Yesterday was a busy day, catching up on house chores and laundry. I also finally got outside to trim our old-fashioned roses. When they never really go dormant in our climate, I’m never sure when is the best time to do so, but a few straggly branches were so tall the birds decided to perch on them like they were trees! I love the rose hips on this one.
Our roses come from The Antique Rose Emporium in Independence, Texas. (link) They are old varieties propagated from clippings found thriving on abandoned farm steads — some may be well over 100 years old. Very hardy with very little intervention needed.
The torn paper taped on the upper corner are a couple of quotes I found years ago but never entered in a journal:
“It is surprising how much is to be learnt alone . . . There are different kinds of drawing, there is some that may be quite correct, but it isn’t beautiful, it wants the divine spark.” — Sir John Millais
“Plenty of people can draw, but you have observation.” — Sir John Millais, spoken to Beatrix Potter
Very nice!
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