'Tis Time for Roses!

 #DailyFlowers

Time as usual has flown by and we have moved into 2025; winter is here, hopefully moving on and Spring is signaling its entrance and that means flowers galore. And it is time for Roses to take centerstage. If you are regular reader of my blog, you'd know that my Delhi aunt was looking forward to checking out Roses, but a bad fall put that on the backburner. Seeing her love for roses, I requested Shalini to please go out and capture Roses on her sojourns round the city and share. This post features those shares. Of course, aunt's little back garden that houses a few roses has also sent in its contributions.

Roses, roses in all their colorful glory

Each hue, shade telling its own story

A few from friends' travels come

Some darlings of back gardens become

Each dancing to its own music & drum

Amazing hues make their play

As our gazes on them stay

A pair are featured here

The colors likely beyond compare

A bud when I was visiting

Soon turned into a full bloom

A color so lovely 

It cast away the winter gloom

My exhortation to Shalini brought forth

Quite likely a camera's entire worth

Showcasing them was a joy

All of Designer's skills I had to employ

Some frames might have repeats

For these roses, my heart did beat

Newer settings did strive to please

May have succeeded to tiny degrees

My Co-Contributors: Neena & Shalini; Neena; Rina; Neena & Rina; Neena; both frames: Shalini; Shalini & Neena; Neena & Rina. My ageing brain has had me missing Shantha out, my apologies! All Rina's shares via Shalini