Saw this beautiful rose bush growing along the sidewalk as I was on my way to the library. I was reminded of the quote “Take Time to Stop and Smell the Roses”. I did that and also took time to photograph them. Beautiful addition to my summer day. 🙂
A Landay is “a form of folk poetry from Afghanistan. Meant to be recited or sung aloud, and frequently anonymous, the form is a couplet comprised of 22 syllables. The first line has 9 syllables and the second line 13 syllables. Landays end on “ma” or “na” sounds and treat themes such as love, grief, homeland, war, and separation.”
In honor of Portland, OR. Rose Festival
I saw this beautiful Peach Rose today growing in a somewhat abandoned area of old factories and thought it so odd that such a thing of beauty should be growing so voraciously even though obviously unattended to, but apparently someone, at sometime, had planted it there.
Well, I just had to pull over, climb through the weeds and photograph it and while doing so I was reminded of the quote
“Bloom Where You are Planted”. 🙂
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 