feet above sea level and I've never seen roses in bloom around here at this time of year before; they die back when the frosts start which is normally in late October. Even in the middle of the day it was so dull that I needed to use flash to get this picture.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Well, I'll be...

[thescot]

A rose among thorns--literally.

I take great comfort in knowing that someone was observant in seeing the beauty of a lone rose in the midst of the gloom. Kind of poetic.

Maybe you have to have been "dead" once to really appreciate the persistance of life like that. Thanks for sharing.

[Dirk Skene]

Very Pretty

[Splash_4]

A little Beauty can be found in unexpected places!