a dangerous notion
Going out with a camera, properly tooled, or not, leads to dangerous notions!
I have a love/hate relationship with this rose. She's the prettiest little thing, just this shade. Look closely and you'll see her inclination to keep pets: powdery mildew. He other peril is vicious little thorns; as clinging and pernicious as any lawyer.
She's here hiding the chain mesh of an old dog run. Absurdly I'm inclined to call her Dorothy. It's not my fault! Because her rambling habit and the size of her blooms resemble Dorothy Perkins who's down on the fence of the chook run, she gets "Red Dorothy Perkins" instead of the "Excelsa" she deserves.
What she misses out on fragrance, she makes up on with these spectacular little double blossoms. Bred in America in 1908, it's been here for 113 years — well not this one, I planted it.
My dangerous notion? Apart from using a telephoto for this job, I'm thinking of relocating both this rose and "Dorothy Perkins" to ramble over the new fence as "green razor wire".
a dangerous notion
Going out with a camera, properly tooled, or not, leads to dangerous notions!
I have a love/hate relationship with this rose. She's the prettiest little thing, just this shade. Look closely and you'll see her inclination to keep pets: powdery mildew. He other peril is vicious little thorns; as clinging and pernicious as any lawyer.
She's here hiding the chain mesh of an old dog run. Absurdly I'm inclined to call her Dorothy. It's not my fault! Because her rambling habit and the size of her blooms resemble Dorothy Perkins who's down on the fence of the chook run, she gets "Red Dorothy Perkins" instead of the "Excelsa" she deserves.
What she misses out on fragrance, she makes up on with these spectacular little double blossoms. Bred in America in 1908, it's been here for 113 years — well not this one, I planted it.
My dangerous notion? Apart from using a telephoto for this job, I'm thinking of relocating both this rose and "Dorothy Perkins" to ramble over the new fence as "green razor wire".