ROSE COLLAGE

                         I've inherited a lot of roses. Some were gifts. Some just showed up .

                                                  I hardly know the names of any of them.
                                     
                                               They just bloom every year.

                           Kind of like the cats that show up in the garden.

                I know a few of them . Like the yellow lemonade  rose.

                                  And the Black Bacarra. Smells like chocolate.

        Oh, and....hello....where did the Cosmos come from. A rose wanna be............

                I douse everything with sea soil. And a good dollop of fish fertilizer.
                      
                       No sprays, no chemicals.

              Except for some Bobbexx deer repellent. Otherwise  there would be  no roses.

                                     The deer will eat the roses .

                                        As if they were gummie bears.

                                         Or candy coated jelly beans.

                                           Of which the deer make plenty.

             And the roses seem to thrive. For some reason.
                                           
                                    Even though I don't fuss over them.

                               Except to take their pictures. And marvel at how beautiful they can be.