“They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a misty dream, our path emerges for a while, then closes, within a dream.” 
Ernest Dowson

 

One of my goals has been to take time each day to smell the roses. What I mean by that is to notice the small things, the everyday joys that are too often overlooked in our busy lives. However, last week I had the opportunity to literally smell the roses, hundreds of them, during a visit to the Rose Garden in San Diego’s Balboa Park.

Some of the most beautiful roses had little or no fragrance, and some of the plainer varieties were resplendent with old rose perfume. I was fortunate to have a friend with me who was happy to wander slowly through the garden, stopping to sniff at nearly every new rose that presented itself. The yellow rose in the photo above had a fabulous, heady scent, spicy and sweet. I do not remember the name of this variety…shame on me! But I am pleased to have a photo to remember it by.

Two joys in one day! The company of a dear friend, and the opportunity to smell roses to my heart’s content.

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