“God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.” ~ J.M. Barrie
I actually have roses in January. Not grown in my garden, but a gift from my husband. He loved the variety of color with this bunch he found at our local grocer. I adore all the colors too. Like a rose garden in one bunch, now in a vase.
He was disappointed that there was no Baby’s Breath with the roses or for sale as a separate bunch. Apparently he loves roses and Baby’s Breath, how they look together. Who is this man? A romantic for sure, and one who knows what he likes in flowers.
It has been bitterly cold with a bit of snow and some sun, but oh I am dreaming of a warm late spring garden full of roses these days with tons of fragrance. That will not be in my small garden, but in my mind, memory and hopefully more vases.
These roses were placed in my catch all green vase on our table in the dining area.
I think my favorite is the one is the yellow and pink rose, almost peachy in color. Of course I love that unusual deep pink and a white rose too. Not what I usually see in bunches here. In the Language of Flowers, roses have many meanings: white-young love and innocence; pink-elegance and sweetness; yellow-friendship and joy; peach-sincerity and gratitude and red-love and passion. What a beautiful message to send. Not that he knew exactly what they all meant. His message was definitely love!
And I adore how the candles and fairy lights give them a special glow. It won’t be long now before the daylight is longer (already gained a half hour or more) and we begin to warm and see early flowers pop-up in the garden.
With this vase, I am joining in with the wonderful meme, In A Vase On Monday, from Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
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