These rose flowers are the last flowers of this season in the oldest rose bushes in our garden. Now that the bushes are pruned, they will spring forth into another season of flowering in about two months. These flowers are small, have a shorter life but are colour rich. In a flower vase, they would droop in a day, unlike other flowers of budded rose bushes like in the photo below, which remain in the vase for about a week.
The first five photos are of rose flowers in the garden are of those bushes who flower for most part of the year. They endure the summer and monsoon alike.
Their presence and colourfulness even during stressful environmental conditions tell a story of life of endurance and the overcoming spirit.
I read in the newspaper yesterday of a girl student in a school, who participated on-line in a drawing competition, while she remained confined at home due to restrictions on account of her immunocompromised state. Hers is a life-threatening illness ! Her keenness to participate in the inter-school festival of culture and arts needed special permission. Her art work received special recognition and commendation. Her resolve to overcome the limitations received recognition.
I felt encouraged reading this story, because, the traction to overcome constraints and challenges was the highlight of her attitude!
The enduring rose flowers ! The resilient girl !
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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