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Rosa rugosa is a species of rose native to eastern Asia, in northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia, where it grows on beach coasts. Wikipedia
While I am definitely a product of that last century I am aware and enjoy some of the advances of this century that I could have never imagined that would enrich my life and that of my friends and relatives.
Every day, weather permitting, I ride my bike for about an hour beginning at Point Grey Road and MacDonald. I bike (it is a steady uphill tough to manage with my 3 speed gear bicycle) all the way to the end of Jericho Beach and then work my way back home.
It occurred to me a few days ago to connect with a friend in Buenos Aires via WhatsApp video and I walked him through the view of the water, of the mountains and the beach. Then when I got home I gave him a tour of my garden, my kitchen, living room, etc.
But there is something more that I noticed (do others notice this?) as I biked on Jericho Beach. There are very large bushes of roses. There are three colours, pink white and purple. I identified two of them (the white and deep purple) as Rosa rugosas. These are called that because of their rough looking leaves. The other rose, a pink one is a BC species rose. That makes it an ancient rose that grew before humans started monkeying around and hybridizing them.
The startling and wonderful situation here is that the Vancouver Parks Board or some other local institution went to the trouble of planting these roses so as to make our walks and bike rides that much more pleasant.
Imagine that!
And near the end of the beach, returning home, I found this lovely tree. I photographed it with my Fuji X-E1 digital camera equipped with the curiously called Lensbaby.
