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| Rosa 'Abraham Darby' 26 September 2019 |
Coming from the opening of Spring in Buenos Aires on
Saturday to a foreshadowing of fall in Vancouver has put me into a melancholic
mood as I think of the warmth of Buenos Aires, of my family, and of the employees of
our Claridge Hotel on Calle Tucumán. That melancholy is partially brightened by
the photographs I took of a couple of tango dancers that perform on the street,
the extremely central hub of two walking malls, Lavalle and Florida. I am
currently fixing the pictures of Guillermina Van Der Linden and her partner José Carlos Romero Vedía. They and their troupe dance Monday through Saturday from 5 to 9. In my opinion they are superior to any of the expensive and over-the-top Buenos Aires Tango Shows.
Tango para una ciudad
The sometimes excellence of age and experience
Donde la espalda pierde su nombre
Tango para una ciudad
The sometimes excellence of age and experience
Donde la espalda pierde su nombre
Tango tocado por cualquiera que no sea Kostelanetz
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| Guillermina Van Der Linden y José Carlos Romero Vedía en uno de los salones del Hotel Claridge en Buenos Aires |
It is cold and I have turned on the heat but as I walk
around our garden I can note that some of our roses are ignoring the rain and
the cooling and are sputtering and keeping on. They take seriously the idea
that since they are remontant they must bloom in the fall. And many have.
These spent blooms of the English Rose, Rosa ‘Abraham Darby’,
the Sherman Tank of Roses is to my eyes extraordinarily beautiful.
Soon they will all be gone and they will lose their leaves.
But there is that idea that after our winter, a coming spring will remind me of
tango, warm friends and our roses will greet us for another year.
Of hope.