ABC Wednesday—Y is for "yellow rose"

"It was June and the world smelled
of roses.  The sunshine was like powdered
gold over the grassy hillside."

—Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]

a rose is a rose is . . .

Right now, in the Cranford Rose Garden
(in the Brooklyn Botanic and one of the
largest collections in North America), there
are more than 1,000 kinds of roses
—both old and modern—in bloom. Some of the
original roses planted in 1927 are still there today!

[Linking back to Pink Saturday at
How Sweet the Sound.]

fall flower

"More exquisite than any other is the autumn rose."

—Theodore Agrippa D'Aubigné,
Les Tragiques: "Feux" (1616)

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday, Our World Tuesday,
and Wordless Wednesday on Tuesday.]

Don't fence me in

These pretty pink clematis are meant
to be living in the rose garden,
but apparently they have other ideas.

[To see more of Today's Flowers, go here.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

It's a pretty timepiece, but it's an hour fast.

Maybe she forgot to fall back before she
sprang forward . . . or something.

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]

the butterfly's brunch

I went to the garden to play with my new
camera, which has a 50X zoom.  I was
impressed with what I could capture from
a fair distance—and handheld too.

[Linking back to Mandarin Orange Monday,
 Macro Monday, and NF Blo-Ma.]

an empty barrow

Actually, this wheelbarrow isn't
empty—it's full of shadows!

[It's Shadow Shot Sunday. To see more, go here.]

Thursday Challenge—"shadows"

Searching for a bit of shade at
the Cranford Rose Garden,
at the Brooklyn Botanic.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

In the rose garden

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns,
or rejoice because rose bushes have thorns."
—Abraham Lincoln

I choose to rejoice (and be careful).  How about you?

[Linking back to Pink Saturday,  
Shadow Shot Sunday, and Today's Flowers.]

The Weekend in Black and White

 "There is nothing more difficult for a truly 

creative painter than to paint a rose, 

because before he can do so he has first 
   to forget all the roses that were ever painted."                                                            

—Henri Matisse


[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.] 

The first rose

When I took this shot on Mother's Day, the 
roses were not yet blooming at the Brooklyn Botanic—
except for these primula x rosa  (also called 
primroses, from the latin for "first rose"), one of 1,200
different kinds in the Cranford Rose Garden (one of
the largest collections of rose cultivars in North America).

[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows,
Mandarin Orange Monday, and Macro Monday.] 

Second Act

The roses are giving us an end-of-summer encore.
This unusual variety is called 'Stars 'n' Stripes'.

[To see more Ruby Tuesday posts, go here.]

The Weekend in Black and White

I like to say that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
is my "backyard"—unfortunately, I usually have to
share my yard with hundreds of other people,
especially on the weekend.  For some reason, though,
last Sunday I practically had the place to myself—
and took the opportunity to snap some
uncharacteristically unpopulated pictures.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

Foxgloves

These beauties were one of a few
"other" species included in the display
at the rose garden in the Brooklyn Botanic.
I went there to shoot the roses, but thought the 
foxgloves deserved a closeup of their own.

[To see more flower macros, visit NF/Blo-Ma.] 

The Weekend in Black & White

Back to the garden for this one—
a curtain of wisteria leaves that lead
you into the sunny rose garden. 

[To see more monochromes, go here.]

Mellow Yellow/Macro Monday

I'm still in the garden—where many of the roses
have already bloomed and faded but where I did
find this lovely pink-tinged yellow rose and
the promise of three beautiful buds.

[To see more Mellow Yellow, go here.
And to see more macro shots, visit Lisa's Chaos.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

Shadows above, shadows below, shadows all
around—I think I've hit the jackpot here!
[To see more Sunday Shadows, go here.]