Because I Can

Rosa 'Westerland' & Hosta 'Paul's Glory' 18 June 2024

 

Today I am going to a meeting of the Vancouver Rose Society at the Floral Hall of VanDusen Botanical Garden. Members have been invited to an evening with  a no rules “Bring your Bloom Event”.

In the past I have never participated in any way as I find the usual rules mimic the formal almost brutal rules of a Victorian era.

There is an American saying that states that “A dog licks it’s…. because it can.” 

 

Senecio candicans 'Angel Wings' & Rosa 'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain' & Rosa 'Emily Carr' 18 June 2024

 My display is one made possible only because we are now in the 21^st century. I chose five roses and scanned them this afternoon with either hosta leaves or a senecio. In one case with photographs of my Rosemary. I immediately printed them and signed them.

I will bring the five prints and five glasses with the plants I scanned today.

Rosa 'Benjamin Britten' & Hosta 'Snake Eyes' - 18 June 2024

 

And extra special part of my display is that instead of printing the scans on paper I did on ink-jet transparency that I then mounted on silver cardboard. The result is reminiscent of 19^th century daguerreotypes.

Rosa 'Queen of Sweden' 18 June 2024 & Rosemary (1968)

 

Rosa 'Abraham Darby' & Hosta 'Forbidden Fruit' - 18 June 2024