Blood red roses

Blood red roses
Filling the air
With lush color
Stems and thorns
Touching her past
Potent and rich
A scent that lingers
On fragile petals .........

Elaine Murphy (extract)

Not a good day! The weather was dreadful and I noticed that in my endeavours with the electric hedge shears yesterday I managed to cut through the main stem of my best climbing rose, which was in full bloom. I didn't realise at the time, but it fell over during the night. So I now have a vase of blood red roses to appreciate but would rather that they were still on the plant outside adorning my back fence!