Life is a Vase of Roses

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

One may live without bread, not without roses.
Jean Richepin

Flowers really do intoxicate me. ~Vita Sackville-West

These lovely roses are from my unkempt garden.

They are the first roses of the summer.

I have decided that instead of celebrating January 1, the first day of the year will be the first day the roses bloom. Get your champagne flutes out.