I typically find roses to be overshot, yet they are an irresistible temptation for me. I fell right in & closed out the PTA meeting, still shooting away as the last of the teachers cleared the parking lot. I am fascinated by the different shades, shapes, colors & moods...the varied lines & all the extraordinary angles that go unnoticed demonstrate how "mindful" our Creator-God is of all the little details. I love the leathery look of most petals & that contrast to the overall look of softness. Just where a soft bud emerges from jagged edges, there is a contrast with snow-white fur. There are hybrids with one layer of petals & others with dense masses of petals overflowing. While most have a petals radiating like ripples, others show multiple areas of concentric line & shape.

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; & yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the fields...will He not much more clothe you..? For your heavenly Father knows you have need of these things. But seek first His righteousness & all these things will be added unto you." Matt 6: 28-34